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Slightly o/t: PC on widescreen telly
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:15:51 +0100, Rob
wrote: Marky P wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:37:03 +0100, Michael Rozdoba wrote: Mike Henry wrote: IIRC Marky's TV is a plasma, not a LCD, and it's 1024 x 768 (16:0) which means it has non-square pixels. If he were to pick a "widescreen" PC display mode (eg 1366 x 768) I'm not sure what would happen... It would display correctly I imagine, albeit with reduced horizontal resolution; certainly the aspect ratio should be correct. I use that res on XP with a PDP-433MXE whose native res is 1024x768, with no problems. I can't go any higher than 1024 x 768. My telly displays 'Not Supported' :-( Bugger. Mine's similar. So, I've connected it via the component output of the graphics card (a nvidea), which has various utilities to output at HD res, and an option to scale the picture. Looks pretty good to me. Rob My graphics card only has S-video out, maybe I'll upgrade sometime & give it a go. Marky P. |
Slightly o/t: PC on widescreen telly
Marky P wrote:
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:15:51 +0100, Rob wrote: Marky P wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:37:03 +0100, Michael Rozdoba wrote: Mike Henry wrote: IIRC Marky's TV is a plasma, not a LCD, and it's 1024 x 768 (16:0) which means it has non-square pixels. If he were to pick a "widescreen" PC display mode (eg 1366 x 768) I'm not sure what would happen... It would display correctly I imagine, albeit with reduced horizontal resolution; certainly the aspect ratio should be correct. I use that res on XP with a PDP-433MXE whose native res is 1024x768, with no problems. I can't go any higher than 1024 x 768. My telly displays 'Not Supported' :-( Bugger. Mine's similar. So, I've connected it via the component output of the graphics card (a nvidea), which has various utilities to output at HD res, and an option to scale the picture. Looks pretty good to me. Rob My graphics card only has S-video out, maybe I'll upgrade sometime & give it a go. Depending on the source it might not make much of a difference to the picture quality, but IIRC the 'better' options come with HD/component (720p). Graphics cards with HDMI are starting to become available - I've yet to see a review yet. Rob |
Slightly o/t: PC on widescreen telly
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from "Tim Downie" contains these words: Krustov wrote: uk.tech.digital-tv Charlie Pearce Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:36:26 +0100 Is it true that absinthe makes the part grow longer? After I drink that stuff, I sound like a motorbike when I break wind. Would that be a 2 stroke or a 4 stroke :-) Either as long as it's a Honda. Ah! The old "Abscess makes the fart go Honda" joke. :-) -- Regards, John. Please remove the "ohggcyht" before replying. The address has been munged to reject Spam-bots. |
Slightly o/t: PC on widescreen telly
Marky P wrote:
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:15:51 +0100, Rob wrote: Marky P wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:37:03 +0100, Michael Rozdoba wrote: Mike Henry wrote: IIRC Marky's TV is a plasma, not a LCD, and it's 1024 x 768 (16:0) which means it has non-square pixels. If he were to pick a "widescreen" PC display mode (eg 1366 x 768) I'm not sure what would happen... It would display correctly I imagine, albeit with reduced horizontal resolution; certainly the aspect ratio should be correct. I use that res on XP with a PDP-433MXE whose native res is 1024x768, with no problems. I can't go any higher than 1024 x 768. My telly displays 'Not Supported' :-( Bugger. Mine's similar. So, I've connected it via the component output of the graphics card (a nvidea), which has various utilities to output at HD res, and an option to scale the picture. Looks pretty good to me. Rob My graphics card only has S-video out, Oh, well, no wonder then. Doesn't the TV have a vga, dvi or hdmi input? How far is it from the PC? -- Michael m r o z a t u k g a t e w a y d o t n e t |
Slightly o/t: PC on widescreen telly
Tim Downie wrote:
~ Krustov wrote: ~ ~ uk.tech.digital-tv ~ ~ Charlie Pearce ~ ~ Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:36:26 +0100 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Is it true that absinthe makes the part grow longer? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ After I drink that stuff, I sound like a motorbike when I break ~ ~ ~ wind. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Would that be a 2 stroke or a 4 stroke :-) ~ ~ Either as long as it's a Honda. No, no, no......"abscess makes the fart go Honda" ! ;) -- RKP |
Slightly o/t: PC on widescreen telly
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:20:58 +0100, Michael Rozdoba
