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Author:  jwbond [ 19 Mar 2006, 16:20 ]
Post subject:  text blurry on plasma through dvi/hdmi input

i want to use my 42" samsung plamsa 852 X 480 EDTV tv as my computer monitor. i hooked it up using a dvi output on my radeon video card. i bought a wire that converts from dvi to hdmi so it worked with the input on the tv.

the screen looks great for pictures, however text is blurry and hard on the eyes. at first i thought it might be due to the size of the screen, but then i compared the 42" tv from far back to my pc monitor close up. the pc monitor text still looked much more clear.

does anyone have any adivce on what to do?

Author:  Gilly [ 19 Mar 2006, 16:21 ]
Post subject:  text blurry on plasma through dvi/hdmi input

are you running the screen at 852x480 pixels? text should be clear if so

Author:  jwbond [ 19 Mar 2006, 16:22 ]
Post subject:  text blurry on plasma through dvi/hdmi input

you mean from the settings in the graphics card or the tv?

Author:  Gilly [ 19 Mar 2006, 16:31 ]
Post subject:  text blurry on plasma through dvi/hdmi input

graphics card

Author:  jwbond [ 19 Mar 2006, 17:09 ]
Post subject:  text blurry on plasma through dvi/hdmi input

the tv is can take 1080 resolutions for television use. why not for a pc as well?


also, what if my graphics card doesnt support that resolution?

Author:  Gilly [ 19 Mar 2006, 17:12 ]
Post subject:  text blurry on plasma through dvi/hdmi input

well obvoiusly it cant take 1080 if the text is blurry. why oversample the image when you can run it native pixel to pixel?

Author:  jwbond [ 19 Mar 2006, 17:19 ]
Post subject:  text blurry on plasma through dvi/hdmi input

k thanks for your help.

Author:  soundfx [ 19 Mar 2006, 20:01 ]
Post subject:  text blurry on plasma through dvi/hdmi input

This may not be the solution for you, but I had to disable ClearType font smoothing on my computer because one monitor is RGB and the other is BGR (making one or the other fuzzy if is turned on). You may want to turn the font smoothing off or to standard. Also, maybe increase the dpi?

Author:  The Unusual Suspect [ 21 Mar 2006, 21:48 ]
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Or try the Cleartype Tuner if you're only using one screen:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/Step1.aspx

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