I just got a Samsung 26" tv. System prefs wont let me view higher than 1360 x 768?
Cripes! I just got this new HD widescreen tv and I want to use it as a monitor. The optimal screen resolution is 1360 x 788, but with a screen this large I really wanted to jam pack a lot of stuff onto my screen at any given time but the Displays panel in System Preferences won't let me. =(
Is there any way around this via software or do I just have a big monitor with too little pixels?
(man, everything is so big, it's hurting my eyes!)
thanks!
Is there any way around this via software or do I just have a big monitor with too little pixels?
(man, everything is so big, it's hurting my eyes!)
thanks!
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Originally posted by AppleComputer
do I just have a big monitor with too little pixels?
More like a big monitor with too big pixels.
You should really stick with the native resolution of your screen. You start getting all kinds of annoying glitches if you try to scale things. I've tried doing what you are trying years ago with some PC setup and image quality degrades VERY RAPIDLY! Text was unbearable, but graphics were a bit better. Still, if you displayed a perfect circle, it would come out with little jagged edges.
If it is really important, high resolution is something to consider before you purchase a screen.
If you can, hook up your screen using component connections. (there are better prices if you shop around) I'm hoping your screen registers as a 1080i device that would give you your screen real estate. Image quality will suffer greatly.
My screen is indeed 1080i. Using component would give me what I need? How badly would it suffer my graphics? How can it be worse than using a VGA connection?
Originally posted by AppleComputer
Cripes! I just got this new HD widescreen tv and I want to use it as a monitor. The optimal screen resolution is 1360 x 788, but with a screen this large I really wanted to jam pack a lot of stuff onto my screen at any given time but the Displays panel in System Preferences won't let me. =(
Originally posted by AppleComputer
Oops, its 1360 x 768!
Originally posted by Mr. H
AppleComputer, I suspect that your screen has a native resolution of 1360 x 768.
Gee, where did you ever get that idea. Just teasing ya!
Originally posted by Ebby
Gee, where did you ever get that idea. Just teasing ya!
Yeah, yeah. It's just that some people buy "HD" LCD TVs expecting them to have 1920 x 1080 pixels (can't really blame them), when they actually have something like 1360 x 768.
Sometimes, OS X doesn't present all of the resolutions that a monitor is capable of, so it is possible that the screen has more pixels. In this case, however, I suspect that that is unlikely. To know for sure, we need the TV model no.
It is the Samsung LN-S2651D. And the manual did say that the optimal setting was the 1360 x 768, which was also the largest shown in the book as well. Looks like I will put it on eBay next week if anyone wants a great display for HD movies or HD games, i can get you a link! This certainly would fall into the category 'my loss is your gain.'
So now I am in the market for a comparable monitor but with a significantly larger resolution. Either that, or two 19" flat screens.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta=
You could try switchresx:
http://www.madrau.com/html/SRX/About.html
or displayconfigX:
http://www.3dexpress.de/
http://www.sceptre.com/Products/LCD/...X37SV-Naga.htm
Not very expensive either for what it is...
See AVSForum for more info, user comments, etc.
thanks!