Re: Need Configuration Help

From: JW (anonymous_at_Nospam.Iam)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:56:33 -0800

I have no solutions to propose. From the Web I found that your IBM/SONY CRT
monitor was designed and sold for high resolution PC graphics such as
medical images etc. and it appears that it acts much like a native
resolution digital display with a normal resolution of 1920x1440.(The
lowest resolution listed as being used was 1600x1200@85Hz) . Since the MCE
video is stored at 720x480(345K pixels) and your display wants at
least1600x1200(1.9Mega pixels) 5.5 pixels of data have to be "invented" for
every pixel of real input data either by the monitors driver or by the
monitor itself. It is apparently this upscaling of the images that is
causing it to be blurry.
NVIDIA yesterday announce improved video for their 6000 series cards called
"Pure Video" which might be able to provide better upscaling to 1600x1200
however, there are no user reports yet of how good it is. I saw one post
that ATI is also working on a similar capability but I know nothing about
it.

"Ed_from_Baruch" <EdfromBaruch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BF073829-567E-482B-8871-DACD318DF0B2@microsoft.com...
>I have a 21" IBM P260 and it is a CRT. By blurry, I mean it doesn't look
> sharp. It looks like the special effect when people are dreaming on tv.
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> What kind of monitor do you have?
>> Have you tried connecting your IBM monitor instead, assuming it has a VGA
>> port? What kind of monitor is it?
>> If either of the monitors are LCD monitors what are their native
>> resolutions
>> and response times?
>> Can you describe a little better what you mean by "blurry"? Is it related
>> to
>> moving objects or all objects?
>> Did lowering the resolution help at all?
>>
>> "Ed_from_Baruch" <Ed_from_Baruch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:EC81081B-0792-4D2D-94AA-AAC00B62CEB9@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks for the reply, is there anything else that I could do to improve
>> > my
>> > picture video?
>> >
>> > "JW" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Additional video memory or a DVI connection will not help. since your
>> >> monitor is using DVI-A.
>> >> Since the TV video has been captured at 720x480 Setting your
>> >> resolution
>> >> to
>> >> 800x600 should help if it is currently set higher than that. You could
>> >> even
>> >> bring in down to 640x480 but then your desktop functions would be
>> >> harder
>> >> to
>> >> use.
>> >>
>> >> "Ed_from_Baruch" <Ed_from_Baruch@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:DF12A5E8-D0F6-4E1A-A175-D4C67EE30F66@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hello all:
>> >> >
>> >> > I don't know if these question are going to sound stupid, but I'll
>> >> > ask
>> >> > them
>> >> > anyway. First I wanted to know if it was better to have the
>> >> > resolution
>> >> > set
>> >> > lower when I watch tv. Second, I curently watch tv on my PC
>> >> > monitor.
>> >> > The
>> >> > picture is ok, but it looks a little blurry. I have a ATI Radeon
>> >> > X300
>> >> > @
>> >> > 128mb with a turner in another AGP port. (They both came with my HP
>> >> > 1080
>> >> > media center. Should I update my card to 256mb. Also I have a 21"
>> >> > IBM
>> >> > monitor that has a DVI-A port, but my video card doesn't. If I get
>> >> > a
>> >> > card
>> >> > with DVI, will that improve my viewing experience. Any information
>> >> > about
>> >> > this would be greatly appreciated.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

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