40' lcd monitor and a ati 9550 :S

stevenazari1 · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:32

hey guys, Im wondering, I have to use the 4:3 letter box view atm because Im not sure how/if I can get it to use the full screen.... when I press 16:9 it fills the screen but stretches it so it looks shabby. and the catalyst just doesnt seem to like putting it to hdtv mode even though its a 1080p tv :S it just says "mode not supported" its an old radeon 9550 if you remember those lol

is there anyway I can do it?

Cr0fty · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:33

Is it possible to just change the resolution, and not the screen ratio?

badbob · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:34

4:3 on a 16:9 display will have borders on the left & right hand side.
If you can't get 1920x1080 60hz, P working try disabling DVI high frequency output.

Indy500 · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:35

It won't do that res through DVI, only VGA.

badbob · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:36

^How do you know what LCD he has?

Indy500 · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:37

badbob said:
^How do you know what LCD he has?

I read HDTV there, and the res is a HD one....unless I'm missing something?

badbob · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:38

His screen could be a true 1080p, I've seen "mode not supported" on my 1080p, when sending 1920x1080 on older ATI drivers with dvi high frequency tick box enabled.

stevenazari1 · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:41

its connected to pc via vga :S will that matter? and in settings it only offers upto 1080i :S this is what options I got....

choosing any of those displays forces a loss of signal and the 1600 resolution is the highest it will go :S

james.miller · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:41

badbob said:
His screen could be a true 1080p, I've seen "mode not supported" on my 1080p, when sending 1920x1080 on older ATI drivers with dvi high frequency tick box enabled.

yeah that was often a cause of problems with lcds

op: what lcd is it? vga should allow you 1920x1080/60hz fine, providing the tv is capable of it over vga AND has the necessary EDID information (what the graphics card gets all the resolution and timing info from).

badbob · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:42

stevenazari1, make and model please...if it's a 1366x768 set it'll only support 1360x768, 1366x768, or 1920x1080i

Indy500 · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:43

Just manually put in the resolution instead of using that? Powerstrip lets you set custom resolutions...

Edit: My bad, the LCD might not support it

stevenazari1 · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:46

1 sec I get the info now

thanks for the help guys very quick

stevenazari1 · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:50

its a samsung 40inch 1080p LE40M8

SPECS HERE

badbob · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:52

Right disable DVI high frequency output. Once you do that you can select 1920x1080 60hz.

stevenazari1 · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:52

where is the settings for that I couldnt see it

is it on catalyst or tv? :S

badbob · 10 Jan 2008 at 00:53

It'll be under display options or monitor properties (and possibly sub sections)

stevenazari1 · 10 Jan 2008 at 01:06

I couldnt see anything on dvi settings? :S one sec I'll post a few screenies of my options :S

stevenazari1 · 10 Jan 2008 at 01:07

I managed to get it to say resolution 1920 x 1080 but the desktop goes way off the screen :S and tbh it looks stretched also :S

when I look at my monitor properties, it doesnt list my tv, it says "not supported" :S

badbob · 10 Jan 2008 at 01:09

There should be a overscan slider. Use HDMI #2, name the input to "PC" and set Home Theatre PC mode to "on" on the Samsung TV.

stevenazari1 · 10 Jan 2008 at 01:12

ok 1 sec

*edit*

I cant because I dont have hdmi connector, Im using the vga to vga socket. not vga to hdmi