Apple HD(high def) Driver set?

I was told by a technician at best buy that I could download a driver set that would enable my powermac G5 to be set so the display output would be 1080i or another HD setting. Any info about this would be great thanks.

I have an HD ready TV that is 1080i compatible and am connecting it to my computer through the DVI Port. The TV also has a DVI port so there isn't any loss of signal or anything. I am using the TV as a monitor and am also playing HDTV through it using a USB HD Tuner. My problem is that right now it is stretching my desktop and applications instead of matching the screen. I was told that there was a driver update for the video card that allowed it to send the signal has true HD like an HD DVD player would. so why would the TV know the difference between a DVD Player, which isn't stretched and distorted and my computer, which is, unless the computer isn't telling the TV that the signal is HD 1080i or even 720p?

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    Jeff I dont understand your comparison of Bluray to Dlt. Bluray is the only storage technology that can seriously be expected to fit high def movies. I dont expect to be able to cram them onto to DVD's. Since HD DVD withdrew from the market, one could hardly consider BLuray format of the week. In case you hadnt noticed high def is the new way of shooting and displaying video. I would suggest walking into any home entertainment store to discover this. Morever I bought final cut pro HD , its got HD at the end of the title of the software so its not reaally unreasonable to assume it might be able to handle HD. Well it couldnt, it wouldnt read my high def footage and I was told by the guys at the MAc store to either upgrade to a version of Final cut pro that would (which involved buying a new machine) or spend exra money to downgrade to another verison that would.
    If its such a waste of time to put Blu ray drives in computers why are there many pcs with bluray drives? wake up Apple, people are buying high def products and they will want to output it somewhere. To describe Bluray as obscure sounds bizarre to me. Did you not read the news? bluray won the format war. Its so frustrating being a loyal Apple customer to be so behind the times. I feel like an idiot for going with Apple.
    I dont need fancy blu ray functionality, I just want to be able to make my movies and not have to worry about fitting them on a disc that cant cope. I dont really want to switch to pc but so far I havent found any good reasons not too yet. I have a stack of tapes shot on high def needing to be edited. Right now my Mac cant cope with it, Im not willing to buy a new Mac that doesnt have a bluray drive when i can buy a new PC that does. Unless of course i
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