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PC to HDTV through HDMI scaling problem

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  • TV
  • HDTV
  • Resolution
  • HDMI
  • Graphics
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July 10, 2013 2:40:43 PM

Hello. I have a Sony Bravia KDL-32P3000 LCD TV, that I use as secondary monitor when I want to watch movies. It's native resolution is 1360x768, but it supports resolutions up to 1920x1080 interlaced.
When I connect the PC through HDMI to the TV, and set the resolution to 1920x1080, the desktop's edges can't be seen and the text and graphic elements are blurry.
I read that this might be an overscan issue, but I didn't find how to disable this on my TV (there should be in the menu an option called Full Pixel, or something like that).
I would like to mention that if I connect a PS3 through HDMI, the image looks perfect at 1080i.
My graphic card is a nVidia GeForce GTX560 Ti, and I use the HDMI cable that came with the TV.
I hope you can help me solve this problem, 1360x768 isn't a very good resolution for a 32 inch "monitor". Thank you in advance.

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July 10, 2013 3:08:26 PM

It's preferable to have the TV settings to something like "Just Scan" or "Full Pixel" or "1:1 Pixel Ratio". If the TV doesn't have any of these, then you should be able to find some scaling settings in the nVidia Control Panel.
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July 10, 2013 3:15:00 PM

I've tried to use the nVidia scaling in the driver, but that doesn't change anything.
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July 10, 2013 3:20:26 PM

Then you're gonna have to use a custom resolution.
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July 10, 2013 3:23:30 PM

I've also tried "resizing the desktop" from nVidia driver and it got me to a resolution like 18aa x 9aa, the edges were visible, but the the image was still blurry.
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July 10, 2013 3:29:04 PM

I believe the blurriness is from the picture being interlaced.
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July 10, 2013 3:31:20 PM

Then I don't understand why does the image look very good when I connect the PS3 in the same port with the same cable at the same resolution.
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July 11, 2013 12:20:57 PM

Because a console is designed for this. PCs really aren't good with interlaced video, if I'm not mistaken. Maybe if you fired up a game, it would look just as good.
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March 17, 2014 7:57:07 AM

Hello all,

In a Panasonic TV there is an option in Menu - Setup - Other Settings - 16:9 Overscan. If you set it to off, you should be fine.

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