Connecting to my TV/Monitor

[acematti]

Hi we just got a new Hyundai Imagequest TV which has a whole plethora of connections and is a 32" widescreen system

Im not sure what is the best way to connect my machine up to this new TV to get the best result. At the moment i use the vga cable as it was easiest to get working. However when I watch DVDs or videos that are widescreen there are really big black borders at the top and bottom. I mustn't of picked the correct setup for my TV when I ran the AV wizard.

Heres the connectors that my TV has:

TV-out
Scart
VGA
HDMI
Composite
Analog

My Graphics card has the following outputs:

VGA
DVI
TV-out

Im thinking that a dvi to hdmi will be the best way to connect it up but im not too sure. Also I would like to remove the black borders from some of the TV and DVD/Videos that i watch if possible.

THe interface appears to cover the whole screen nicely unlike films that I play back.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated

Matt

[teedge77]

are there black borders on the sides or just the top and bottom? deos the scene look like its been squashed at all? people look too short and wide...or do they look normal?

[acematti]

No its all in ratio but its just borders at the top like your watching a wide screen film on a normal television.

Bit strange thats all.

[Zaerc]

Maybe your screen just isn't wide enough. 

[teedge77]

yeah...think Zaercs right. sounds like your watching something that was just filmed something larger than your 16:9. cinemascope or something maybe.

[totallymaxed]

Hi we just got a new Hyundai Imagequest TV which has a whole plethora of connections and is a 32" widescreen system

Im not sure what is the best way to connect my machine up to this new TV to get the best result. At the moment i use the vga cable as it was easiest to get working. However when I watch DVDs or videos that are widescreen there are really big black borders at the top and bottom. I mustn't of picked the correct setup for my TV when I ran the AV wizard.

Heres the connectors that my TV has:

TV-out
Scart
VGA
HDMI
Composite
Analog

My Graphics card has the following outputs:

VGA
DVI
TV-out

Im thinking that a dvi to hdmi will be the best way to connect it up but im not too sure. Also I would like to remove the black borders from some of the TV and DVD/Videos that i watch if possible.

THe interface appears to cover the whole screen nicely unlike films that I play back.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated

Matt

Hi Matt,

I would suggest you choose DVI -> HDMI and then use the AVwizard to choose DVI/HDMI out at your Hybrid and 720p as your resolution, and UI2 as your Orbiter UI choice and 'Stereo' to route sound to your TV's stereo input audio inputs. 720p resolution is a true 16:9 resolution and the AVwizard will generate the appropriate mode line for your TV... and that will get rid of most instances of 'Letter boxing' that you are seeing. There will still be some movies that are at a greater aspect ration than 16:9 ie some are 2.35:1 for example and these will still 'letter box' (but under UI2 you can 'zoom' those movies if you want to).

Hope the above helps

Andrew

[teedge77]

zooming will cut off some of the sides of the movie, if that matters to you....but if that mattered to anyone theyd just make tvs that wide right? 

[acematti]

Ahh thanks for all the useful information guys its most helpful.

Regards

Matt