How to increase S-Video display? Also built in monitor driver?

Hey all, today I took my X1400 E1505 and hooked it up via Svideo to the HDTV 52 inch.

Well.. I got it to work.. (Yea thats always easy)

HOWEVER the Quality.. well.. kinda was LAME... It looked like a PS2 quality hooked up via A/V ports and if that was abit blurrier.. so it was blurry in a sense..

Stepmania however in fullscreen looked nice lol..

Anyways what are things 100% to setup when you wanna use Svideo output? Is it the DPI settings or something else.. just want it sharp and clear when I use Svid. =)


Also for the build in LCD.. it shows as "default monitor" anyone know if we can install seperate drivers for it...? I mean also what refresh rate are we stuck with? Only 60? Just wondering. =)

 

your video card should auto adjust to the correct resolution, but if not, you have to set your resolution to the same as your tv; whatever it may be.

it will look the same on the tv as it does on your lcd meaning that it will only be as clear/sharp as your source file.

 

I think s-video input on a 52-inch screen will always look somewhat blurry. At best you're getting 480i signal input to your TV display...far from high def or even basic dvd quality. Probably looks likes your normal worst quality stretched cable/satellite picture.

 

i'm not sure i understand this.

are you saying that the cable in this case can restrict the resolution being put out by the video card? that doesn't make sense to me; can you please elaborate?

i plug into my friend's 50" plasma and it's crystal clear so i'm not sure what you mean.

please explain.

 

I could have it wrong, anything's possible.

Not sure how you're plugging into the 50 inch plasma, but if you're using a s-video cable designed originally to slightly improve analog signals then (I believe) ultimate resolution capability will always be relatively limited in comparison to direct digital connections. In any case, since the computer output is digital, I suppose if you have the display output from the computer set to match or not exceed the max resolution capacity of the TV then the picture should be relatively sharp.

 

S-Video doesn't have the means to transport a HD signal.

The resolution on your monitor allows you to view HD based on the connection between the graphics card and the monitor. The connection between the graphics card and the TV is the S-vid cable.

 

Well the resolution SEEMS to be 1024x768 which it shows the full screen fine.. but it does look abit blurry.. which sucks.. which is why I am asking what could I try to fix that issue. Because looking at a blurry screen should not happen.. otherwise no one would want Svid outputs.

 

first, you shoud have DVI out on your laptop, and DVI in on your TV...Use that instead of SVID.

second, is your tv interlaced or progressive... 480 / 720 / 1080??

1024 x 768 reguardless is going to be blurry. My guess is your tv is 480i (interlaced) try changing your display rez to 720 x 480 and it should bring you closer. 720 may be supported, but for some reason the way VC output at that rez make it almost to nasty to watch, even at 698.

james

 

If I remember correctly, only the text looks blurry. You might have to increase the font sizes to clarify that. I remember I had that problem on my old TV.

If you are using it on a larger TV, I prefer my DVI-D to HDMI.

 

i don't think any tvs are 1024x768

 

I dont know what the HDTV supports.. isnt mine lol.. its just the one in the house.. I use my PC normally for MY needs lol.. hooking up a Xbox is normally better on a PC LCD anyways hehe...

Anyways, I dont HAVE DVI output on the E1505 otherwise I would use it.

Also font size.. not sure there... cause even the graphics in general on the games I loaded are more like PS2 quality.. not as sharp at all.

I could try a lower res... see if that helps.. Just wondering if there was a easy way to do this. lol..

Btw.. I did update drivers just now.. seems ATI had a update on dell that addresses the DPI 120 issue on the current setup.. so that helped formatting abit..

 

dpi = 120 means you will have some distorted things on your LCD

you need to run at 96 to be crystal clear

 

Regardless of the resolution of you LCD display, the video out and the S-video out on all computers (all gear in general) is going to be a analog composite video signal. All composite video signals are 480i. In simple terms, a resolution of 480 X 320 (this is far from correct, but if you don't know better it gives you the right idea without learning video theory.)

If you try to display 1024 X 768 on a TV or any device in the 480i mode, you or trying to put a very small dot in a much bigger space.

Increasing the dpi will help with fonts. Lowering the resolution will help as well.

If you play a dvd you will notice it will look good, sometimes better than on the LCD which displayed interlaced material deinterlaced.

Undertand that there is a chip inside the computer converting the digital signal to an analog signal. A good scan converter cost about the same or more than a good computer.

The only 480i video signal that's looks even half decent is a component video signal, which is still blurry. But it's blurry with a sharp foucs

Hope this clears things up.

Scott

 

Ill have to try 96 DPI then as well as maybe 800x600 or so.. kinda curious to see FFXI on a 52inch, or Counter Strike 1.6 hehe...

Also what adapter could I use on the E1505 to make it hook up to a HDTV? I heard something of maybe VGA -> HDTV something?

Also on a laptop LCD is 60 mhz the only refresh rate we can have? If not.. how can I change it? Reason is, its the only one showing and as for a driver on the monitor. There isnt any to specify max values.

 

use VGA or DVI if your Tv has the inputs.

 

Well thats true about the s-video thing. but does it have VGA output, and does the tv have VGA in ( sometimes called pc in ). Then you can get really good quality but you may be able to increase the sharpness by an option in the display settings, other than that, just lower the resolution.

 

Hrm.. I dont think all HDTVs have a VGA input do they? I havent checked THAT aspect yet. I dont "think" it does tho cause when I cycled the AV ports before, never saw a VGA or PC mode.

I wouldnt mind getting a Dell TV tho lol.

Normally I use my pc screen for everything.