What resolution is my TV?

[cavemanoc]

I have a Philips 32pw9556 05r widescreen 100Hz tele that I've had for the past few years. I'm now setting up my media PC and want to set the correct resolution so I can read the text off the screen. Try as I might I cannot work out what the resolution is.

I know standard pal is 720*486, but my screen is wider than the standard 4:3 so I'm guessing it's a different resolution (not that 720*486 is 4:3 )

Any guesses?

 

[cavemanoc]

I'm using the svideo at the moment as it seems the best quality (no vga input unfortunately) - I can run it in 640*480 or 800*600 (and above) but I thought If I matched the actual resolution of the TV then the text would be clearer as noting is getting translated. I suppose the easiest is to try a couple of different resolutions and see what works best - might be worth turning off the digital correction circuits on the tv and see if that helps.

Does the TV (like CRT monitors) have a range of resolutions available to it, and does it automatically match the input, or does it have one set (ie pal). And what about the fact that it's WideScreen - doesn't that mean that it's resolution will be slightly different from a standard 4:3 TV?