Display resolution on HD TVs? --Sony's feedback

This just in from Sony:

(per a previous thread in this list)
> So why can't they be set by the end user? I would have
though that many
> people have LCD or Plasma wide-screen HD displays which
afaik don't overscan
> the displayed image.

The end user can use full-screen resolution.

PlatformSpecificUtilities.html on ADD-ON CD
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ps3videomode: switch video mode dynamically

This command shows current video settings such as
resolution, frame rate, 
color space, and so on, and switches them dynamically.

usage:
    ps3videomode [options]

options:
    --help, -h print this message
    --video, -v <ID> set video mode ID
    --full, -f use full screen mode
    --dither,-d use dither ON mode

    Video mode ID:
     0:automode
     YUV 60Hz 1:480i 2:480p 3:720p 4:1080i 5:1080p
     YUV 50Hz 6:576i 7:576p 8:720p 9:1080i 10:1080p
     RGB 60Hz 33:480i 34:480p 35:720p 36:1080i 37:1080p
     RGB 50Hz 38:576i 39:576p 40:720p 41:1080i 42:1080p
     VESA 11:WXGA 12:SXGA 13:WUXGA

     full screen mode: <video mode ID> + 128
     dither ON mode : <video mode ID> + 2048

    If no arguments are given, ps3videomode displays the
current video mode.

example:
    ps3videomode -v 3 -f   (720p 60Hz with full screen
mode.)
    ps3videomode -v 131  (Same as above.)

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We can use full-screen (no overscan) mode with ID plus 128
as above.
This video ID can also be set in /etc/kboot.conf file as
follows.

yd_fulll='/dev/sda1:/vmlinux-2.6.16-20061110.ydl.1ps3
               
initrd=/dev/sda1:/initrd-2.6.16-20061110.ydl.1ps3.img
                root=/dev/sda2 init=/sbin/init
video=ps3fb:mode:131 rhgb'

This is 720p full-screen mode supports 1280x720 pixcels.
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Is it possible to create a remote desktop configuration
between OSX  
and YDL? This (among many other things) would be helpful in
making it  
more of a multimedia experience.
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On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:44:54 -0700 Cameron Stark
<thirxiiiteengmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to create a remote desktop configuration
between OSX  
> and YDL? This (among many other things) would be
helpful in making
> it more of a multimedia experience.

I'm not to sure exactly what you mean.  YDL runs X, which
has always
had networking as part if it.  So you could run a remote X
display to
anything that supports it.  OSX doesn't run X natively, but
even
Microsoft Windows has third party programs that can be used
to host
remote X displays.  I believe OSX can be kicked into an X
mode with
some software from Apple.

There are also options like VNC and similar things that
allow you to
create remote desktops.

I hope that is of help to you.
 
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Kai Staats wrote:
> This just in from Sony:
> 
> (per a previous thread in this list)
>> So why can't they be set by the end user? I would
have though that many
>> people have LCD or Plasma wide-screen HD displays
which afaik don't overscan
>> the displayed image.
> 
> The end user can use full-screen resolution.
> 

Thanks for the feedback. It may be useful to add this info
to the 
support page at 
http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/
support/solutions/ydl_5.0/video-config.shtml 
since it currently gives the impression that the reduced
resolution 
modes are the only ones available.

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> > This is 720p full-screen mode supports 1280x720
pixcels.
>
> Despite this some people still have trouble getting
full screen to work.
> The problem is that once they select a full screen
mode, such as 131 in the
> example above, the image gets cropped off the edges of
the screen. So their
> options are to have black bars on screen, or not be
able to view the entire
> screen. This does seem to be an issue with the TV
however but I remain
> unsure of the actual cause (TV rescalling issue?, bad
setup?, image is
> zoomed in?, using component vs HDMI?)

Asking Sony engineers ...

kai

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