Joined
·
60 Posts
I just put together my htpc which consists of the following;
asus 3N78-VM
AMD athlon X2 5000+
2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2
My display device is a sony rear projection LCD. KDF-E50A10.
When connecting my HTPC to the tv via VGA, the display is definately not as clear as i would suspect. Very blurry and hard on the eyes when viewing text in windows file explorer as well as internet explorer... Ive adjusted to every resolution i can think of (in windows and NVidia control panel) and cannot get a good picture for the life of me.
Video on the other hand is decent. Ive tried a few divx files and they were OK to say the least.
Additionally there is a border around the screen that i cannot get rid of because there is no setting on the tv (that i can find) that will scale properly... which brings me to HDMI.
When i use the HDMI signal, I suddenly have a setting to scale the image larger which removes the border but they display quality is still very very poor.
Is it my tv? Am i screwed and have to buy a new tv? What can i do?
Im really dissapointed as i only bought this HTPC because i thought id be able to achieve monitor-like attributes on my tv.
Please advise
asus 3N78-VM
AMD athlon X2 5000+
2GB RAM
XP Pro SP2
My display device is a sony rear projection LCD. KDF-E50A10.
When connecting my HTPC to the tv via VGA, the display is definately not as clear as i would suspect. Very blurry and hard on the eyes when viewing text in windows file explorer as well as internet explorer... Ive adjusted to every resolution i can think of (in windows and NVidia control panel) and cannot get a good picture for the life of me.
Video on the other hand is decent. Ive tried a few divx files and they were OK to say the least.
Additionally there is a border around the screen that i cannot get rid of because there is no setting on the tv (that i can find) that will scale properly... which brings me to HDMI.
When i use the HDMI signal, I suddenly have a setting to scale the image larger which removes the border but they display quality is still very very poor.
Is it my tv? Am i screwed and have to buy a new tv? What can i do?
Im really dissapointed as i only bought this HTPC because i thought id be able to achieve monitor-like attributes on my tv.
Please advise