EMP7Y

I hooked up a 32" Samsung I had in my house to my GTX285 via HDMI

I'm not sure what it's native resolution is, or if its 1080p, or 720p, all I know is that it says HDTV on it (its about 2 years old)... long story short the 1920x1080 resolution makes vista look like crap, and text is barely legible. The only resolution I can make look nice is 1176x664, which is much lower than what my 22" ran...

So my questions:
a) is this normal, or is there anything I can do about it?
b) if I buy a TV that would be a 32" or 42", what do I need to look for resolution wise to make it look nice?

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GRPace

Interesting, my samsung 32" goes to 1920x1080 and it looks better than my bro's 24" 1920x1080 lg monitor. Its crystal clear. Try setting it 1366x768 that is a standard res of 720p tv's.

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The Duke

A 2 year old 32" is likely a 720 as 1080 32" are rather new to the market from what I can figure as I've been doing a lot of comparative shopping in the 30ish to 4oish inch units lately.

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snow cakes

my sharp 32" looks amazing at 1920x1080, did u enable HD resolution for your gpu?

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halifax1

If you tried the 1920x1080 resolution and it made it very horrible to see, then that's not a valid/supported/native resolution for the monitor.

It is most likely a 720P set like mine, and the native resolution is 1360x768.

A lot of 32" and 42" TVs are only 720P.

Also, just because someone elses TV is 32" and displays a 1080P resolution does not mean yours will. I have a fantastic Samsung 32" and it is a 720P set only. There are some 1080P 32" TVs, but not every one is a 1080P set, so if someone elses does 1080P, it doesn't mean yours will.

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EMP7Y

Well I've created a "custom resolution" that's 1366x768 and it looks good, but am I stuck with a task bar that's 2 inches tall?

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halifax1

Right click the Taskbar, choose Properties, then click "Use Small Icons".

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EMP7Y

I don't think that my vista has this option?

Also what I more mean is that I don't like having this big ol fancy TV... that's running at a lower resolution than my 22", so I can't fit as much on the screen ect ect

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halifax1

Well TVs generally have a lower resolution.

My 19" monitor had a 1440x900 resolution, yet my 32" has a 1366x768.

Just how it is.

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EMP7Y

boo hoo... looks like I'm in the market for a 1080 then

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