Panasonic TH-58PX600U - VGA/DVI or DVI/HDMI (HTPC)

Like I have said this 6700 times before that DVI will crush HDMI like a watermelon.


But the problem is you got the wrong TV to begin with. Consumer Panny TVs will not get you 1:1 pixel mapping when connected to HTPC no matter what video cards you use because they don't have DVI input.


The Consumer TVs are for average Joe and family.

The Commercial TVs are for businesses and end-users (pro users).


And yea you can set the video card to run separate resolutions for each TV since the resolutions do not match between the two. Clone would not be an idea.


Your best bet would be to try 1280 x 720 using HDMI if it's available.

Or use VGA (use good quality cable, not the one from the junk yard cheapo one) and set the resolution to 1360 x 768. You might be better off using the VGA for computer use.

sorry if my post was a bit exaggerative. That is my style of typing, if you haven't noticed in my other postings....

Yea 1280 x 720 for HDMI. That will get you the cleaner picture/texts than the other resolution settings.

Yea 1360 x 768 for VGA. That will get you the cleaner picture/texts than "higher" resolutions.

If the TV doesn't accept it's native resolution over DVI/HDMI (and I don't think that it does), use a DVI to VGA adapter and run 1360x768. That way you'll get pixel mapping, and the picture will be far superior.

chrisherbert, I have already told him to use 1360 x 768 when going VGA.


............................but you know you can't get 1:1 mapping at 1360 x 768.


At this point, the 720P over HDMI and 768P over VGA is pretty competitive, in terms of PQ and TQ (Text Quality).


You have to get 1366 x 768 in order to get 1:1 mapping, and that is not going to happen with his setup.


meow meow

Most TV's with a 1366x768 resolution will pixel map 1360x768 by leaving six rows blank.

It doesn't work that way.



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