alex stone wrote: Yep. it works for me. The trick is getting the right modelines for your xconfig The resolution on mine is 1900x1380 or something like that. It's very good for watching electric sheep and doing graphics work is really fun. -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd.

Alex, Just make sure you can toggle overscan mode. Flo -- Machines can do the work, so people have time to think. public key 6C002249 x-hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:06 PM, alex stone <compose59(a)gmail.com> wrote: How big do you really need? The 30" are still high res and are lovely. I use a 27" dell which is great. Loki

alex stone wrote: most TVs are 1920x1080 (high HDTV resolution, what TVs refer to as 1080p), worked (almost) without problems on two TVs I tried (Nvidia cards (8800 GTX, the other card I don't remember model) with Sony Bravia and Sharp Aquos), tricky part: nvidia 8800 does not work with sony bravia xbr4 as primary monitor when connected directly (it works fine if it's a secondary monitor or if I connect it via HDMI capable receiver), google revealed it's a known problem, didn't find a solution though not sure if you want to use plasma as a computer monitor though (long term), it's going to burn in the parts of desktop that are not moving erik

alex stone wrote: I do, although I'm not using it for audio/music work. Here's how the whole thing works. My usage scenario is different, it's not a studio, but I think you'll find some useful ideas here: It's a 58" Panasonic 1080p plasma TV. It's connected to: 1. A dual-boot Playstation 3 running: - the original PS3 GameOS for multimedia playing, some games, Playstation Home and whatever else may be available on this platform - Yellowdog Linux PowerPC edition for Cell CPU hacking and to give me access to the Blu-Ray unit 2. A dual-boot cheap home-made quiet energy-friendly PC running: - Mythbuntu for MythTV frontend (the backend is on a different machine and it's up 24/7) and a few games - Windows XP for games almost exclusively So it's mostly for multimedia and games, although some browsing does take place every once in a while on any platform out of the four available (even the PS3 browser is somewhat decent, albeit quite primitive), and also some hacking / programming / screwing around on the Yellowdog partition. The PC has a GeForce 9600 GT 512MB, fanless: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125098 It's a good card which provides reasonable frame rates for many games, but unless the PC has very good and very fast air circulation, it gets scorching hot (I could smell it across the room), which kind of defeats the purpose of it being fanless (PCs pumping lots of air are not quiet). Just put a medium-size fan right on top of the radiator, connect it to +5V so it spins slowly and it's quiet, and the heat problems are solved. It's connected to the TV via a DVI/HDMI adapter and an HDMI cable. Everything (PS3, PC, TV) is set to 1920x1080 @ 60Hz (a.k.a. 1080p). The PC uses the official binary Nvidia drivers for both Linux and Windows. There are no problems related to resolution, displays, frame rates, etc. Everything just works. The sound is not routed to the TV, but instead it goes to a cheap "home theater" Teac system - the PS3 is connected via optical cable, the TV via optical too, and the PC via either analog or coaxial (both stereo, my Teac cannot do 5.1 on analog) although both provide the same signal and only one link should be enough. The home theater has 5.1 speakers. The amplifier is OK (it's hard to make a bad amplifier these days), the 5 speakers are pretty bad unfortunately, the subwoofer is actually quite good (Cambridge Systems, back when they were an independent company). It took a while to balance the subwoofer with the rest of the audio (I did it empirically), and even now there are peaks and valleys of low-freq interference through the room - but at least the main listening places are okay, it's mostly some corners where bass is way too weak or too strong. But that's normal for a regular living room which has not been prepared for audio. The TV is calibrated with the Avia II DVD played on the PS3; I also used the calibration filters. You should do this, it makes a very big difference. The display now is very balanced, smooth, pleasant to the eye. The brightness has been tuned somewhat low, which wouldn't be good if the sunlight was shining directly in the room, but that's never the case except briefly in the morning and then nobody watches the TV - maybe the kids on a random Saturday, but they don't mind. :-) http://ovationmultimedia.com/avia2.html I put a low-power fluorescent bulb behind the TV, lighting the whole wall behind. Normally I turn off all the other lights. That's how the calibration took place - the screen is calibrated specifically for that light, but it looks okay anyway. This setup is very comfortable for anything. Just be aware that the optimal viewing distance for movies is bigger than the optimal distance for hacking. You need to get a lot closer when you're reading regular text. So you need to move the chair, or use a chair when hacking and the couch when watching movies. Don't worry, there's no eye fatigue, if the screen is calibrated and it's not burning too bright. Get as close to it as you wish. If you're pretty close, the large working area in front of you looks awesome. The 1080p resolution is not extraordinary these days, but the sheer size of the screen changes everything. Beware, any regular computer screen will seem puny after you get used to the big screen. :-) There's no going back once you start walking this road. Wireless keyboard and mouse are very useful with this setup. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/