Re: display issue with DVI versus S-Video

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Dana I think I'm going to just try an Nvidia card and see what it does.

David

"Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:udI6QZROFHA.2468@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Let me know what you find on the VGA -> component adapter. I was able to
> get
> _either_ VGA and sVideo simultaneously, or sVideo and DVI simultaneously,
> but NOT VGA and DVI simultaneously. The sVideo picture is rock solid, the
> VGA picture is great on the monitor, but the DVI jitters just a bit (not
> enough to be a bother for the 10-foot interface). But I was not able to
> get
> all 3 working at once, nor the VGA to monitor and DVI to tv at the same
> time. And the ATI interface is confusing at best...
>
> Dana Cline - MVP
>
> "David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]" <dbartosik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:#gYD3NHOFHA.3984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Well after messing with this for a while now I have been able to conclude
>> that the problem is with the ATI driver/card/software. Basically it's
> being
>> stupid. With the DVI connection it does not recognize the TV as a TV, it
>> instead says it's a "digital panel". I had earlier downloaded and updated
> to
>> driver and catalyst version 5.3 off the ATI website. The new interface is
>> more complicated then the normal display properties. Well I decided to
>> try
>> reverting back to the 4x driver that came with the ATI X600 card. When I
> did
>> that and reverted back to the display properties interface I was able to
> see
>> this clearly because it showed a big red x on the tv option. I then went
>> back to SVideo connection and back to the display properties and found it
>> was now read as a TV display. I then started looking thru the TV display
>> options and found that there are settings there that cover screen
>> positioning, overscan, and flickering. Everything I need. Thing is these
>> aren't issues under SVideo only under DVI. And these options don't exist
>> under "display panel". I went back an forth a couple of times to see if
> ATI
>> would recognize the TV as a TV on DVI and thus provide those TV settings.
>> But ATI just won't do it, under either version of their software and
> driver.
>> It refuses to recognize it as a TV, just sets it to "display panel" which
>> provides zero available settings. It only gives a fixed 768x420
> resolution.
>> So, that's the problem, ATI is to stupid to consider that a TV could have
> a
>> DVI port. I'm burned out on ATI, I tell ya, the website is bad enough.
>> I'm
>> either going to go look for a better non ATI video card so I can get my
> DVI
>> or I'll try getting a VGA-Component Video adapter and cables and try that
>> off this card and see if I can get TV settings that will allow me the
> higher
>> resolutions I need for this wide screen TV. Not sure yet on that. But I
>> do
>> regret the X600 purchase.
>>
>> David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
>> http://www.publishermvps.com
>> http://www.davidbartosik.com
>>
>> "David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]" <dbartosik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message news:%23$A16AoNFHA.1040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have MCE 2005 with ATI X600, which provides a S-Video TV out and DVI-I
> TV
>> >out. I have a wide-screen HDTV compatible Zenith 45" projection TV with
>> >ever port imaginable including a DVI-D.
>> > Now my thinking is that digital to digital will be the best picture and
>> > provide me with a 16:9 format in MCE 2005. Versus using S-Video.
>> > But, sadly I have found that connecting the two via a DVI-D cable
> results
>> > in 2 things:
>> > 1- the picture is jittery, you don't really see it looking at the
> desktop
>> > image but when you open a window or dialog you can really see the
> picture
>> > is a bit shaky, like the video card had way too much coffee.
>> > 2 - the task bar goes about 97% off the screen. I tried a couple
>> > resolution changes and didn't see a difference in getting the MCE
> desktop
>> > sized better in the tv viewing area.
>> >
>> > When I go with the S-Video cable connection the picture displays fine,
>> > nice and still. And the MCE desktop is fully visible in the TV viewing
>> > area.
>> >
>> > But, I've got DVI on these things, I'd like to be using it. Is it
>> > rocket
>> > science?
>> >
>> > David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
>> > http://www.publishermvps.com
>> > http://www.davidbartosik.com
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>


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