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    Increase Resolution on 32'' LCD TV?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by xTank Jones16x, Jan 20, 2009.

  1. xTank Jones16x

    xTank Jones16x PC Elitist

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    I was wondering if there is any way to get my resolution any higher than 1920x1080?

    My GPU only allows me to increase my resolution to 1440x900 when using my Laptop screen, and 1920x1080 when my TV is hooked up to my monitor.

    Is there any way to increase the resolution when using my TV so I don't have small black bars around the wallpaper? Or even increasing the resolution on the Laptop screen past 1440x900 to maybe 1920x1080 like the TV?

    Thanks.
     
    xTank Jones16x, Jan 20, 2009
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    nope, you can't run a monitor higher than it's physical resolution. my advice would be to find wallpapers with the right resolution :)
     
    whizzo, Jan 20, 2009
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  3. PhoenixFx

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    Or crop and resize the wallpaper.
     
    PhoenixFx, Jan 20, 2009
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  4. DraXxus1549

    DraXxus1549 Notebook Evangelist

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    is your tv 1080p because my 32 is not its only 720p and for some reason my gpu allows me to push my resolution to 1080p (1920 X 1080) and i get the black bars around the window try lowering the resolution to the tv's native one and the black bars go away (i have a samsung and my resolution is 1360 x 768) if that helps. Btw if your tv is 1080p ignore all of the above =D
     
    DraXxus1549, Jan 20, 2009
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    It can run 1080i, which is the same res , but is displayed differently than 1080p
     
    narsnail, Jan 20, 2009
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  7. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    You can't increase the resolution past the native resolution of the screen itself. Your TV (apparently) is a 1080 TV, which means that it has a max resolution of 1920x1080; you can't display more pixels than that.
     
    crash, Jan 20, 2009
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  8. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Don't forget that many TV's will actually take input at 1080i/p and scale it down to 720 lines or whatever the TV will actually display.

    But, everyone else here is right... you can't get higher resolution than your TV/monitor will actually display. The black bars you mention on your TV is unfortunately quite common. It's due to the way the TV displays and scales things, and there's not much you can do about it. It's called " overscan" if you want to google for it. I even get those around the edges of my 61" Samsung DLP. Basically, TV's aren't designed the same way as a computer LCD with regards to input, so there's some offsetting going on.
     
    Pitabred, Jan 20, 2009
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