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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:55:27
Message-Id: CA+czFiA5DK4SA+y8HmSEj7iJOqsOjQv-770nOJHL7_SKsLA1zQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers by Grant
1 On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >>> I was thinking about this.  The digital HDMI signal must be converted
3 >>> into an analog signal at some point if it's being represented as light
4 >>> on a TV screen.  Electrical interference generated by the computer and
5 >>> traveling up the HDMI wire should have its chance to affect things
6 >>> (i.e. create weird shadows) at that point, right?
7 >>
8 >> Not with DFPs.  Those work digital even internally.  I assume of course that
9 >> his HDMI TV *is* a DFP.
10 >
11 > But at some point the 1s and 0s must be converted to some sort of an
12 > analog signal if only right behind the diode.  A diode must be
13 > presented with a signal in some sort of analog form in order to
14 > illuminate, right?  Digital is just a figment of our imagination after
15 > all.
16
17 Sure, but that couldn't introduce ghosting as shown in the picture.
18 Ghosting represents the image being offset in its intended raster
19 coordinates. By the time a diode is turned on or off, the decision if
20 which diode a signal goes to has already been made.
21
22 --
23 :wq

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