I've just bought my first HDTV after several years with my HTPC. It's a Sony SXRD KDS-50A2000, which I have connected to my HTPC's ATI 9600 DVI port via a 50' DVI to HDMI cable from Monoprice. The image is spectacular from live and recorded HD from my Fusion HDTV card and very good from DVD. There are a few problems I could use the expert help of this forum's members on.
1) a significant annoyance to me (and very inconvient for others) is that if I switch from the Video 7 source to another source then back, the SXRD looses sync and just displays a black screen. To resync, I have to go to the HDTV in a different room, where there the old CRT monitor is, kill and restart the program (Fusion HDTV or Media Player) or, if I was just viewing email etc, start then kill a video, to get the SXRD to resync. Others without the second display, have been forced to disconnect the HDMI and reconnect it. So the question is,
is there a way to force a resync of the DVI signal via a keyboard entry?
2) while the new SXRD is supposed to have 1080p capability, and, when set for that my ATI 9600 properly detects the display, the TV says it's an unsupported connection. Switching to 1080i (30 hz) works great, except:
3) there is significant overscan, which is a minor concern when just viewing video, but, will be a more significant concern if I try running many other programs here as the bottom and top of the display which are clipped is where the window and program controls tend to be. I've read that the ATI cards in 1080i mode are known for this and that they don't exibit this problem in 1080p mode. So, issue 2 and 3 are related and result in a compound question:
is there a way set the ATI so the SXRD will accept it's 1080p (60hz) signal, or, to adjust the 1080i signal to not overscan?
Thanks for your help.
1) a significant annoyance to me (and very inconvient for others) is that if I switch from the Video 7 source to another source then back, the SXRD looses sync and just displays a black screen. To resync, I have to go to the HDTV in a different room, where there the old CRT monitor is, kill and restart the program (Fusion HDTV or Media Player) or, if I was just viewing email etc, start then kill a video, to get the SXRD to resync. Others without the second display, have been forced to disconnect the HDMI and reconnect it. So the question is,
is there a way to force a resync of the DVI signal via a keyboard entry?
2) while the new SXRD is supposed to have 1080p capability, and, when set for that my ATI 9600 properly detects the display, the TV says it's an unsupported connection. Switching to 1080i (30 hz) works great, except:
3) there is significant overscan, which is a minor concern when just viewing video, but, will be a more significant concern if I try running many other programs here as the bottom and top of the display which are clipped is where the window and program controls tend to be. I've read that the ATI cards in 1080i mode are known for this and that they don't exibit this problem in 1080p mode. So, issue 2 and 3 are related and result in a compound question:
is there a way set the ATI so the SXRD will accept it's 1080p (60hz) signal, or, to adjust the 1080i signal to not overscan?
Thanks for your help.
