Re: Black Bar with Full Screen TV?

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From: BlackAdam (BlackAdam_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:15:03 -0800

PNY GeForce 6800 GT w/ ForceWare 67.03 BETA

I have to use those drivers to enable PureVideo and get hardware encoding...

"Andy Vanosdale [MCE MVP]" wrote:

> What is your video card and the driver version for it?
>
> --
> Andy Vanosdale
> Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center Edition
> Student Ambassador to Microsoft - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
> Microsoft Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/ExpertZone
>
> "BlackAdam" <BlackAdam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:918ACAFE-48BF-4EF2-92A5-95D2FE081C2A@microsoft.com...
> > Ouch... see I'm running a brand new Samsung SyncMaster 710n, which has a
> > native resolution of 1280x1024. Anything other than 1280x1024 looks like
> > complete garbage. I guess if there's no other fix... running Media Center
> > in
> > a window is the only way. Thanks for the help...
> >
> > "Andy Vanosdale [MCE MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Try setting the screen resolution to something like 1024x768. Your
> >> screen
> >> resolution is set very, very fine and this may be causing some video and
> >> decoding problems. Thanks.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andy Vanosdale
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center Edition
> >> Student Ambassador to Microsoft - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
> >> Microsoft Associate Expert
> >> Expert Zone - http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/ExpertZone
> >>
> >> "BlackAdam" <BlackAdam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9323D5D5-30C7-42F1-877C-7FB0E4D999E9@microsoft.com...
> >> >I just purchased a WinTV PVR150MCE, and am using the latest Nvidia DVD
> >> > Decoders with MCE2005. Well, while I'm watching full screen Live or
> >> > Recorded
> >> > TV, I get two black bars. One at the top, which will go away if I move
> >> > my
> >> > cursor over it, and one, 1/4 of the screen from the top. There is no
> >> > way
> >> > that
> >> > the bar will go away, unless I run Media Center in a window. Please
> >> > help...
> >> >
> >> > http://www.blackadam.com/misc/mceproblem.jpg
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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