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Originally Posted by 257Tony /forum/post/15532761
That's as standard as it gets when it comes to LCD HDTV's.
Agreed, not withstanding that 1080p TV's are really the norm now, and I don't think anyone should be buying "HD ready" (as versus Full HD) TV's in this day and age unless they are getting a magnificent deal and are on a very tight budget.
Having said that, 1366*768 is a PC standard that found it's way over to Hi Def TV's (LCD and Plasma). It is not one of the HDTV standard resolutions, which is where the problem lies. I never really understood why there weren't more TV's with a native resolution of 1280*720 -which would have solved your problem.
To be honest, 1366*768 is not a serious/significant issue except for the specific situation where you are connecting a PC to the TV, and want 1-1 pixel mapping. I was very lucky that the LCD TV I purchased a few years ago did not have a HDMI port, it had a HDCP enabled DVI port -which meant I was able to select 1360*768 and get a digital-perfect picture. Interestingly enough, the newer model of this TV (Acer brand) came out with HDMI only, so I was glad I bought it when I did. Such TV's are pretty much impossible to find now days, which means buying a Full HD TV makes even more sense.
I also have a Panasonic Viera 1024*768 42 inch Plasma and quite happily run a HTPC into it via HDMI at 720p. Yes, it is not 1-1 pixel mapping, but it still produces a fantastic picture; whether I'm watching Digital Freeview HD TV; or Blu Ray; or even standard DVD's.
You might want to go back to the HDMI connection (720p) and simply increase your font size, or even the DPI setting (to 120) which may get rid of the slight blur on text -it worked for me.