Best way to connect LCD TV to graphics card?

[rocketman]

http://techdocs.panasonic.co.uk/GetDoc.aspx?did=149463&fmt=pdf&lang=en&src=3 Thanks fornowagain

 

[Jay123]

Don't know. Haven't received tv yet. I quoted the connection from a manual I downloaded off panasonic website. It states it has a D-sub 15-pin connector signal. Compared picture from manual to pic Jay123 posted and they're different. I think its a DVI-VGA cable I'll need.

That wasnt "The" cable , Just an example , Yes the link with the cable is correct.

 

[Massive Attack]

It depends on the set, I have a 32" that won't accept anything but the 720/1080 variants. I also had a 52" DLP that took pretty much anything over HDMI. Go figure. Natives the best bet, no matter how you get there.

Nice little app here, give a report once you have a connection of every resolution supported by the set, and should say which is preferred. To avoid any scaling.

http://www.entechtaiwan.net/util/moninfo.shtm

sorry for the hijack, cheers fornowagain can u just tel me somthing as im not sure, see in this pic below it says native next to the top resoloution is that the monitors native? as when i bought it they said it was 1360x768

 

[fornowagain]

http://techdocs.panasonic.co.uk/GetDoc.aspx?did=149463&fmt=pdf&lang=en&src=3 Thanks fornowagain

No DVI on this one.

It supports WXGA (1366 x 768) native over VGA, so the PC for sure. It also says p39 that HDMi only supports 480i/p 576i/p 720p 1080i/p. Native's not mentioned, but I'd have a go and get a cheap DVI to HDMi as well cos you never now.

 

[fornowagain]

sorry for the hijack, cheers fornowagain can u just tel me somthing as im not sure, see in this pic below it says native next to the top resoloution is that the monitors native? as when i bought it they said it was 1360x768

Is that a WS monitor? You can get some very odd results, the panel is probably the res you say. Its only reporting back what the VESA chip is programmed to say. Its what the graphics card see before specific drivers are loaded. It can be a bit hit and miss. Here's one from a 52" tv.

Monitor
Windows description......... Plug and Play Monitor
Manufacturer description.... TSB-4Xs
Manufacturer................ Toshiba
————————————————————————————
Plug and Play ID............ TSB0501
Serial number............... n/a
EDID data source............ I2C bus (real-time)
————————————————————————————
Manufacture date............ 2004
EDID revision............... 1.3
Display type and signal..... Digital
Sync input support.......... n/a
Screen size................. (~102")
Power management............ n/a

Color characteristics
Display gamma............... 1.00
Red chromaticity............ Rx 0.640 - Ry 0.330
Green chromaticity.......... Gx 0.300 - Gy 0.600
Blue chromaticity........... Bx 0.150 - By 0.060
White point (default)....... Wx 0.313 - Wy 0.329

Timing characteristics
VESA GTF support............ Not supported
Horizontal scan range....... 15-46kHz
Vertical scan range......... 49-61Hz
Video bandwidth............. 80MHz
Extension blocks............ 1
Timing recommendation #1.... 1920x540 at 50Hz
Modeline................ "1920x540" 74.250 1920 2448 2492 2640 540 574 579 562 +hsync +vsync
Timing recommendation #2.... 1920x1080 at 25Hz
Modeline................ "1920x1080" 74.250 1920 2448 2492 2640 1080 1148 1158 1124 interlace +hsync +vsync
Timing recommendation #3.... 720x576 at 50Hz
Modeline................ "720x576" 27.000 720 732 796 864 576 581 586 625 -hsync -vsync
Timing recommendation #4.... 1280x720 at 50Hz
Modeline................ "1280x720" 74.250 1280 1720 1760 1980 720 741 746 750 +hsync +vsync
Timing recommendation #5.... 720x576 at 50Hz
Modeline................ "720x576" 27.000 720 732 796 864 576 581 586 625 -hsync -vsync
Timing recommendation #6.... 1920x540 at 60Hz
Modeline................ "1920x540" 74.250 1920 2008 2052 2200 540 542 547 562 +hsync +vsync
Timing recommendation #7.... 1920x1080 at 30Hz
Modeline................ "1920x1080" 74.250 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1094 1124 interlace +hsync +vsync
Timing recommendation #8.... 720x480 at 60Hz
Modeline................ "720x480" 27.000 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync
Timing recommendation #9.... 720x480 at 60Hz
Modeline................ "720x480" 27.000 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync

