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| Thread ID: 80754 | 2007-07-04 03:10:00 | Connecting PC to TV - Resolution Problems | vindaloo (12451) | Press F1 |
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| 565589 | 2007-07-04 03:10:00 | Hi guys, I'm having a problem running a PC thru my TV, equipment as below: TV: Philips 32 widescreen HD LCD, max res 1366x768 PC: Dell E520 with 256MB PCIe x16 ATI Radeon X1300 Pro card Connection: DVI/HDMI cable OS: Vista Home Prem I've had the TV for about 18 months, but the PC is brand new. At present I can only use it on 800x600. Anything else results in a screen thats way out of sync - too big, too small, wrong aperture etc. On some settings the picture quality itself is clearly much, much sharper but the screen is just the wrong size or shape. I've literally spent hours playing with the settings to no avail. Its incredibly disappointing as I had some high expectations when I put all this together. Is this even fixable or is the hardware simply incompatible? Any suggestions would be great. Thanks |
vindaloo (12451) | ||
| 565590 | 2007-07-04 03:18:00 | I take it, the videocard drvers are installed as well? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 565591 | 2007-07-04 03:30:00 | Well the PC is brand new (I only received it last Friday) so I assume its the latest set of drivers installed. I take it you think this may be the cause of my problems? |
vindaloo (12451) | ||
| 565592 | 2007-07-04 03:35:00 | If you right mouse on the desktop, is the ATI Catalyst control center option here?? If it is, have you changed anything in here? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 565593 | 2007-07-04 03:39:00 | Sorry Speedy, I'm at work so unable to check and be certain. I'll have a look at home and get back to you. Anything I should look out for? Thanks for your help so far | vindaloo (12451) | ||
| 565594 | 2007-07-04 03:44:00 | Dunno look under display manager (if the option is there that is) . Make sure theres 2 monitors there on the right . And just go thru the other options . Your settings maybe different from mine . I've got an LCD but its not a TV . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 565595 | 2007-07-04 04:05:00 | Cool, I'll have a look tonight. Thanks again | vindaloo (12451) | ||
| 565596 | 2007-07-04 05:13:00 | 1024x768 on my 32" LCD Phillips. I have spoken to the Philips Tech guy over this and this is the max you can set your computer to. (@ 59 hz refresh rate) Mind you, I connect through 15 pin VGA with RGB and H + V - as well as a stereo audio connection. 7 leads. The picture is not bad, but nowhere near as good as HDMI to HDMI from my camcorder. We really need a HD writer and a HD player to get optimum results. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 565597 | 2007-09-20 12:22:00 | hey vindaloo! did it work for you? i have the same promblem with my 42' philips lcd dosent seem to work! connected using the dvi to hdmi cable (from off the nvidia 6800gs card) tried alsorts of differrent res. but no luck! screen just turns green with a out of sync picture in the background, can work using the 800x600 res. but doesnt fill out the screen!! let me know if you get this working!! | bennett r (12504) | ||
| 565598 | 2007-09-20 23:34:00 | Ive a PC I setup as a HomeTheatrePC. Getting the PC to output the correct res for my TV was not that easy to get going. This may not apply to your newer TV but anyway..:2cents: TV's use a completely different resolution to a PC monitor. Often the actual TV resolution is not even supported as a standard Windows resolution. Newer NVidea drivers have a setup mode to change the res to the TV res (at which point it wont display on the PC monitor anymore) Some of the cheaper cards & wont do a dual display properly , so its either TV res or PC res, not both. heres the best place to look for answers, avs forum www.avsforum.com www.avsforum.com Heres some good info on TV resolutions en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org |
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