Yes, there are several cards that can do it. I'm just waiting for a notebook that is reasonable that also has HD DVD. I'll give it another year or two. Leonard Caillouet Electronics World 1261 NW 76 Blvd Gainesville, FL 32606 352-332-5608 FAX 352-332-5668 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:02 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: FYI.....1080i Sync Generator for 52.50......... ATI offers the new ALL IN WONDER HD video card/TV tuner card for computers. Would that be able to generate the required video output? Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics Guelph Ontario Canada Est. 1984 email: gary (at) number63.ca Leonard Caillouet wrote: > CRT based HD sets nearly all operate at two scan frequencies, 480p and > 1080i. 480i is usually upconverted to 480p and 720p is usually converted to > 1080i. Each scan rate requires convergence. Additional formatting options > may require special attention to linearity and size, like the wide zoom mode > in the Sony sets. Note that these modes may intentionally introduce > non-linearity to stretch the pix more or less in different areas of the > screen. On the Sony sets if you do ALCP and copy to the wide zoom mode you > may be overwriting the intentionally non-linear adjustments that stretch the > sides more than the middle. This is why Sony recommends using COPY, which > copies to everything except this mode. > > Since the sets have internal pattern generators, all that is needed is a > sync signal at the proper frequencies. Any NTSC signal will let you do the > 480p mode. Mitsubishis can be forced to run at 1080i on the DTV inputs. > Most others cannot, hence the usefulness of this device. I use an old > defective HD sat receiver that has a bad satellite tuner but still works for > OTA HD. > > I am waiting on HD DVD as well and hope to ultimately have one in a notebook > PC to use as a signal generator. Can't see the point in investing in a more > expensive piece of equipment. Most of them don't even have all of the > various outputs (HDMI, IEE1394). > > Leonard Caillouet > Electronics World > 1261 NW 76 Blvd > Gainesville, FL 32606 > 352-332-5608 > FAX 352-332-5668 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Bader" <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:05 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: FYI.....1080i Sync Generator for 52.50......... > > > Don't you have to re-converg in several modes, not just 1080i? > Phil > > Jim Myers wrote: > > >>Ie, the recent discussion on the Sony KP57HW40 and 1080i mode convergence. >>Samsung sells a 1080i sync generator for $52.50 that works with any DTV >>that has a component input and an internal crosshatch generator. You >>simply plug it into the yellow connector of the 1080i component input, >>put the set into that input mode, call up the convergence service menu >>and turn on the generator. The set switches to 1080i mode. It works with >>Samsung, Sony, Apex and probably most other brands. If you can purchase >>Samsung parts you should be able to purchase this device. P/N is >>DTV-Sync1080I >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: 1/6/05 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: 1/6/05 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/