question regarding useing an LCD TV as a PC monitor

ViviTheMage

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Westinghouse sk-32h240s screen flicker issue--Its does great at 1366x768, but thats small, so I put it to the next up which is 1920x1080 and its huge, and perfect!

BUT things are a bit blurry/hazy. I also get a flicker too, I see it in WoW and CS...so its something with the TV, and I am not sure if I can change a setting in my graphics option, or on the TV set itself...thanks for any ideas!

Let me add I have an 8800GTS G92 512mb card, and the issue also happens with my M1330 at this resolution via HDMI - HDMI.
 

Dream Operator

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Technical Details

* Display Specification
* - Viewable Screen Size: 32" Diagonal
* - Aspect Ratio: 16:9
* - Native/Optimum Resolution: 1366 x 768
* - Color Capability: 16.7 Million colors

It should not be working at 1920x1080.

Same card here. 1080P DVI->HDMI. No issues.
 

ViviTheMage

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its a 1080i LCD TV though. I have my DVD player hooked up to it as well and it does 1080i fine via DVD player.

I know the 1366 is native, but it **should** be able to do 1920 fine.
 

VirtualLarry

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Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
Originally posted by: JSt0rm01
it wont do 1x1 pixel mapping so you are losing information

so there is nothing I can do about it? Id be better off just going to the lower native resolution?

Yes.

I'm quite frankly suprised that it even displayed a 1920x1080 signal at all.
 

stepone

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Your problem is occuring because your lcd is running at 1920*1080 & it's a 720p screen but capable of 1080i.
If you try to run the screen at 1080i res with a PC then your screen will refresh @30hz instead of the usual 60hz as it's running in interlaced mode which will result in screen flicker & refresh probs.

To confirm the refresh rate go to: Display in the control panel - settings tab - click on advanced - then the monitor tab & check your screens refresh rate.
For confirmation change the screen res back to 1366*768 & see if the refresh rate goes up.
 

ViviTheMage

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VGA only outputs 1366 lopri....as I stated earlier.

1366 gets me 60HZ, and 1920 gives my 60 hz, but if I get into the nvidia display settings it does indeed say its interlaced 60hz.I guess I am SOL, ill look for something else and return it.

Thanks all!
 

RamIt

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VGA outputs 1080P (1920x1080) on my 1080p monitor but not in certain games for some reason.
 

stepone

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There really are no shortcuts here i'm afraid. ie you want a 1920*1080 res from a lcd tv being used as a PC monitor then you're going to have to splash for a 1080p tv or just accept your current 1366*768 res...
 

postmortemIA

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1080I is accepted as input and downsampled to 720P... supports doesn't meant it is showing it.