Running 37/40" TV at 1080p with PC

JediFragger

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Running 37/40" TV at 1080p with PC, anyone got any experiences of doing this? Doable comfortably? Pics at all?

I did a quick search but nothing came up

cheers

Si
 
Been using a 37" very comfortably, looks fantastic.

I sit about 60cm away from the screen, took some adjusting but I got used to it. :p
 
It should look very sharp and clear, using the PS3's web browser at 1080P for instance is crystal clear. Make sure the TV supports 1:1 pixel mapping ("just scan" its usually called) and you sould be very happy with the results.
 
Ok cheers guys. Currently running a 27" Dell but am hankering after a little more size (ideally). Will be one of the new Sammy 5-series if I do get one so it should have all the latest features

cheers for the input

Si
 
JediFragger - Id recommend you looking at the new Pana LZD85s personally than the Sammys...

Been doing some research into getting a 32" 1080p 100/24 myself - might go to 37" though for value for money...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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Got a Panasonic Viera 26" TX26LXD70 here, doing DVI>HDMI Lovely, 1080p. Games look fantastic as well as High Definition content on web browsing as well as playback with blu-ray titles, could not be more pleased with my setup!
 
Bunyan said:
Got a Panasonic Viera 26" TX26LXD70 here, doing DVI>HDMI Lovely, 1080p. Games look fantastic as well as High Definition content on web browsing as well as playback with blu-ray titles, could not be more pleased with my setup!
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Um, that set's only 1366x768 mate, not 1080p even if it'll accept it.
 
I've got a Panasonic 42PZ70B that I sometimes play COD4 on through my PC at Full HD res. Bit stuttery given my GPU but not too bad. Looks awesome though! The only problem I have is that my tv is a plasma so if you start feeding computer signals into it for a long while you get image retention and if you leave it too long you'll end up with screen burn. So if you're going to get a big tv for games/PC stuff, make it an LCD. They don't get image retention.
 
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ukbrainstew, so 1920,1080 is not 1080p? last time i checked it was. And that is what my TV is set to for my computer
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1920x1080 is 1080 resolution. but some TV's can accept a device running on 1080 but don't have a 1080 screen, and will scale it down to the resolution the screen supports
 
Effectively it doesnt have the physical pixels to represent the image 1:1 and therefore downscales. You may be sending it 1920x1200/1080, but it can only assign that information to 1366x768 pixels...

Try and see if theres any real world differences in quality, if you attempt to output natively to the TV screen - I doubt you will really...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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Well when the OS (Vista) first installs its bigger than the screen. All i did was download the latest Nvidia drivers, went into control panel and resized the screeen position, resizing it isnt downscaling or is it? It still functions at 1920,1080 1080p 60hz
 
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ukbrainstew, so 1920,1080 is not 1080p? last time i checked it was. And that is what my TV is set to for my computer
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Its accepting the 1080p input, but scaling it to its native resolution, losing half the information in the process. You'd be better off outputting 1360x768 and 1:1 mapping the output to your panel's native resolution. Processing can't make up for the physical amount of pixels present on your screen. Vista is reporting itself correctly, it IS sending out a 1080p image but what your TV does with that image is another story.
 
Tried what you said, "Try and see if theres any real world differences in quality, if you attempt to output natively to the TV screen - I doubt you will really.."

Theres a hell of a difference between the two.
 
Bunyan said:
Tried what you said, "Try and see if theres any real world differences in quality, if you attempt to output natively to the TV screen - I doubt you will really.."

Theres a hell of a difference between the two.
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1360x768 noticeably better I presume? That's assuming its correctly setup to 1:1 map the image and isn't overscanning or similar.

Tbh, the confusion is the fault of the manufacturers who have been very shady when advertising TVs such as yours as "1080p" when its missing half the pixels to reproduce the image correctly.
 
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no 1920,1080 is a lot clearer and sharper.
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Hmm, sounds like the Panasonics processing is messing about with the 1360x768 image . Try turning off any additional processing and looking for a "just scan" option or similar which should be set to "on". If there's an overscan setting, set this off.

At the end of the day, whatever delivers the best image is the setting to choose, I was just bringing up the point that you're not getting an actual 1920x1080 image incase others thought they could with the display.
 
I must admit at 1360x768 for looking at text its a lot nicer to look at as its bigger and clearer which is easier to read. Other than that, my games look better in 1920,1080 as well as blu-ray titles such as casino royale.
 
ps3ud0 said:
JediFragger - Id recommend you looking at the new Pana LZD85s personally than the Sammys...

Been doing some research into getting a 32" 1080p 100/24 myself - might go to 37" though for value for money...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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Ok will do, thanks. I haven't seen 1920res running on a 37/40" TV yet, anyone got any desktop pics they can put up?

thanks
 
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