Does anyone else think text looks smaller when your video card is hooked up to a HollywoodPlus?

[Noriaki]

I have a Voodoo3-2000 and a Hollywood plus.

When I have my passthrough cable attached text looks a bit smaller to me than it does when I have the monitor attached directly to the V3. I'm in 800x600x32x85Hz any ideas why this might be?

 

[Noriaki]

Nevermind! I'm such a dumb ass, I just needed to adjust the monitor settings a bit. Hrmmm..this H+ is no good...I'm not sure exactly how but it alters the signal it passes through. That's not cool at all.

I only use 800x600 so I don't really notice it, but it seems to me that it shouldn't alter the signal at all...and that it could definately be an issue at higher res...oh well..hehe

 

[Wizkid]

It DEFINITELY alters the signal

I bought one, tried it, and returned it all in the same day. I used 1600x1200@85Hz at that time, and it made the signal so bad that it was hard to look at the screen without getting sore eyes... the text was totally blurry and almost seemed to move back and forth on the screen!

PowerDVD has been working great ever since

 

[Sluggo]

It seems to blur everything, maybe the Hollywood+ has FSAA :Q

 

[dcdomain]

If you aren't watching DVD... disconnect that sucker... messes up your res for non DVD stuff...

 

[HaVoC]

Seems for higher resolutions the H+ video passthrough does cause signal degradation. I'm surprised you notice a difference at 800x600? Maybe your H+ cable is defective?

 

[AngelOfDeath]

I don't use the pass-through cable simple as that, instead I connect the MF to my tv and control it from there. Signal: Crystal-clear as a babies @ss. I bought a remote for my friend at work, and damn that working nice. Considering buying one myself now .

AoD

 

[ghouldini]

Been reading up on H+ tests since I am getting one with a Toshiba DVDROM drive. Seems the H+ cable is of poor quality and most are recommending getting a replacement ASAP. I am going to use the H+ for TV only. I got WinDVD for using on the computer (was a $4 deal that came with my V3/3000 AGP).

 

[Adul]

not that i noticed

 

[Schola]

I run at 1600x1200@75 and I never reall noticed the differnece. Perhaps my eyesight is not as good as yours.

schola

 

[Noriaki]

<< Seems for higher resolutions the H+ video passthrough does cause signal degradation. I'm surprised you notice a difference at 800x600? Maybe your H+ cable is defective? >>



No, the signal looks fine to me at 800x600, I just had to adjust the screen position/size. My monitor is funny like that...I had to make a million and one adjustments when I swappped my V3 for a radeon.

It's just silly...now that I readjusted the picture position it looks perfectly fine 800x600x32bppx85Hz

I'm just unimpressed that I had to alter the picture settings...to my mind the H+ should just pass the signal through directly, it shouldn't alter the position even.