Kind of OT question for Lonni
Stuart Biggerstaff
biggers
Tue Oct 17 13:30:17 PDT 2006
So the solution was to set video to 1280x768, and shrink it
horizontally to fit using the monitor's controls. I first had to
play with the driver for Windows and the monitor to accept that res as good.
At 12:54 PM 10/17/2006, Net Llama! wrote:
>According to the EDID you can get 1280x1024 natively on this beast.
>However, I don't know if that will help at all with the scaling issue. It
>looks like the EDID is crappy in this thing, at least for VGA. SVIDEO is
>very unlikely to be any better, but you can try, i guess.
>
>If it has DVI, that might help.
>
>On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote:
>
> > The funny thing is I find this setup typical of 42" plasma
> > displays. 50" and larger ones use something scaled like computer
> > monitors, and so do the smaller LCD ones. My boss bought this one as
> > it was the largest that would fit on a mobile stand.
> >
> > At 10:13 AM 10/17/2006, Net Llama! wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Stuart Biggerstaff wrote:
> >>> Though open to suggestions from anyone else.
> >>>
> >>> We have a funky HDTV/display that is 16:9, but the native resolution
> >>> is actually 1024 x 768. So when used as a PC display, the desktop
> >>> and any images are stretched horizontally. I was wondering if the
> >>> drivers (Windows or Linux) for some of the nVidia cards would support
> >>> showing correct proportions under this situation.
> >>>
> >>> I really suspect going at this with a driver for the monitor would be
> >>> the correct way to go, but unfortunately Dell doesn't seem to have
> >>> drivers for this beast.
> >>
> >> This really depends on the graphics card, the driver & the TV. A few
> >> questions:
> >> 0) How are you connecting this TV to the computer? What kind of cable
> >> (VGA, DVI, HDMI, SVIDEO, etc)?
> >
> > Currently by VGA. We should have the option of SVIDEO, if that would
> > be better.
> >
> >> 1) What kind of videocard are you using, and which driver (and version)?
> >
> > In the process of getting a GeForce 6200 card with DVI, VGA, and
> > SVIDEO outputs. We started with a really lame card in an Averatec
> > portable, moved to a Dell one that had lots more modes but none that
> > helped--then we pulled a PC and used its onboard card. That's when
> > we found if we used a 16:9 mode it didn't work. Since we don't have
> > the new card installed yet, no driver either. Ideally, we want to do
> > this with XP Pro (currently installed), but since they are using
> > Power Point for this presentation Linux would be an option (but a bit
> > of a hard sell).
> >
> >> 2) What is in the EDID for this TV?
> >
> > I'm pasting EDID data below my signature.
> >
> >
> >> --
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> Lonni J Friedman netllama at linux-sxs.org
> >> LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
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> >
> >
> >
> > Stuart Biggerstaff
> > Systems Technician
> > Linda Hall Library of Science Engineering & Technology
> > 5109 Cherry St.
> > Kansas City, Missouri 64110-2498
> >
> > Phone: (816) 926-8748
> > (800) 662-1545 x748
> > FAX: (816) 926-8790
> > URL: www.lindahall.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Time: 11:26:11
> > Date: Tue Oct 17, 2006
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > VIEWSONIC CORPORATION
> > EDID Version # 1, Revision # 3
> > DDCTest For: DEL W4201CHD TV
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > 128 BYTES OF EDID CODE:
> >
> > 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
> > ________________________________________
> > 0 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 10 AC
> > 10 | 11 60 30 31 30 30 01 10 01 03
> > 20 | 68 5D 35 78 2A 31 34 A6 58 3E
> > 30 | B3 26 0B 49 4B A5 4E 00 81 80
> > 40 | 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
