Re: Blurry tv picture on full screen mode

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From: P-Chip (PChip_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 06:15:05 -0800

Christo,

It might also have to do with the fact that when you watch TV on your PC,
you are probably sitting a lot closer to it than you are to a typical TV
(about 18-24" as compared to 7-10'). If you were to sit about the same
distance from your 19" LCD, you would likely see that the full-screen display
on your MCE is about as good as your TV.

If this is not the case, you could have a problem with your display drivers,
or the graphics card itself. What kind of a card to you have? Also, what kind
of tuner do you have installed?

HTH,
Pat

"christo" wrote:

> If I watch tv on a 19" television it's sharp. Why wouldn't it be sharp on my
> computer? I would expect the same image on my 19" flat panel to be the same
> as it would be on a 19" televsion.
>
> "Bob [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > The resolution of the TV picture is approximately 640x480.
> > If you have your monitor resolution set to 1280x1024,
> > then a 1/4-screen-size TV image will be displayed at
> > its full resolution.
> >
> > If you now magnify that picture to fill the screen,
> > it's going to appear either more blocky, blurry, or a
> > combination of the two.
> >
> > The quality of the up-sampled image may depend on your
> > decoder and video hardware. But in general, the more
> > you zoom in beyond the native resolution of the image,
> > the worse it will look.
> >
> > --
> > -Bob
> > _______________________________
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows XP Media Center Edition
> > http://www.microsoft.com/ehome
> >
> >
> > "christo" <christo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B3290530-7D26-4962-8970-54A3E1D4757A@microsoft.com...
> > > Running xp media center, p4, 1 gig ram, nvidia geforce 5600. When I watch tv
> > > on a window about 1/4 the size of my 19" flat panel, the picture quality is
> > > very sharp. When I watch on full screen mode, the picture is blurry. With
> > > that much power/memory, I should get a sharp picture. What's wrong? Thanks
> >

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