10-12-2008, 03:23 AM
I have a pretty decent computer with a pretty decent video card and I'd like to use it to serve HD video to a 42" 1080p flat panel TV.
http://www.bfgtech.com/bfge96512gte.aspx
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-TH-42PZ77U...V/dp/B000V5DK2O
Those are links to the video card and the TV. The video card has dual DVI outputs, and the TV has HDMI inputs. I have a DVI-to-HDMI cable.
I can get video to the TV, but my problem is that that the TV seems to scale everything. I've selected it as a 1920x1080 secondary monitor, but there is about a 2" gap from the edges of the screen to the video and my TV is scaling everything to fit in the reduced space. I have no way of knowing what the actual resolution is, but it certainly isn't 1080p. The same videos played on my computer monitor are very sharp and crisp.
Does anyone have a media center PC and uses it to serve up 1080p media to a TV that can help me? I'm totally out of my element on this one.
http://www.bfgtech.com/bfge96512gte.aspx
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-TH-42PZ77U...V/dp/B000V5DK2O
Those are links to the video card and the TV. The video card has dual DVI outputs, and the TV has HDMI inputs. I have a DVI-to-HDMI cable.
I can get video to the TV, but my problem is that that the TV seems to scale everything. I've selected it as a 1920x1080 secondary monitor, but there is about a 2" gap from the edges of the screen to the video and my TV is scaling everything to fit in the reduced space. I have no way of knowing what the actual resolution is, but it certainly isn't 1080p. The same videos played on my computer monitor are very sharp and crisp.
Does anyone have a media center PC and uses it to serve up 1080p media to a TV that can help me? I'm totally out of my element on this one.