[Xorg] Using Plasma TVs with X

[Mark Cuss]

Thanks

I know a plasma screen doesn't look very good up close - the plan was to use
this for a presentation instead of a projector - having the wider aspect
ration is definitely a nice to have.

I've done a little googling and it seems like this should work.  I'll just
make sure the store has a good return policy ;)

Thanks
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Smirl" <jonsmirl at yahoo.com>
To: "Alex Deucher" <alexdeucher at gmail.com>; <mcuss at cdlsystems.com>
Cc: <xorg at freedesktop.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Xorg] Using Plasma TVs with X


> I don't think any of the plasma TVs do 1280x768 natively, they do it
> with a hardware scaler.  You may want to check out the native
> resolution of the plasma display first. X will look better if you run
> the display at native resolution.
>
> Response time is also important, plasma TVs respond slower than CRTs
> amd LCDs. That may have an effect in twitch games.
>
> Plasma's are also designed for being at least five feet away from them
> and probably more. If you are going to be closer get a big LCD panel
> instead.
>
> Search in google, there are much better places to be asking these
> questions. There are a couple of sites dedicated to plasma TVs.
>
>
> --- Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:21:40 -0600, Mark Cuss <mcuss at cdlsystems.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > If I'm posting to the wrong spot then please forgive me - I'm a
> > little out
> > > of the loop with regards to the changes in X over the past few
> > months....
> > >
> > > I'm wondering if I can hook a plasma TV to a DVI video card (ATI,
> > nVidia)
> > > and run the display through X.  I've done some looking and the
> > fancy plasma
> > > displays seem to support a 1280x768 resolution.  They also have
> > what they
> > > call an HDMI digital interface, which according to a picture I saw
> > on
> > > Pioneer's web site, looks like it can take two physical forms, one
> > of them
> > > being a DVI looking connector.
> > >
> > > So, I'd like to be able to hook one of these displays to my machine
> > and run
> > > it at 1280x768.  Does anyone have any tips or experience with doing
> > this?
> > > The Plasma TV is a pretty expensive item for a "buy and try" so I'd
> > like to
> > > get some opinions from the experts.
> >
> > It should work, however, I've never tried it myself.  So I guess my
> > comment is pretty useless...
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > Mark Cuss, B. Sc.
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> > > System Administrator
> > > CDL Systems Ltd
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> > > Calgary, AB, Canada
> > >
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> > >
> >
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