I didn't have any of these problems. When I drive it at 1920x1080 I get a pixel-to-pixel match just like a PC monitor would, and everything is visible. In Windows XP I used the nvidia driver and the display settings to adjust it. As long as I set the refresh rate to 60Hz it works great. Under Ubuntu Linux I had to edit the xorg.conf for the vertical and horizontal rates but after that it also works great. One thing I did not do is adjust the icons, fonts or text size, but I have never had a good Windows experience doing that. There are too many programs that expect the text to fit the way it did when the programmer wrote the code. So I guess your mileage may vary. My TV is a Samsung LN40B540. Cheerful regards, Bob On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:51:20 -0500, "Carl Denk" said: > I don't see anyone talking of display issues with these bigger, high > resolution screens. With the LCD native resolutions, the tried and true > 1024 x 768 isn't an option. A couple of months ago, I got a HP w2338h, > 23" LCD with native resolution of 1920 x 1030, and I'm running XP SP2. > Display issues include: > 1: Text size on windows windows like Setting > Display, and numerous > others. > 2: Firefox - Text of some sites overlap, making unusable and some text > boxes are not correct height. > 3: With the wide screen, I found my preference to have the start bar on > the left side always visible. Windows doesn't always adjust the > application window to fill the remaining screen. When minimize and > maximize, the window is correctly spaced and located. > 4: Thunderbird address book sidebar is too small, and the scroll bars > are hidden. > > I have tried all the common places , which improved readability much, > but these type issues have persisted, and considerable searching for > answers has yileded little results. I seems very strange that I might > for some strange reason be the only one having these problems. Any help > would be great. :) > > Jake Anderson wrote: > > peter green wrote: > > > >> William "Chops" Westfield wrote: > >> > >> > >>> On Dec 7, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Vitaliy wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>> Those new LED-lit LCD screens are pretty nice! A 40 inch TV with > >>>>> 1920x1080 resolution would make an awesome desktop computer monitor. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> No, not really. :) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> But, is a 23 inch HDTV with supposedly 1080p (1920x1080) and a VGA/etc > >>> input the equivalent of a 23inch VGA LCD monitor (plus or minus > >>> speakers, tuner, etc)? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> In my experiance generally no, I don't know whether it's inappropriate > >> filtering, poor quality input circuitries or what but in my experiance > >> generally (and i'm sure there are exceptions) HDTVs make awful monitors. > >> > >> > >>> (personally, my eyes are going, and the bigger pixels of a larger > >>> screen don't sound so bad; that Hanns G 28inch looks better all the > >>> time! > >>> > >>> > >> I bought a hanspree HDTV with a supposed native resoloution of > >> 1920x1200, strangely it seems to give a better picture at 1680x1050 but > >> at neither resoloutin is the screen anywhere near as sharp as a monitor > >> making it a pain to use. > >> > >> If you want a screen with the bigger pixels and the TV functionality but > >> that also makes a decent monitor I reccomend the LG M2762D monitor TV. > >> It looks and mostly acts like a HDTV but it has a dedicated DVI input > >> and with a PC connected there displays a nice shapr picture. > >> > >> > > Typically that problem is caused when the screen "overscans" an incoming > > 1080p image > > IE it'll stretch and warp your input signal rather than just sticking it > > on the screen. > > > > Most sets that do this, wont let you nativley access the pixels in any > > mode and are useless for pretty much anything in my opinion. > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist