using samsung tv as monitor - help me get the settings right plz

[panyan]

i have transferred over my 24.6" Hanns-G to my uni rig and im surrently using my Samsung 32" series 4 over HDMI, im having the following problems:

1) the screen just generally isnt as sharp even though it is 1080p

2) the colours look washed out

3) the image doesnt reach the edge of the tv and the overscan isnt accurate enough on CCC

 

[olivier renault]

You sure you have the graphics resolution to 1080p?

 

[Cairnsey]

Under your menu, make sure you've set PC as the HDMI type, it'll auto adjust and look lurrrrverly

 

[panyan]

You sure you have the graphics resolution to 1080p?

yep, ive been playing around with the colour and sharpness and its getting closer my old monitor

 

[panyan]

Under your menu, make sure you've set PC as the HDMI type, it'll auto adjust and look lurrrrverly

ooh - changed to "dynamic" and it is much better

 

[Cairnsey]

Did you do what I said though?

 

[panyan]

Did you do what I said though?

i couldnt find an option like that

 

[P3N9U1N]

Ive used my samsung 37" LCD tv as a monitor before, its no where near as sharp as my normal monitor, and the resolution was rubbish, 1300 x something

 

[panyan]

it is plugged in over HDMI, running at 1080p

if you use the vga cable, it only goes up 754x or something

ANYWAY, i went into settings:

1) made sharness ~30

2) changed picture settings to "just scan" from 16:9

3) went into CCC and changed overscan to 0%

4) went to "edit name" and went from HDMI 1 -> PC

it looks a lot better, but still blurry at close viewing

 

[phrases]

Arent tv's set to 50hz only?
i did this once on my 50" and it looked awful

 

[scrlk]

The pixel density is larger so thing will appear less sharp.

 

[panyan]

The pixel density is larger so thing will appear less sharp.

that is true, but what i said on the internet is that the image is downsampled and then upsampled or something which makes it very blurry