HD Monitor

[Bradley]

I have a 16x9 41'' plasma I have been using for a home TV for a few years
now. It has a standard PC in connection that works fine.

I am upgrading that one and hooking it to my gaming PC. Its a WINDOWS XP
(sorry picking the closest newsgroup) with a Geforce TI.

What resolution should I run? I want to make the games look good, I also do
some power point work on it. I don't want objects to look short and fat. I
want a perfect circle I can draw on the display.

Thanks

-Bradley

[Joe727]

You run the resolution that looks best to you and is within the operating
parameters of the monitor (you'll need to check the monitor's manual for the
specifications).

You mention a GeForce T1 - there are about 5 or 6 models of the T-1.

To get the aspect ratio that you want, you'll have to read the manual for
the T-1 to make adjustments in the T-1's software. I am assuming you
already downloaded the latest drivers from nVidia.

What do you mean you want a perfect circle you can draw on the display?

Joe

"Bradley" <nospammyemailstartshere_at_bradbrad@capecodhealth. org> wrote in
message ...
>I have a 16x9 41'' plasma I have been using for a home TV for a few years
> now. It has a standard PC in connection that works fine.
>
> I am upgrading that one and hooking it to my gaming PC. Its a WINDOWS XP
> (sorry picking the closest newsgroup) with a Geforce TI.
>
> What resolution should I run? I want to make the games look good, I also
> do
> some power point work on it. I don't want objects to look short and fat.
> I
> want a perfect circle I can draw on the display.
>
> Thanks
>
> -Bradley
>
>

[Bradley]

Take a 4x3 image and adust it to 16x9. The image is Short and fat. I wish
I could do a straight 1080i for a display.

I just hooked it up. If I currently draw a perfect circle with 1024x768 on
the plasma, it looks like an egg. My powerpoint shows fat people even
fatter.

I imagine there must be third party software for this.


http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4ti.html TI 4440 is my video card. I am
going to try thier support too.





"Joe727" > wrote in message
...
> You run the resolution that looks best to you and is within the operating
> parameters of the monitor (you'll need to check the monitor's manual for
the
> specifications).
>
> You mention a GeForce T1 - there are about 5 or 6 models of the T-1.
>
> To get the aspect ratio that you want, you'll have to read the manual for
> the T-1 to make adjustments in the T-1's software. I am assuming you
> already downloaded the latest drivers from nVidia.
>
> What do you mean you want a perfect circle you can draw on the display?
>
> Joe
>
> "Bradley" <nospammyemailstartshere_at_bradbrad@capecodhealth. org> wrote in
> message ...
> >I have a 16x9 41'' plasma I have been using for a home TV for a few years
> > now. It has a standard PC in connection that works fine.
> >
> > I am upgrading that one and hooking it to my gaming PC. Its a WINDOWS
XP
> > (sorry picking the closest newsgroup) with a Geforce TI.
> >
> > What resolution should I run? I want to make the games look good, I
also
> > do
> > some power point work on it. I don't want objects to look short and
fat.
> > I
> > want a perfect circle I can draw on the display.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > -Bradley
> >
> >
>
>

[Joe727]

If an image is shot in a 4x3 format - it needs to be shown in that format to
be viewed correctly. If you stretch it to 16x9, then it will be distorted
because it's not being "projected" in it's original format.

The 16x9 image is similar to Panavision or Cinemascope that's projected in
movie theatres. If you were to take Cinemascope film and show it through a
standard lens instead of a Cinemascope lens, it would be all scrunched up.

You haven't mentioned the make and model of the monitor you are using, but
the manual that came with it, or information available on the manufacturer's
website should provide the info you need to make the adjustments.

I also have an nVidia based video card, and the options available with the
56.72 drivers for XP are powerful and numerous. You really need to study
the help menu that comes with those drivers. You might want to take a look
at this page to start:

http://www.nvidia.com/page/software.html

Joe

"Bradley" <nospammyemailstartshere_at_bradbrad@capecodhealth. org> wrote in
message ...
> Take a 4x3 image and adust it to 16x9. The image is Short and fat. I
> wish
> I could do a straight 1080i for a display.
>
> I just hooked it up. If I currently draw a perfect circle with 1024x768
> on
> the plasma, it looks like an egg. My powerpoint shows fat people even
> fatter.
>
> I imagine there must be third party software for this.
>
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce4ti.html TI 4440 is my video card. I
> am
> going to try thier support too.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Joe727" > wrote in message
> ...
>> You run the resolution that looks best to you and is within the operating
>> parameters of the monitor (you'll need to check the monitor's manual for
> the
>> specifications).
>>
>> You mention a GeForce T1 - there are about 5 or 6 models of the T-1.
>>
>> To get the aspect ratio that you want, you'll have to read the manual for
>> the T-1 to make adjustments in the T-1's software. I am assuming you
>> already downloaded the latest drivers from nVidia.
>>
>> What do you mean you want a perfect circle you can draw on the display?
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> "Bradley" <nospammyemailstartshere_at_bradbrad@capecodhealth. org> wrote
>> in
>> message ...
>> >I have a 16x9 41'' plasma I have been using for a home TV for a few
>> >years
>> > now. It has a standard PC in connection that works fine.
>> >
>> > I am upgrading that one and hooking it to my gaming PC. Its a WINDOWS
> XP
>> > (sorry picking the closest newsgroup) with a Geforce TI.
>> >
>> > What resolution should I run? I want to make the games look good, I
> also
>> > do
>> > some power point work on it. I don't want objects to look short and
> fat.
>> > I
>> > want a perfect circle I can draw on the display.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > -Bradley
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>