From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qiamp-0003wo-HF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:30:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A58D21C09B; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:29:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f171.google.com (mail-ey0-f171.google.com [209.85.215.171]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A641621C352 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:28:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eye22 with SMTP id 22so1004502eye.2 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:28:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=r3kVUdoM+uYm6Tr/Yy3TvquN9Voa3uECyBaeilP77rw=; b=hPDfXkiZUSWLY+5sOrHDShaii0x/88p/ae+tZfDZUq87oH2g9Bivht6ZRyZ9JysPWM dxy4GuIQfWJtr45HvjEoDjlCRZEN2sLhrUpXPbjdVayRj6KV9Re+yN246vTyjGs6nj6f 2bQ5kVcoEkl83c0wMh/nEbc+SRbmJDIKhKp30= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.20.75 with SMTP id o51mr2007913eeo.145.1310945299907; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:28:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.50.203 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:28:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20110710002013.GB3068@solfire> <20110713022717.GA3026@solfire> <20110713173836.GC3026@solfire> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:28:19 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problem with xf86-video-ati & nvidia-drivers From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 5a3e2608cd67025c80ce4d11498b07e4 >>>> I was thinking about this. =A0The digital HDMI signal must be converte= d >>>> into an analog signal at some point if it's being represented as light >>>> on a TV screen. =A0Electrical interference generated by the computer a= nd >>>> traveling up the HDMI wire should have its chance to affect things >>>> (i.e. create weird shadows) at that point, right? >>> >>> Not with DFPs. =A0Those work digital even internally. =A0I assume of co= urse that >>> his HDMI TV *is* a DFP. >> >> But at some point the 1s and 0s must be converted to some sort of an >> analog signal if only right behind the diode. =A0A diode must be >> presented with a signal in some sort of analog form in order to >> illuminate, right? =A0Digital is just a figment of our imagination after >> all. > > Sure, but that couldn't introduce ghosting as shown in the picture. > Ghosting represents the image being offset in its intended raster > coordinates. By the time a diode is turned on or off, the decision if > which diode a signal goes to has already been made. True, but *is* that D/A conversion made right behind each diode? - Grant