Connecting PC to Panasonic TH-37PW5

This is not a high-tech gaming rig, and hence not a high-tech question, but i didnt know where else to post this. Thanks for any insight you can provide.


I got a 36" Panasonic TH-37PW5 Plasma from a yard sale for $20 and want to hook up my PC to it. The TV only has Component and VGA inputs. When i hook up my PC it only displays up to 1072x600. The video card is an integrated Intel 82865G.

Obviously this res is not very satisfactory.

What do i need to do to get a higher res with this TV? Is that the max it can display? Is the video card limiting and do i need a new one?

Or, is it a Windows setting? (Slider is set to max and refresh rate is 61hz (only option).

Or, is it a TV Setting?

Thanks again for any advice and insight you can provide!


PS - looking mostly to use this as a PC monitor, watching some video, no gaming really. Just want crisp(er) text and web pages to fit on the screen! lol.

Yeah that's what i was thinking, but found it strange the PC allowed it to go to 1072x600.

I have a Pioneer PDP-5080HD which is a 720p Panel (max res 1365x768) and seem to remember getting higher res when connecting to a PC. My memory could serve me wrong, however.

Thanks for the quick reply WiseGuy, Anyone with a difinitive answer on this one?

Ok fair enough. Wii screen it is! (guy told me he paid $8000 for it... i figured that was laughable). But, a nice $20 purchase all the while.

Thanks guys!