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    Custom Resolution
    « on: October 16, 2009, 07:31:49 PM »
     I am trying to connect my laptop to my 60" DLP TV, but have run into a problem. I am connecting my laptop to the TV via VGA cable (That's the only output on my laptop). When I tried to set the resolution to my TV's native 1920x1080, I noticed that it wasn't an available option. So, I went into my Nvidia control panel and created a custom resolution for 1920x1080. I was then able to force a 1920x1080 output, which looks great except for one problem: It doesn't fill up the entire TV. There seem to be 4 black bands running along the picture, basically cropping it. So, my question is: how do I get my laptop to fill up my TV entirely? Here is a picture of the control panel and the settings I can adjust:


    Here is a demonstration of the problem: (The black is the part of the screen not being used)


    My graphics card is an Nvidia Geforce 8400M GS.

    Thanks for your help.

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    Re: Custom Resolution
    « Reply #1 on: October 16, 2009, 07:41:19 PM »
    Looks good to me!

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    Re: Custom Resolution
    « Reply #2 on: October 17, 2009, 08:41:48 AM »
    Can you change?
    Horizontal Total = Active Horizontal Pixels
    Vertical Total = Active Vertical Lines

    If not, it looks very good the way it is.

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    Re: Custom Resolution
    « Reply #3 on: October 17, 2009, 05:02:37 PM »
    there should be an option to change that in the control panel. I know with my ati card on win 7 theres a black border but thats easily fixed in ccc