Going Insane!

[nickmc]

To the folks at ntsc-uk.

I am going insane I have spent the last hour trying to play widescreen HD content properly from my laptop to my lcd tv. The problem I have is that I cannot output any resolution other than 1024x768. Since I have a widescreen lcd capable of 1368x768 it makes no sense in running at this resolution. I have a DELL laptop with ati mobility 7200 and am using a default flat panel monitor driver as an output. It is connected to the tv by a VGA (laptop) to DVI (tv). My tv model number is LG 32LX2R My question is:

how do you make the laptop output at this resolution so it will fit the widescreen perfectly? Is there any special software that allows this? Is there a website with drivers for ati that allow you to output at the correct resolution?

please as I am going insane! I am new to all this and it has taken me a while to join the HD files and play them back using VLC media player since no other player works!

help a man out just shelled out quite a bit for this tv and all i want to do is watch HD video on it properly! arrrrrghhhhhh

thanks again

[EvilBoris]

To the folks at ntsc-uk.

I am going insane I have spent the last hour trying to play widescreen HD content properly from my laptop to my lcd tv. The problem I have is that I cannot output any resolution other than 1024x768. Since I have a widescreen lcd capable of 1368x768 it makes no sense in running at this resolution. I have a DELL laptop with ati mobility 7200 and am using a default flat panel monitor driver as an output. It is connected to the tv by a VGA (laptop) to DVI (tv). My tv model number is LG 32LX2R My question is:

how do you make the laptop output at this resolution so it will fit the widescreen perfectly? Is there any special software that allows this? Is there a website with drivers for ati that allow you to output at the correct resolution?

please as I am going insane! I am new to all this and it has taken me a while to join the HD files and play them back using VLC media player since no other player works!

help a man out just shelled out quite a bit for this tv and all i want to do is watch HD video on it properly! arrrrrghhhhhh

thanks again

If it is an nvidia based card , lurking about in the settings should be something called advanced sceen resolutions and timings, you can add exa resolutions in here. Also, if you can do dual monitor using your laptop screen and the tv, you can set individual resolutions for each

[MartyG]

There's a bit of software called Powerstrip which may well be what you're after.

[Lyris]

Are you 100% sure that your LCD TV can support up to this resolution?

I remember reading on AV Forums about a Hitachi TV that was bizarrely also limited to 1024x768.

[MartyG]

1368x768 is the native resolution for the LG 32LX2R

[nickmc]

Hey ive tried powerstrip (Thanks Marty G!) and it allows me to output at 1368 x 768 but i got a large black border on the right?? very confusing and the movie im playing has got black borders on the bottom and top of the video - (ive set powerstrip to 16:9 which is the same ratio as my tv but still get these borders!) are they any players like VLC that will allow you to strech a movie so that it becomes anamorphic?

im nearly there close to a perfect picture!

[MartyG]

The boarders top and bottom will likely be due the the aspect ratio the film is shot at. A large majority of films are 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 which doesn't completely fill a 16:9 screen. Also, you can't make a film anamorphic by stretching it, either it's been encoded that way on the DVD or it hasn't - see here for an explanation of what an anamorphic DVD is.