> "root" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:fvmc5r$o6u$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Where is a good place to get information on
>> XP/nvidia/DVI/HDTV? I've got a few issues, and the nvidia
>> forum is pretty useless.
>>
>> I have XP Pro SP2 32 bit, GeForce 8800GTS 320MB, GeForce
>> 8 series driver, dual DVI, one to console display and one
>> to Philips HDTV. I set the nvidia control panel to clone
>> mode, and this works usually, until I set the HDTV to a
>> new channel or turn it off.
>
>
>> The nvidia driver/firmware
>> whatever then shuts down the secondary DVI output, so if
>> I go back to the DVI input on the HDTV there is no
>> signal.
>
> This is done to save power.
You are the first person to have any idea. Sounds reasonable. Just to be
clear, do you think it's the video card that is trying to save power?
>
>> The DVI line drop doesn't occur right away, takes
>> about 5 min. or so. I want to lock the nvidia settings to
>> clone mode forever; the computer is in a different room,
>> there is an annoying bit of walking back and forth
>> sometimes. The nvidia drivers are pretty variable from
>> one release to the next and none has solved this problem.
>> At least one of their releases won't detect the Philips
>> tv at all.
>
> One trick would be to use some active HDMI accessory to load down the
HDMI
> output, even when the TV was turned off. I suspect that a HDMI splitter
> (they are about $30 on eBay) would do this for you.
Very interesting idea, and again no one has suggested this before.
The overall idea is that I can run a beyondtv feed on one hdmi input, but
be able to use the built-in tuner to watch something else. That, plus not
have to set it up every time I turn on the set.
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