First steps with HD video II
As I wrote the last time I talked about this. I had some problems with the connection between my mac and my LCD TV. The problem was with the HDMI cable. I wasn’t able to get a good picture in the screen because resolution problems.
Well, the time passed and I didn’t give up (Perhaps the money given for the DVI -> HDMI cable did help). I tried the same setup in Windows XP. And here comes the surprise, this time the HDMI connection was crystal clear, but the VGA was quite awful. I noticed that ATI drivers in Windows have a special setting for HDTV connections, and the TV was detected as a HDTV when using the HDMI cable.
So today I was using the TV through the VGA connector, and I decided to give another try to Leopard + HDMI. It worked without touching anything. The overscan was active but this time it wasn’t overscaling so much. I got the perfect resolution and I don’t know why.
I applied some updates in Leopard, perhaps that’s the difference. Also I realized that even if the resolution is advertised as 1366×768 in the samsung webpage. The manual says 1360×768, and that’s what I have working right now. And after some color calibration DVI -> HDMI was working perfect.
In fact I rebooted and I plugged only the HDMI cable. I got a strange blinking effect in the top. Change to a different resolution and again back solved the problem.
The updated facts are:
- Windows XP works with HDMI but not with VGA
- MacOS works with VGA and HDMI.
Any difference beween VGA and DVI? Well, VGA was really sharp with good colors. But DVI is just better. I was difficult in the beginning, but I was staring at the TV and thinking: “my eyes feel something different”. They were right: more sharp image.
I feel a bit dumb because twice I tried and twice I failed, but the third was the good one 
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thundera said,
2008-03-04 @ 11.28 am
We have a saying in Greece that says “μια του κλέφτη , δυο του κλέφτη , τρεις και τον τσακώσαμε !” free translation : once in the thief’s favor , twice in the thief’s favor ,the third time we caught him! Usually but not always the things work properly after the third try :p
Patra’s Carnival is coming!
Besitos!
Kat said,
2008-03-04 @ 6.31 pm
Why feel stupid? You got it to work, so you’re awesome!
graffic said,
2008-03-05 @ 9.07 am
Perhaps… no, for sure “stupid” it’s not the best word.Let’s change it for “dull”
(Never is late to ask the oxford dictionary).
But, yes, the important is that it’s working
Amador said,
2008-03-22 @ 3.59 pm
Te mando un fuerte saludo desde Palencia. Veo que sigues friky como siempre (jujujujuju—-) pero veo que disfrutando de la vida.
Un fuerte abrazo para Atenasy para tí en particular.
PD: siento no poder escribir en inglés