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<blockquote data-quote="htpcoz" data-source="post: 19363" data-attributes="member: 13987">I've got a Pana 76pw10a, which I think is basically the older version of your TV (ie &quot;non-fine pitch&quot; version). I use a clone 9200 Radeon in combination with powerstrip (great piece of software from <a href="http://www.entech.co.tw" target="_blank">www.entech.co.tw</a>, depending on the resoluton I drive). and a KDS VGA-&gt;Component converter (there might be better/cheaper options these days for this component, as I did this about 2 years ago now).The picure quality with this setup is EXCEPTIONAL.If you go down this path, when you create resolutions under powerstrip there are a number of predefined &quot;custom resolutions&quot; which have &quot;HDTV PAL Derived&quot; in their name which were developed by another guy in Oz, using the same TV as mine, and they all work pretty well, although some are better than others wrt overscan, and text clarity. I use 960x540 progressive mostly and find it to be perfect for everything including HDTV.&nbsp; (Actually, to use this mode you don't need powerstrip, as the more recent Radeon catalyst drivers support it fine)I would prefer to use 1920x1080i, (which does require powerstrip as it requires setting the card into interlaced mode which doesn't seem to work natively in the driver). However, I have found that something that&nbsp; MP does in changing between the fullscreen video and fullscreen skin mode (ie MP stays fulls screen but toggles between the windowed and full screen videos) causes some sort of mode change in the video card which results in the TV losing sync for a couple of seconds when changing modes (again only if running 1080i output, I think it is related to the interlacing). So, I've decided to go with 960x540 which is very clear, an exact half of HDTV resolution, and will leave 1080i until I have some time to perfect. If you can get 1080i though (or if you are happy with the periodic loss of sync), you will be happy especially with HDTV broadcasts, the clarity is astounding. (on your TV probably even moreso)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="htpcoz, post: 19363, member: 13987"] I've got a Pana 76pw10a, which I think is basically the older version of your TV (ie "non-fine pitch" version). I use a clone 9200 Radeon in combination with powerstrip (great piece of software from [url]www.entech.co.tw[/url], depending on the resoluton I drive). and a KDS VGA->Component converter (there might be better/cheaper options these days for this component, as I did this about 2 years ago now). The picure quality with this setup is EXCEPTIONAL. If you go down this path, when you create resolutions under powerstrip there are a number of predefined "custom resolutions" which have "HDTV PAL Derived" in their name which were developed by another guy in Oz, using the same TV as mine, and they all work pretty well, although some are better than others wrt overscan, and text clarity. I use 960x540 progressive mostly and find it to be perfect for everything including HDTV. (Actually, to use this mode you don't need powerstrip, as the more recent Radeon catalyst drivers support it fine) I would prefer to use 1920x1080i, (which does require powerstrip as it requires setting the card into interlaced mode which doesn't seem to work natively in the driver). However, I have found that something that MP does in changing between the fullscreen video and fullscreen skin mode (ie MP stays fulls screen but toggles between the windowed and full screen videos) causes some sort of mode change in the video card which results in the TV losing sync for a couple of seconds when changing modes (again only if running 1080i output, I think it is related to the interlacing). So, I've decided to go with 960x540 which is very clear, an exact half of HDTV resolution, and will leave 1080i until I have some time to perfect. If you can get 1080i though (or if you are happy with the periodic loss of sync), you will be happy especially with HDTV broadcasts, the clarity is astounding. (on your TV probably even moreso) [/QUOTE]

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