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Display Weird Resolutions?

TheMonarch

TheMonarch

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My Parents Just had in impulse buy, and they bought a 32" LCD HDTV.

But it has a weird resolution of 1366x768, and my PB doesn't seem to get along with it.

I'm offered (By my PB) these resolutions, and these only:

640x480 <- Black bars on the side
800x600 <- Black bars on the side
1024x768 <- Black bars on the side
1280x960 <- Gets stretched w i d e
1280x1024 <- Gets stretched w i d e & Looks blurry (Over native [vertical] resolution)
1344x1008 <- Gets stretched w i d e & Looks blurry
1600x1200 <- Gets stretched w i d e & Looks blurry

Either, I get black bars on the sides, or it stretches it out. :mad:

Is there any way I can specifically tell my PB to display at 1366x768? :confused:

Please... I hope so...
 
Thanks, homerjward, for the link...

But...

I didn't get it to work... It made the image on the TV turn all scrambled... :(


I checked my PC, it can display 1280x768, Can my PB at least do that? :confused:


Please... Anyone...
 
your powerbook should be able to do much higher than that, even up to 2560x1600. it's odd that it would have problems. what sort of connection does it have to the tv? dvi? vga?
have you tried 1280x720?
 
homerjward said:
your powerbook should be able to do much higher than that, even up to 2560x1600. it's odd that it would have problems. what sort of connection does it have to the tv? dvi? vga?
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My PB is connected to the TV using a DVI cable. Seems it can go well over the TV's native resolution, but not at the aspect ratio I need. The image gets all stretched because my PB goes over.

I'd be happy if I can get it to display at 1280x768 (My PC can to that! :mad: ) but my PB doesn't display me that option... Only 1280x960 [Which screwes up the image :(
 
maya said:
1366x768 is quite common for a 32 inch LCD TV nowadays. :)

Try VGA or S-Video instead. I know the quality won't be as good, however give it a try and see what happens.
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If I use S-Video, My PB limits me to 1024x768 (Seems its a hardware limitation [It mentions it in the manual]


As for VGA, I don't have a spare cable... Also, its inferior than DVI

But thanks for the suggestion :eek:
 
blaskillet4 said:
If I use S-Video, My PB limits me to 1024x768 (Seems its a hardware limitation [It mentions it in the manual]


As for VGA, I don't have a spare cable... Also, its inferior than DVI

But thanks for the suggestion :eek:
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I had a question of my own as well, what if I try to use my 20 inch iMac G5 and use a second display that is 24 inches however with a higher resolution that the iMac G5. Will it support it or not, I know it will support a resolution under the native that the main display has, however will it work for a resolution that is higher than the main display. :confused:
 
maya said:
I had a question of my own as well, what if I try to use my 20 inch iMac G5 and use a second display that is 24 inches however with a higher resolution that the iMac G5. Will it support it or not, I know it will support a resolution under the native that the main display has, however will it work for a resolution that is higher than the main display. :confused:
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Youll be able to use a higher resolution with the second display if you get the screen spanning hack. Make sure your machine is supported first
 
alex_ant said:
SwitchResX?
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Does anyone know the _exact_ settings I need to use for it to work on my PB? How exactly am I supposed to know what numbers I need to plugin?

I tried google, but it was all windows based (Not the program, but the issue)...


If it helps...

1366x768 native
Polaroid 32" LCD
 
alex_ant said:
Hmm. Try to follow this discussion: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=500389

This person had the same problem as you and managed to fix it. He has a different panel, but same resolution. It might give you some ideas.
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Thats the exact page I saw in google, but those settings are specific to the 9200 in his PB... My PB has a 9700, and when I tried his specific setting, the image on the television was all scrambled... I have no idea how he came up with those numbers...

Man, I wish this was more simple :(
 
MoparShaha said:
Have you tried different refresh rates?
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Yeah... The TV supports 60-75Hz. I made sure all were in range. No dice :(



Seems 1366x768 is fairly common (I'm sure others may be wondering this)... But i'd be happy if I can get my PB to display at 1280x768, which is very common...


Thanks for the replies so far :)
 
blaskillet4 said:
Yeah... The TV supports 60-75Hz. I made sure all were in range. No dice :(



Seems 1366x768 is fairly common (I'm sure others may be wondering this)... But i'd be happy if I can get my PB to display at 1280x768, which is very common...


Thanks for the replies so far :)
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I got my Mac mini hooked up to a 26" Philips LCD TV, and the "default" rez for that TV is 1280 x 768 @ 60 Hz, which my Mac mini couldn't seem to select.
SwitchResX helped me there, though.
The 1366 x 768 resolution is a "true" 16 x 9 resolution, as my TFT TV's 1280 x 768 is "only" 15:9, but both are very common.

What does the PowerBook recognize as "monitor"? My Mac mini does seem to recognize my HDMI TV. Maybe that's the reason my setup does seem to work...?

Good luck.
 
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