1080i & a PC

[nixpayn]

Hey guys,

maybe someone can help me sort this out.

i won a 32" LCD at best buy last year and i've been using it as a secondary PC monitor.

the thing maxes out at 1080i, so i've been running it in 1360 x 768 because any time i tried to do 1920 x 1080 it would get all weird and flickery and stuff.

im running DVI->HDMI connection to the TV and i have a BFG gforce 8800GTOC, so its a decent card that supports the resolution.

anyone else ever tried this? or will 1080i just never look right, because i assume 1360 x 768 is the native resolution.

I've had other people tell me they have the same kinda setup and their stuff looks good.

thoughts?

[Khrymsyn]

I would think it would be best to stick with 1360x768.
If you're doing 1080i, the monitor is "downconverting" that resolution to 1360x768 anyway. By going 1360x768 to 1360x768 there's less conversion that needs to be done, therefore a cleaner picture.

Only reason I'd use 1080i is if the TV was a 1080i CRT.
There's technically no such thing as 1080i native for LCD (as only CRT can handle the "even/odd method of Interlaced video. If LCD is capabile of truly running 1080i, it would have the physical # of pixels for 1080p, so why bother displaying 1080i?)

[nixpayn]

thanks, thats kinda what i figured.

[biosc1]

If the video card is trying to push out a progressive scan 1920x1080, then it'll cause your monitor to have fits, because it can only handle interlaced 1920x1080.

Are you sure of the native resolution of the monitor? Could it be 1280×1080 (square) or 1440×1080? What does the manual say?

[hunterx280]

I would stick with the native resolution. I haven't used an Nvidia card in a while but if I remember there is a way to force it in there. The downsides to this is you will get a max of 30FPS in any game you play and the monitor is going to downgrade the resolution, either right to the native res. or down to 540P then back up to 720P. You may actually get a more crisp picture in movies but I think once you get into desktop text and gaming it's going to look aweful and run poorly. Stick with what you have.

[KingGorilla]

Computers don't interlace. That is where your flicker comes from.