From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 6 09:22:00 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED6BA56B for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:22:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms16-1.1blu.de (ms16-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6AEB8FC08 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:22:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.113.121.78] (helo=tiny.Sisis.de) by ms16-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TVehL-0007T0-2i for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:39:51 +0100 Received: from tiny.Sisis.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tiny.Sisis.de (8.14.5/8.14.3) with ESMTP id qA68dom8001260 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:39:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by tiny.Sisis.de (8.14.5/8.14.3/Submit) id qA68doGn001259 for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:39:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: tiny.Sisis.de: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:39:49 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD && HDMI TV Message-ID: <20121106083949.GA1123@tiny.Sisis.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT r226986 (i386) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 82.113.121.78 X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:22:01 -0000 Hello, After more than 20 years I bought a new TV, now with HDMI input and 1920x1080 resolution; detailed spec could be seen here: http://www.lg.com/de/tv/lg-42LM340S-3d-tv/technical-specifications My question related to FreeBSD is: can I connect this somehow via an USB HDMI adapter to my FreeBSD laptop at home (running CURRENT) to get the FreeBSD X11 screen onto the TV device? The TV has as well a LAN connector, I don't know at the moment for what this is good for, i.e. what kind of protocol it is expecting on the LAN connector... Thanks matthias -- Matthias Apitz | /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: www.asciiribbon.org E-mail: guru@unixarea.de | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards