[ydl-gen] Display resolution on HD TVs? --Sony's feedback

[Kai Staats]

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.