> > 50 | 01 01 01 01 64 19 00 40 41 00
> > 60 | 26 30 18 88 36 00 A2 12 32 00
> > 70 | 00 1E 00 00 00 FF 00 4B 39 32
> > 80 | 36 30 36 31 35 30 30 31 30 0A
> > 90 | 00 00 00 FC 00 57 34 32 30 31
> > 100 | 43 48 44 20 54 56 0A 20 00 00
> > 110 | 00 FD 00 2D 4B 0F 41 0B 00 0A
> > 120 | 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 25
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > (08-09) ID Manufacturer Name ________________ = DEL
> > (11-10) Product ID Code _____________________ = 6011
> > (12-15) Last 5 Digits of Serial Number ______ = 808464688
> > (16) Week of Manufacture _________________ = 01
> > (17) Year of Manufacture _________________ = 2006
> > (10-17) Complete Serial Number ______________ = 601808464688
> > (18) EDID Version Number _________________ = 1
> > (19) EDID Revision Number ________________ = 3
> >
> > (20) VIDEO INPUT DEFINITION:
> > Analog Signal
> > 0.700, 0.000 (0.700 Vp-p)
> > Separate Syncs
> >
> > (21) Maximum Horizontal Image Size ________________ = 930 mm
> > (22) Maximum Vertical Image Size __________________ = 530 mm
> > (23) Display Gamma ________________________________ = 2.20
> >
> > (24) Power Management and Supported Feature(s):
> > Active Off/Very Low Power, Preferred Timing Mode
> > Display Type = R/G/B Color
> >
> > (25-34) CHROMA INFO:
> > Red X - 0.648 Green X - 0.242 Blue X - 0.148 White X - 0.286
> > Red Y - 0.347 Green Y - 0.700 Blue Y - 0.046 White Y - 0.293
> >
> > (35) ESTABLISHED TIMING I:
> > 720 X 400 @ 70Hz (IBM,VGA)
> > 640 X 480 @ 60Hz (IBM,VGA)
> > 640 X 480 @ 75Hz (VESA)
> > 800 X 600 @ 60Hz (VESA)
> >
> > (36) ESTABLISHED TIMING II:
> > 800 X 600 @ 75Hz (VESA)
> > 1024 X 768 @ 60Hz (VESA)
> > 1024 X 768 @ 70Hz (VESA)
> > 1024 X 768 @ 75Hz (VESA)
> >
> > (37) Manufacturer's Reserved Timing:
> > None Specified
> >
> > (38-53) Standard Timing Identification:
> > 1280 X 1024 @60Hz
> > Not Used
> > Not Used
> > Not Used
> > Not Used
> > Not Used
> > Not Used
> > Not Used
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > (54-71) Detailed Timing / Descriptor Block 1:
> > 1024x768 Pixel Clock: 65.00 MHz
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > Horizontal Image Size: 930 mm Vertical Image Size: 530 mm
> > Refreshed Mode: Non-Interlaced Normal Display - No Stereo
> >
> > Horizontal:
> > Active Time: 1024 pixels Blanking Time: 320 pixels
> > Sync Offset: 24 pixels Sync Pulse Width: 136 pixels
> > Border: 0 pixels Frequency: 48.36 KHz
> >
> > Vertical:
> > Active Time: 768 lines Blanking Time: 38 lines
> > Sync Offset: 3 lines Sync Pulse Width: 6 lines
> > Border: 0 lines Frequency: 60.00 Hz
> >
> > Digital Separate, Horizontal Polarity (+) Vertical Polarity (+)
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > (72-89) Detailed Timing / Descriptor Block 2:
> >
> > Monitor Serial Number:
> > K92606150010
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > (90-107) Detailed Timing / Descriptor Block 3:
> >
> > Monitor Name:
> > W4201CHD TV
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > (108-125) Detailed Timing / Descriptor Block 4:
> >
> > Monitor Range Limits:
> > Min Vertical Freq - 45 Hz
> > Max Vertical Freq - 75 Hz
> > Min Horiz. Freq - 15 KHz
> > Max Horiz. Freq - 65 KHz
> > Pixel Clock - 110 MHz
> > Secondary GTF - Not Supported
> >
> >
> > (126) No Extension EDID Block(s)
> > (127) CheckSum OK
> >
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>--
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Lonni J Friedman netllama at linux-sxs.org
>LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
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Stuart Biggerstaff
Systems Technician
Linda Hall Library of Science Engineering & Technology
5109 Cherry St.
Kansas City, Missouri 64110-2498
Phone: (816) 926-8748
(800) 662-1545 x748
FAX: (816) 926-8790
URL: www.lindahall.org
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