Distortion

Meekal · 10 May 2011 at 10:48

Hey guys!

Gor a new Graphics card a few months ago( Saphire 6950 ), when i got this i also changed monitors from a VGA connection to HDMI on my 32" Sony Bravia Full HD TV.

When I put my Computers Resolution to 1080i, its all really blurry and hard to read.

In Call of Duty: Black ops, When browsing for servers to join on multiplayer, the Lime/Green Colour and the Red Colour on all of the txt is completely blurry and almost unreadable.

Anyone any ideas on how I can resolve this. I will post some pics when I get home.

PCM2 · 10 May 2011 at 11:14

What is the model of TV? Why are you using 1080i (interlaced) when you should be using 1080p (progressive scan, Full HD, the usual 1920 x 1080 in computing terms)?

Meekal · 10 May 2011 at 11:22

that was just off the top of my head there sorry. I have tried on every setting available on my Graphics card and none of them seem to give me any great picture on my desktop, but when I'm in playing the game itsself, its fine during game play.

I will get the full model number when I get home from work this evening.

Sorry I cant give more information at this time, just thought I'd post up while in work at the moment as it has been getting a little frustrating lately. Especially as the consoles in HD all look fine on the TV.

Meekal · 10 May 2011 at 18:37

Model:

Sony Bravia KDL-32V4000

PCM2 · 10 May 2011 at 22:48

This might be the problem. It is an 'HD Ready' TV not a Full HD TV. It should work ok if you set the resolution to the native 1366x768 of the TV. This should be optimal, but given the size of the screen and that resolution (i.e. the poor pixel pitch) I think text and other aspects of the desktop will look a lot less sharp than you'd be used to from a normal PC monitor.

Meekal · 10 May 2011 at 23:09

I suppose I can work on the native resolution for now, and use the 1920x1080 for gaming as there won't be much text when playing any of my FPS.

Maybe a new Monitor being added to my build now as well

whitecrook · 10 May 2011 at 23:18

I wouldn't bother running at 1920x1080 if your screen wont show that res. Just run at a lower res, it'll look the same, and you'll get better performance

Meekal · 12 May 2011 at 10:03

whitecrook said:
I wouldn't bother running at 1920x1080 if your screen wont show that res. Just run at a lower res, it'll look the same, and you'll get better performance

It does show it, its only the text that is a little distorted.

PCM2 · 12 May 2011 at 10:31

Your TV has 1366 pixels across and 768 pixels down. It can't create more pixels just because you select a resolution that it doesn't actually support. There is no advantage to selecting a higher resolution than your TV can actually display and you have a lot to gain once you get a smaller and higher resolution display.