TV Resolution

iviv · 16 Sep 2009 at 14:39

Sorry for the possibly silly question, but I'm confused over the resolution I should be running my TV at when using it as a monitor. I did a quick google of the TV (Panasonic Viera tx-32lxd70) and apparently the resolution is 1366x768, while the closest I can get with my laptop is 1360x768.

But its a HD set, product page mentions 1080p host of times... so surely 1920x1080 is the best resolution to set it at?

I'm new at these things, so I'm probably just being dense, though I have noticed that there's some image from the left and right missing from whatever I'm running when I have it connected to my laptop. Nothing major, but its noticable.

Ross1234 · 16 Sep 2009 at 14:42

My screen is 1366 by 768 but for some reason the best resolution from my PC that works in it is 1280x720.

mdjmcnally · 16 Sep 2009 at 15:27

Probably find in the small print that it says can take a 1080p input but is downscaling to fit on the number of pixels in the screen.

L0stpr0phet · 16 Sep 2009 at 15:52

mdjmcnally said:
Probably find in the small print that it says can take a 1080p input but is downscaling to fit on the number of pixels in the screen.

Agreed, my Panasonic does the same but is a native 720p set.

I'd check what your native resolution is and set it to that (sounds like 1366 x 768)

Depending on what graphics card you have you can creat custom resolutions or enable HDTV which shoudl then give you the res you want. Also you will want to turn the TV's overscan feature off (if it has one) else your image will overlap the edges of the screen.