Well I've spent the last week trying to figure out what is going on using these forums and google but can't seem to find a fix. I have a Toshiba Qosmio x505-870 with a Geforce 360M running windows 7. I have tried two different HDMI cables, using the HDMI 1 port on TV to the HDMI on the laptop.
What happens is when I turn TV on, then laptop, at first the display info on tv reads 1920x1080 at 60hz and if I hit "format" I can choose Normal, Full or Dot by Dot. Windows logo looks great and all is fine. Once it gets to the login screen however it flashes HDMI 1, then everything is stretched out and now hitting info shows "1080p HD 16:9" and if I hit format, by dot by dot option is gone, replaced with Wide, Zoom, Normal... all of which give me overscan, and everything looks like crap, distorted kind of like an echo or shadow to icons and mouse pointer.
So from what I have read this sounds like Nvidia not liking the EDID in my 42PFL3704D? I have plugged this laptop into a Sceptre 40", a Samsung 37", and a Viore 22" all through the HDMI ports and was able to just force it into 1:1 mode with no probs!
I am using 1680x1050, as that's the only mode I can get to fit right & is seen as a PC connection, but any higher than that and it's back to being screwy... even 720p is overscanned... I could kill these idiots for not just putting the Dot By Dot mode in somewhere without needing to detect a PC connection & then having a crap EDID... Regedit shows Default monitor and a key with BAD_EDID but also a PHIL0xx and a EDID but said max rez 1600,1200 changed to 1920,1080 but no luck...
I am sorry if not making much sense I am really exhausted and this is the second TV I got in the last month from NewEgg after the Sceptre died on me 2 days before the super bowl and 2 weeks after I got it. Thank god for newegg RMA! At least philips picked up the phone. Sceptre didn't call back til the day after the super bowl! Wow I sure can pick em huh?
Did firmware update, have newest nvidia drivers... tried to get into service menu to see if I can force it to do dot by dot but the codes I found dont work or I'm not doing it right. Yes, I can do resize desktop in nvdia control panel but everything still looks like crap (Distorted, echoey, etc), Is there a monitor.inf or a custom resolution I can setup with advance timings or something? Please please please help, the thought of sending 2 TV's back in one month is killing me! Thank u thank u thank u!
What happens is when I turn TV on, then laptop, at first the display info on tv reads 1920x1080 at 60hz and if I hit "format" I can choose Normal, Full or Dot by Dot. Windows logo looks great and all is fine. Once it gets to the login screen however it flashes HDMI 1, then everything is stretched out and now hitting info shows "1080p HD 16:9" and if I hit format, by dot by dot option is gone, replaced with Wide, Zoom, Normal... all of which give me overscan, and everything looks like crap, distorted kind of like an echo or shadow to icons and mouse pointer.
So from what I have read this sounds like Nvidia not liking the EDID in my 42PFL3704D? I have plugged this laptop into a Sceptre 40", a Samsung 37", and a Viore 22" all through the HDMI ports and was able to just force it into 1:1 mode with no probs!
I am using 1680x1050, as that's the only mode I can get to fit right & is seen as a PC connection, but any higher than that and it's back to being screwy... even 720p is overscanned... I could kill these idiots for not just putting the Dot By Dot mode in somewhere without needing to detect a PC connection & then having a crap EDID... Regedit shows Default monitor and a key with BAD_EDID but also a PHIL0xx and a EDID but said max rez 1600,1200 changed to 1920,1080 but no luck...
I am sorry if not making much sense I am really exhausted and this is the second TV I got in the last month from NewEgg after the Sceptre died on me 2 days before the super bowl and 2 weeks after I got it. Thank god for newegg RMA! At least philips picked up the phone. Sceptre didn't call back til the day after the super bowl! Wow I sure can pick em huh?
Did firmware update, have newest nvidia drivers... tried to get into service menu to see if I can force it to do dot by dot but the codes I found dont work or I'm not doing it right. Yes, I can do resize desktop in nvdia control panel but everything still looks like crap (Distorted, echoey, etc), Is there a monitor.inf or a custom resolution I can setup with advance timings or something? Please please please help, the thought of sending 2 TV's back in one month is killing me! Thank u thank u thank u!