DVI resolution limited to 640 x 480

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Thanks in advance to anyone who may be able to help. HDTV = Sony KV32HS500
which is suppose to have 1080i capability. Video card = ATI AIW 8500DV with
DVI output and component video output (via ATI dongle). When I use DVI,
resolution is limited to 640 x 480. Someone on this newsgroup recently
recommended selecting a Sony monitor (GDM-w900) as my output device. This
allowed me to chose a resolution of 1280 x 1024 (my HDTV has a 4:3 aspect
ratio). This was much better except that the 1280 x 1024 only fills up the
central area of my HDTV screen. I still get black lines on the top, bottom,
left and right sides of my screen - these are unused portions. Any
suggestions out there? I tried using powerstrip but that didn't really seem
to do anything useful. When I use the ATI dongle for component video output,
my display is always in 16:9 aspect ratio (for example, 1152 x 648) which is
not useful.

adrian

 

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Adrian Nguyen wrote:
> Thanks in advance to anyone who may be able to help. HDTV = Sony
> KV32HS500 which is suppose to have 1080i capability. Video card = ATI
> AIW 8500DV with DVI output and component video output (via ATI
> dongle). When I use DVI, resolution is limited to 640 x 480. Someone
> on this newsgroup recently recommended selecting a Sony monitor
> (GDM-w900) as my output device. This allowed me to chose a resolution
> of 1280 x 1024 (my HDTV has a 4:3 aspect ratio). This was much better
> except that the 1280 x 1024 only fills up the central area of my HDTV
> screen. I still get black lines on the top, bottom, left and right
> sides of my screen - these are unused portions. Any suggestions out
> there? I tried using powerstrip but that didn't really seem to do
> anything useful. When I use the ATI dongle for component video
> output, my display is always in 16:9 aspect ratio (for example, 1152
> x 648) which is not useful.
>
> adrian

Have you tried using DVI for the connection instead of component?

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David G.

 

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I'm in the same group as you. I have the exact same TV except I'm using
an NVIDIA card with DVI output (not that it makes a difference). From
what I have determined, you are stuck at a ?x480. If you go higher, it'll
change the horizontal sync rate from 31 hz to 33.5 hz which will trigger
the TV to go into 16:9 mode. So if you're looking for a 4:3 resolution,
you're stuck with 640x480, 720x480, etc.

The TV can do other resolutions such as 540p, 720p, and 1080i, but they'll
be letterboxed 16:9 resolution.

We're both out of luck when it comes to 4:3.


On Tue,
06 Apr 2004 21:51:59 +0000, Adrian Nguyen wrote:

> Thanks in advance to anyone who may be able to help. HDTV = Sony KV32HS500
> which is suppose to have 1080i capability. Video card = ATI AIW 8500DV with
> DVI output and component video output (via ATI dongle). When I use DVI,
> resolution is limited to 640 x 480. Someone on this newsgroup recently
> recommended selecting a Sony monitor (GDM-w900) as my output device. This
> allowed me to chose a resolution of 1280 x 1024 (my HDTV has a 4:3 aspect
> ratio). This was much better except that the 1280 x 1024 only fills up the
> central area of my HDTV screen. I still get black lines on the top, bottom,
> left and right sides of my screen - these are unused portions. Any
> suggestions out there? I tried using powerstrip but that didn't really seem
> to do anything useful. When I use the ATI dongle for component video output,
> my display is always in 16:9 aspect ratio (for example, 1152 x 648) which is
> not useful.
>
> adrian

 

[Corey]

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I have a KV32HS500 as well and I'm having a horrid time trying to set
up DVI with. Where can I find a list of all the available resolutions
(with timeings, h/vsync rates etc.) And am I to understand whenever
the hsync goes over 31 I'll get those ugly bars?

Is anyone else setting up a DVI connection to this tv on linux?

Todd Jeffreys <paladine@EVOMERgrnet.com> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.04.07.03.21.40.780154@EVOMERgrnet.com>...
> I'm in the same group as you. I have the exact same TV except I'm using
> an NVIDIA card with DVI output (not that it makes a difference). From
> what I have determined, you are stuck at a ?x480. If you go higher, it'll
> change the horizontal sync rate from 31 hz to 33.5 hz which will trigger
> the TV to go into 16:9 mode. So if you're looking for a 4:3 resolution,
> you're stuck with 640x480, 720x480, etc.
>
> The TV can do other resolutions such as 540p, 720p, and 1080i, but they'll
> be letterboxed 16:9 resolution.
>
> We're both out of luck when it comes to 4:3.
>
>
> On Tue,
> 06 Apr 2004 21:51:59 +0000, Adrian Nguyen wrote:
>
> > Thanks in advance to anyone who may be able to help. HDTV = Sony KV32HS500
> > which is suppose to have 1080i capability. Video card = ATI AIW 8500DV with
> > DVI output and component video output (via ATI dongle). When I use DVI,
> > resolution is limited to 640 x 480. Someone on this newsgroup recently
> > recommended selecting a Sony monitor (GDM-w900) as my output device. This
> > allowed me to chose a resolution of 1280 x 1024 (my HDTV has a 4:3 aspect
> > ratio). This was much better except that the 1280 x 1024 only fills up the
> > central area of my HDTV screen. I still get black lines on the top, bottom,
> > left and right sides of my screen - these are unused portions. Any
> > suggestions out there? I tried using powerstrip but that didn't really seem
> > to do anything useful. When I use the ATI dongle for component video output,
> > my display is always in 16:9 aspect ratio (for example, 1152 x 648) which is
> > not useful.
> >
> > adrian