smash505 0 Posted December 29, 2006 Hi, I recently purchased a Sony Bravia KDL46X2000 and would like to be able to use it as a extra monitor for my pc. The Bravia supports 1920 x 1080 but the highest resolution on the computer I can set without overscan is 1024 x 768. The video card on my computer is a ATI Radeon x300, its plugged into the tv by a s-video cable. Ive got all of my drivers installed and ive just installed ATI Tray Tools to see if theres anything I can change in there to get it to work. I found this under the ATI Display options: Does that mean that the maximum resolution I can have out of the s-video port is 1024x768? Ive heard of a program called Powerstrip but im not quite sure about how it works and if it will for my problem.. Can anybody help me out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TogaForComfort 1 Posted December 29, 2006 Can you not connect the LCD via VGA or DVI? I think 1024x768 is the highest resolution possible via S-video Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobster 0 Posted December 29, 2006 You need to connect your TV via VGA or DVI to get the full resolution. S-Video cannot support resolutions higher than 1024x768. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smash505 0 Posted December 29, 2006 Oh ok, thanks for all of the information guys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bangbang023 31 Posted December 29, 2006 I'm surprised s-video even lets you get to that high of a resolution. Either way, don't connect via DVI, only use VGA. HDMI/DVI doesn't always give desirable results when connected to a PC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrCheese 103 Posted December 31, 2006 Hey. I brought a DVI > HDMI cable for mine from amazon and that does the job of going up to 1080p res. Its very usable, been watching DVD's from it :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lothodon 2 Posted December 31, 2006 you might also want to move "up" to the new catalyst drivers with the catalyst control center. i personally hate it, but every release of the drivers has added bug fixes and many are specific to outputting to a tv. i see by your screenshot your using either custom drivers or quite old catalysts since the tabs have been gone for quite some time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason S. 1,543 Posted January 5, 2007 I'm surprised s-video even lets you get to that high of a resolution. Either way, don't connect via DVI, only use VGA. HDMI/DVI doesn't always give desirable results when connected to a PC. at first, i bought an HDMI-to-DVI to connect my computer to my tv. the resolution was something really strange... much less than 1920x1080. then, again taking bangbang's advice, i simply connected a VGA cable instead and it works great now at 1920x1080. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