Standard timings supported
720 x 480 at 60Hz - Toshiba
720 x 576 at 50Hz - Toshiba
1280 x 720 at 50Hz - Toshiba
1920 x 540 at 50Hz - Toshiba
1920 x 540 at 60Hz - Toshiba
1920 x 1080 at 25Hz - Toshiba
1920 x 1080 at 30Hz - Toshiba

Raw EDID base
00: 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 52 62 01 05 00 00 00 00
10: 00 0E 01 03 80 C4 8E 00 0E EE 91 A3 54 4C 99 26
20: 0F 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
30: 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 1D 80 D0 72 1C 16 20 10 2C
40: 25 80 C4 8E 21 00 00 9E 8C 0A D0 90 20 40 31 20
50: 0C 40 55 00 C4 8E 21 00 00 18 00 00 00 FC 00 54
60: 53 42 2D 34 58 73 0A 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FD
70: 00 31 3D 0F 2E 08 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 01 E9

Raw EDID extension (CEA-861)
00: 02 03 1C 77 4D 94 13 12 16 11 15 05 04 03 07 02
10: 06 01 23 09 07 07 65 03 0C 00 10 00 01 1D 00 BC
20: 52 D0 1E 20 B8 28 55 40 C4 8E 21 00 00 1E 8C 0A
30: D0 90 20 40 31 20 0C 40 55 00 13 8E 21 00 00 18
40: 01 1D 80 18 71 1C 16 20 58 2C 25 00 C4 8E 21 00
50: 00 9E 8C 0A D0 8A 20 E0 2D 10 10 3E 96 00 C4 8E
60: 21 00 00 18 8C 0A D0 8A 20 E0 2D 10 10 3E 96 00
70: 13 8E 21 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30

EIA/CEA-861 Information
Revision number............. 3
DTV underscan............... Not supported
Basic audio................. Supported
YCbCr 4:4:4................. Supported
YCbCr 4:2:2................. Supported
Native formats supported.... 7
DTV formats supported....... 13

CE standard timings supported
1920 x 1080i at 50Hz (16:9) - HDTV (Native)
1280 x 720p at 50Hz (16:9) - HDTV
720 x 576p at 50Hz (16:9) - EDTV
720 x 576i at 50Hz (16:9) - Doublescan
720 x 576p at 50Hz (4:3) - EDTV
720 x 576i at 50Hz (4:3) - Doublescan
1920 x 1080i at 59.94/60Hz (16:9) - HDTV
1280 x 720p at 59.94/60Hz (16:9) - HDTV
720 x 480p at 59.94/60Hz (16:9) - EDTV
720 x 480i at 59.94/60Hz (16:9) - Doublescan
720 x 480p at 59.94/60Hz (4:3) - EDTV
720 x 480i at 59.94/60Hz (4:3) - Doublescan
640 x 480p at 59.94/60Hz (4:3) - Default

Display adapter
Adapter description......... NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Adapter device ID........... 0x014010DE
Display settings............ 1256x712, 32bpp

User/computer information
Registered user name........ htpc
Registered organization..... home
Network user name........... Administrator
Network computer name....... HTPC
Windows version ............ Windows XP
Windows build .............. 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
Installation date .......... 30/04/2005 12:00:00

 

[Massive Attack]

Is that a WS monitor? You can get some very odd results, the panel is probably the res you say. Its only reporting back what the VESA chip is programmed to say. Its what the graphics card see before specific drivers are loaded. It can be a bit hit and miss. Here's one from a 52" tv.

yeah its a 32" widecreen 16:9, heres everything reported from that prog

Monitor
Windows description......... LGE Monitor
Manufacturer description.... 32LB1D-EC
Manufacturer................ LGE
————————————————————————————
Plug and Play ID............ GSM758A
Serial number............... 108088
EDID data source............ I2C bus (real-time)
————————————————————————————
Manufacture date............ 2007, ISO week 1
EDID revision............... 1.3
Display type and signal..... Digital
Sync input support.......... n/a
Screen size................. 700 x 390 mm (~33")
Power management............ Standby, Suspend, Active off/sleep

Color characteristics
Display gamma............... 2.20
Red chromaticity............ Rx 0.640 - Ry 0.341
Green chromaticity.......... Gx 0.287 - Gy 0.610
Blue chromaticity........... Bx 0.146 - By 0.069
White point (default)....... Wx 0.285 - Wy 0.293

