Re: HDMI or VGA connection to HDTV?
- From: Nigel Barker <nigel@xxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:26:47 GMT
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:48:02 -0700, MikeM <MikeM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi,
My LCD TV has a native resolution of 1366x768 but when driven with the DVI
to HDMI interface will only display at a resolution of 1280x720 (HD 720p
standard). I have been driving it in this mode, but was wondering if I would
be better off using the VGA output of my video card and driving the TV at its
native resolution?
Mike
It depends from TV to TV. You will definitely get a better picture in Windows at
native resolution over VGA. You may or may not get a better picture for video
e.g. SDTV, HDTV or DVDs) at 1280x720. You will probably have overscan & lose
Windows desktop top & bottom but video will be OK & you may adjust this in your
video driver or via an add-on like Powerstrip.
One extra issue outside the US is that in PAL-land TV refresh rate is 50Hz (NTSC
is 60 Hz) but AFAIK all LCDs are 60Hz so you can get motion judder on fast
moving scenes (a good MPEG2/DVD CODEC like NVidia's will mitigate this).
So bottom line is suck it & see.
--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
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