Mirror vide output different Resolution

I want to mirror the video to my TV, in order to use it as a media cener. I will buy a VGA splitter so the same output could be seen in the LCD and my HD TV.
The problem is that my LCD Monitor (Acer X221W) Supports 1680x1050 and my TV supports a lower resulution, it will work anyway ?
What could happen ?

Picture quality usually isn't very good using a VGA splitter. The splitter causes the signal to be double-terminated which can both lower the output (darken the picture) but it can also cause shadowy artifacts to appear around text characters and other scene transitions in the picture.
Another problem you may encounter, depending on how the splitter is wired internally, is that the Mac might get two EDID values, or no EDID values. Either could cause problems with the Mac not knowing what resolution to output from the video port.
About the resolution question, that may be the least of your worries. You will just have to find a resolution both displays support (assuming it works at all because of other problems outlined above). I imagine both would run from 1280 x 720 at 60 Hz, so that may be the best common resolution setting you will find. But it's hard to say for sure.
If these are both LCD displays, you shouldn't have to worry about causing physical and permanent damage by experimenting. Modern displays cannot be damaged in the same way old tube TVs could be damaged by running at the incorrect timing. So you might as well buy the splitter, since they are inexpensive, and see what results. That's the only way to know for sure if it will work and if you will be happy with the outcome. Good luck.

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I have 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 monitors which I would like to setup so that I have two displays (:0.0 and :0.1), i.e. can't drag a window to the other display, but can move the mouse from one screen to the next. The graphics card is Radeon HD 4850.
At the moment I have one screen only, so I can't move the mouse from the first to the second screen, it is captive in the first screen.
xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 1680 x 1680
HDMI-0 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 338mm x 270mm
1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0
1280x960 60.0
1152x864 75.0 70.0
1024x768 75.0 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 75.0 72.8 66.7 59.9
720x400 70.1
VGA-0 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 338mm x 270mm
1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0
1280x960 60.0
1152x864 75.0 70.0
1024x768 75.0 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 75.0 72.8 66.7 59.9
720x400 70.1
DVI-0 connected 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 474mm x 296mm
1680x1050 60.0*+
1600x1200 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1440x900 75.0 59.9
1280x960 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1280x720 60.0
1024x768 75.0 70.1 60.0
832x624 74.6
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 75.0 72.8 66.7 59.9
720x400 70.1
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "dual head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
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Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "drm"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# keyboard added by rhpxl
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
DisplaySize 444 277
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
DisplaySize 339 271
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Xorg.0.log:
(==) ServerLayout "dual head configuration"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "Videocard0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen1" (1)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor1"
(**) | |-->Device "Videocard1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
It doesn't look as if xrandr can help as it reports a maximum virtual desktop of 1680x1680.
Because the two monitors are different resolutions I don't know if a single screen is the answer.
I used to have two displays/screens configured to two different resolutions matching the monitors using the catalyst driver but can't get it working using the xf86-video-ati driver.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Willem
Last edited by Willem (2010-01-02 20:42:41)

Thanks, with your help I was able to get it working.
The xorg.conf relevant sections:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "dual head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
DisplaySize 444 277
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
DisplaySize 339 271
Option "RightOf" "Monitor0"
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "Monitor-HDMI-0" "Monitor0"
Option "Monitor-DVI-0" "Monitor1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Virtual 2960 1050
EndSubSection
EndSection
Would still be interested to get a seperate display for each monitor working though.

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