Timing characteristics
VESA GTF support............ Not supported
Horizontal scan range....... 31-61kHz
Vertical scan range......... 56-75Hz
Video bandwidth............. 90MHz
Extension blocks............ 1
Timing recommendation #1.... 1360x768 at 60Hz
Modeline................ "1360x768" 84.750 1360 1432 1568 1776 768 771 776 798 -hsync +vsync
Timing recommendation #2.... 1280x768 at 60Hz
Modeline................ "1280x768" 80.140 1280 1344 1472 1664 768 771 778 798 -hsync -vsync
Timing recommendation #3.... 1280x720 at 60Hz
Modeline................ "1280x720" 74.250 1280 1344 1472 1664 720 723 728 748 +hsync +vsync
Timing recommendation #4.... 720x480 at 60Hz
Modeline................ "720x480" 27.000 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync
Timing recommendation #5.... 1024x579 at 60Hz
Modeline................ "1024x579" 46.500 1024 1064 1160 1296 579 582 587 602 -hsync +vsync
Timing recommendation #6.... 1920x540 at 60Hz
Modeline................ "1920x540" 74.250 1920 2008 2052 2200 540 542 547 562 +hsync +vsync
Timing recommendation #7.... 1920x1080 at 30Hz
Modeline................ "1920x1080" 74.250 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1094 1124 interlace +hsync +vsync

Standard timings supported
640 x 480 at 60Hz - IBM VGA
640 x 480 at 60Hz - VESA
640 x 480 at 75Hz - VESA
720 x 400 at 70Hz - IBM VGA
720 x 480 at 60Hz - LGE
800 x 600 at 60Hz - VESA
800 x 600 at 75Hz - VESA
832 x 624 at 75Hz - Mac II
1024 x 579 at 60Hz - LGE
1024 x 768 at 60Hz - VESA
1024 x 768 at 70Hz - VESA
1024 x 768 at 75Hz - VESA
1152 x 870 at 75Hz - Mac II
1280 x 720 at 60Hz - LGE
1280 x 768 at 60Hz - LGE
1360 x 768 at 60Hz - LGE
1920 x 540 at 60Hz - LGE
1920 x 1080 at 30Hz - LGE

Raw EDID base
00: 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 1E 6D 8A 75 38 A6 01 00
10: 01 11 01 03 80 46 27 78 EA D9 B0 A3 57 49 9C 25
20: 11 49 4B A5 6E 80 31 40 01 01 01 01 45 40 01 01
30: 61 40 01 01 01 01 1B 21 50 A0 51 00 1E 30 48 88
40: 35 00 BC 88 21 00 00 1C 4E 1F 00 80 51 00 1E 30
50: 40 80 37 00 BC 88 21 00 00 18 00 00 00 FC 00 33
60: 32 4C 42 31 44 2D 45 43 0A 20 20 20 00 00 00 FD
70: 00 38 4B 1F 3D 09 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 01 4E

Raw EDID extension (CEA-861)
00: 02 03 24 F1 49 85 04 02 01 03 11 12 13 14 23 09
10: 07 07 23 09 07 07 23 09 07 07 83 01 00 00 65 03
20: 0C 00 10 00 01 1D 00 80 51 D0 1C 20 40 80 35 00
30: BC 88 21 00 00 1E 8C 0A D0 8A 20 E0 2D 10 10 3E
40: 96 00 13 8E 21 00 00 18 2A 12 00 10 41 43 17 20
50: 28 60 35 00 00 00 32 00 00 1C 01 1D 80 18 71 1C
60: 16 20 58 2C 25 00 C4 8E 21 00 00 9E 00 00 00 00
70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6B

EIA/CEA-861 Information
Revision number............. 3
DTV underscan............... Supported
Basic audio................. Supported
YCbCr 4:4:4................. Supported
YCbCr 4:2:2................. Supported
Native formats supported.... 1
DTV formats supported....... 9

CE standard timings supported
1920 x 1080i at 59.94/60Hz (16:9) - HDTV (Native)
1280 x 720p at 59.94/60Hz (16:9) - HDTV
720 x 480p at 59.94/60Hz (4:3) - EDTV
640 x 480p at 59.94/60Hz (4:3) - Default
720 x 480p at 59.94/60Hz (16:9) - EDTV
720 x 576p at 50Hz (4:3) - EDTV
720 x 576p at 50Hz (16:9) - EDTV
1280 x 720p at 50Hz (16:9) - HDTV
1920 x 1080i at 50Hz (16:9) - HDTV

Display adapter
Adapter description......... Auxiliary port
Adapter device ID........... 0x039110DE
Display settings............ n/a

 

[fornowagain]

I'm sure the native is 1366x768 on that set, so the 1360x768 you're probably running at is a near a you can get.