1. Do not purchase an lcd-tv with an "PC input" expecting it to work optimally. Chances are it wont. Ask specifically on a forum or make the salesman connect a PC!
2. The preferred connection is digitally through HDMI or DVI (equivalent). But VGA is also a good method. Use S-video only as a last resort for HD-resolution displays.
3. You may want to download the latest drivers for your graphics card. Most users seems to use ATI or Nvidia, and both are catering for lcd-tvs etc in later driver revisions. You may need powerstrip if you need absolute flexibility.
Now, as you have followed tips 1-3 you have compatible and working hardware.
What? You purchased a tv anyways, and now you come for help?=)
http://pixelmapping.wikispaces.com/Pixel+mapping+explained
As the link above shows, many tvs have a hard-wired scaler/cropper called "overscan". If you do, then you are in some ways out of luck. Because of poor engineering, you will never get a crystal clear PC image. This might not matter (natural video is a lot more forgiving to scaling), but a PC cannot fix a poorly designed tv. What you can do is set the PC up to do "resolution within a resolution". For instance 1100x694 pixels may mean that every PC pixels falls within the tv screen. Since the tv typically has 1280x768 pixels, it will still scale the image though.
One important parameter is framerate. If you live in the US or Japan, you will typically have a rate of 60Hz for tv transmissions and video content. Use this rate for the PC desktop to avoid stuttery tv image. For the rest of the world, this rate is 50 Hz.
-k
2. The preferred connection is digitally through HDMI or DVI (equivalent). But VGA is also a good method. Use S-video only as a last resort for HD-resolution displays.
3. You may want to download the latest drivers for your graphics card. Most users seems to use ATI or Nvidia, and both are catering for lcd-tvs etc in later driver revisions. You may need powerstrip if you need absolute flexibility.
Now, as you have followed tips 1-3 you have compatible and working hardware.
What? You purchased a tv anyways, and now you come for help?=)
http://pixelmapping.wikispaces.com/Pixel+mapping+explained
As the link above shows, many tvs have a hard-wired scaler/cropper called "overscan". If you do, then you are in some ways out of luck. Because of poor engineering, you will never get a crystal clear PC image. This might not matter (natural video is a lot more forgiving to scaling), but a PC cannot fix a poorly designed tv. What you can do is set the PC up to do "resolution within a resolution". For instance 1100x694 pixels may mean that every PC pixels falls within the tv screen. Since the tv typically has 1280x768 pixels, it will still scale the image though.
One important parameter is framerate. If you live in the US or Japan, you will typically have a rate of 60Hz for tv transmissions and video content. Use this rate for the PC desktop to avoid stuttery tv image. For the rest of the world, this rate is 50 Hz.
-k
Norway
