United States of America
I have a Philips 60pp9100d/37 HDTV, a GeForce FX 5200 and I am running Vista 32 Ultimate with the default Vista drivers (NVIDIA has not written Vista drivers for this card). My PC is connected to the TV using a DVI2HDMI cable. My resolution is set to 1176x664 by using PowerStrip and making a monitor profile that it automatically gave me.
Here are my issues. Due to the fact that I can not find any specs on my TV as far as what resolutions it can do I am stuck using 1176x664 since this is the only resolution I could find that would not over-fill my screen This problem is at this resolution all the text is blurry and very hard to read. I can find many resolutions that look great but they over-fill the screen (can't see the start bar, etc). I also can not adjust the overscan using the custom resolution button because it is greyed out.
What would be my best option to fix this. I am assuming that the custom resolution button is greyed out due to my video card. Prior to installing Vista I was able to use NVidia's screen adjustment program to fit my screen, but since I can not install their drivers that option is out.
Do I need to buy a new video card? If so could someone recommend a low cost AGP card that would allow for custom resolutions, has a DVI out and will work well with Vista. This is for a HTPC running Media Portal. I will not be playing games on it, so it does not have to be that fast or have much memory. If someone could recommend one or another option so I don't have to buy one it would be most appreciated.
Also I am not sure if this is related but from time to time the video will jump a few inches to the left and then center itself very quickly on the TV.
Here are my issues. Due to the fact that I can not find any specs on my TV as far as what resolutions it can do I am stuck using 1176x664 since this is the only resolution I could find that would not over-fill my screen This problem is at this resolution all the text is blurry and very hard to read. I can find many resolutions that look great but they over-fill the screen (can't see the start bar, etc). I also can not adjust the overscan using the custom resolution button because it is greyed out.
What would be my best option to fix this. I am assuming that the custom resolution button is greyed out due to my video card. Prior to installing Vista I was able to use NVidia's screen adjustment program to fit my screen, but since I can not install their drivers that option is out.
Do I need to buy a new video card? If so could someone recommend a low cost AGP card that would allow for custom resolutions, has a DVI out and will work well with Vista. This is for a HTPC running Media Portal. I will not be playing games on it, so it does not have to be that fast or have much memory. If someone could recommend one or another option so I don't have to buy one it would be most appreciated.
Also I am not sure if this is related but from time to time the video will jump a few inches to the left and then center itself very quickly on the TV.