wrote: Marky P wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:15:51 +0100, Rob wrote: Marky P wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:37:03 +0100, Michael Rozdoba wrote: Mike Henry wrote: IIRC Marky's TV is a plasma, not a LCD, and it's 1024 x 768 (16:0) which means it has non-square pixels. If he were to pick a "widescreen" PC display mode (eg 1366 x 768) I'm not sure what would happen... It would display correctly I imagine, albeit with reduced horizontal resolution; certainly the aspect ratio should be correct. I use that res on XP with a PDP-433MXE whose native res is 1024x768, with no problems. I can't go any higher than 1024 x 768. My telly displays 'Not Supported' :-( Bugger. Mine's similar. So, I've connected it via the component output of the graphics card (a nvidea), which has various utilities to output at HD res, and an option to scale the picture. Looks pretty good to me. Rob My graphics card only has S-video out, Oh, well, no wonder then. Doesn't the TV have a vga, dvi or hdmi input? How far is it from the PC? I'm not using the S-video out, I'm using the monitor connection straight to the PC socket on the telly. Oddly enough, the 50" version on my telly supports the higher resolution, but I either have to settle with 4:3 or stretched 16:9 (which is ok for newsgroups but not pictures). Perhaps Windows Vista will have more options. Marky P. |
Slightly o/t: PC on widescreen telly
Marky P wrote:
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:20:58 +0100, Michael Rozdoba wrote: Marky P wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:15:51 +0100, Rob wrote: Marky P wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:37:03 +0100, Michael Rozdoba wrote: Mike Henry wrote: IIRC Marky's TV is a plasma, not a LCD, and it's 1024 x 768 (16:0) which means it has non-square pixels. If he were to pick a "widescreen" PC display mode (eg 1366 x 768) I'm not sure what would happen... It would display correctly I imagine, albeit with reduced horizontal resolution; certainly the aspect ratio should be correct. I use that res on XP with a PDP-433MXE whose native res is 1024x768, with no problems. I can't go any higher than 1024 x 768. My telly displays 'Not Supported' :-( Bugger. Mine's similar. So, I've connected it via the component output of the graphics card (a nvidea), which has various utilities to output at HD res, and an option to scale the picture. Looks pretty good to me. Rob My graphics card only has S-video out, Oh, well, no wonder then. Doesn't the TV have a vga, dvi or hdmi input? How far is it from the PC? I'm not using the S-video out, I'm using the monitor connection straight to the PC socket on the telly. Oddly enough, the 50" version on my telly supports the higher resolution, but I either have to settle with 4:3 or stretched 16:9 (which is ok for newsgroups but not pictures). Perhaps Windows Vista will have more options. Marky P. I'm not sure this 'native' thing can be done in software - the TV can accept the resolution or it can't. I'm in a similar position to you - I'd suggest getting a new video card - the 6600GT with component out/720p I have does a decent job after a lot of fiddling. Or perhaps one of the new HDMI cards once a few reviews are out: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...113171&_LOC=UK Rob |
Slightly o/t: PC on widescreen telly
Rob wrote:
Marky P wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:20:58 +0100, Michael Rozdoba wrote: Marky P wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:15:51 +0100, Rob wrote: Marky P wrote: On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:37:03 +0100, Michael Rozdoba wrote: Mike Henry wrote: IIRC Marky's TV is a plasma, not a LCD, and it's 1024 x 768 (16:0) which means it has non-square pixels. If he were to pick a "widescreen" PC display mode (eg 1366 x 768) I'm not sure what would happen... It would display correctly I imagine, albeit with reduced horizontal resolution; certainly the aspect ratio should be correct. I use that res on XP with a PDP-433MXE whose native res is 1024x768, with no problems. I can't go any higher than 1024 x 768. My telly displays 'Not Supported' :-( Bugger. Mine's similar. So, I've connected it via the component output of the graphics card (a nvidea), which has various utilities to output at HD res, and an option to scale the picture. Looks pretty good to me. Rob My graphics card only has S-video out, Oh, well, no wonder then. Doesn't the TV have a vga, dvi or hdmi input? How far is it from the PC? I'm not using the S-video out, I'm using the monitor connection straight to the PC socket on the telly. Oddly enough, the 50" version on my telly supports the higher resolution, but I either have to settle with 4:3 or stretched 16:9 (which is ok for newsgroups but not pictures). Perhaps Windows Vista will have more options. Marky P. I'm not sure this 'native' thing can be done in software - the TV can accept the resolution or it can't. I'm in a similar position to you - I'd suggest getting a new video card - the 6600GT with component out/720p I have does a decent job after a lot of fiddling. Or perhaps one of the new HDMI cards once a few reviews are out: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...113171&_LOC=UK Rob A review: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6199&page=4 |
Slightly o/t: PC on widescreen telly
Marky P wrote:
I'm not using the S-video out, I'm using the monitor connection straight to the PC socket on the telly. Oddly enough, the 50" version on my telly supports the higher resolution, but I either have to settle with 4:3 or stretched 16:9 (which is ok for newsgroups but not pictures). Perhaps Windows Vista will have more options. By PC socket, do you mean VGA, DVI-I, or DVI-D. The answer is different depending on which it is. -- Dave Farrance |
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