Issues getting my HTPC to display on my TV properly... (1 Viewer)

[nettech_gt]

I'm having some issues getting my HTPC to display on my TV properly. I have a Panasonic CT-27HL15(HDTV). I'm connecting to it via a HDMI to DVI cable and I'm using a Asus A8N-VM CSM motherboard w/ Nvidia 6150 on board video. I can see the desktop on the the TV but I can't get it fill the screen properly. I have tried all the standard reslutions and a variety of custom resolutions, none of which are working. My TV manual says it supports 1080i, 480i and 480p. What resolution should I use?

 

[Callifo]

Do you have some more specific information on it? I googled it and from what the spec's looked like it wasnt HDTV, just a normal NTSC (720x480) tv. It does say HDTV inputs supported but all that means is it resizes it down to its native resolution.

 

[nettech_gt]

Here is the tv:

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wc...rogram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702

Is there something specific I need to look for in the manual, to know if this will work? It says it does support the following resolutions 1920x1080i, 720x480p, 640x480p, 720x480i. But I have tried theese already.

 

[oldblue]

You might want to look into turning on overscan. I have a widescreen running at 848x480(?? whatever i can't remember the resolution right now). Anyway, experiment with overscan with different resolutions. My desktop is a little oversized, but when watching tv or dvd the picture size is perfect. So you might want to keep that in mind.
Hope that helps.

 

[Teebor]

Just to cut in, and I am trying to not make this a thread jack.

My tv (which is PAL but supports NTSC) looks terrible when I put it into 720x576 (PAL widescreen i believe) the screen goes all fuzzy and the picture jumps and I cannot get it into fullscreen.

However if I crank it right up to something like 1280x960 it fills the screen perfectly BUT I cannot read any text in windows. Once media portal is running though everything is good, no fuzzyness and no screen jumping.

My tv is a philips widescreen (cant remember model) and its is most definetely not HDTV its too old.

So perhaps you need to try higher resolutions to get the output correct, OR I am pushing my tv too hard and am going to regret it

 

[nettech_gt]

Well... I have played w/ it some more and when I use 1080i I get the whole the desktop to display however its in 16:9 (black bar on top and bottom) I tried adjusting the over and under scan but it won't strech anymore vertically. When I use 480i the desktop fills the whole screen but is too large and I'm unable to adjust over/under scan. So.. I looked in the manual some more and its says the HDMI port is not intended for use with computers. Also I saw that when using 1080i the only aspect ratio supported is 16:9. Does this mean to get the piture to fill the screen I'm suck using 480i (non HD resolutions). Would it help any if I switched to compnent connections?