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TV on Windows XP
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Right-click on the Desktop, go to Properties. Then go to Displays, and click on display 2 in the diagram. Then change the resolution to your TV's native (for 720p TV 1360x720).
It isn't as easy to configure as a Mac, but you get there in the end
Why would you set it to 1360x720 for a 1280x720 television? Does the MBP not support 1280x720 output resolution? Seems like you would have 40 pixels cut off on each side of your 720p display.
Well, the standard for 720p broadcast assumes a resolution of 1280x720. Most televisions that are 720p such as DLP televisions are 1280x720 fixed pixel displays, none of this 1360x720 or whatever resolution that makes no sense given the standard in place.
If the MBP was designed to not be able to output at one of the HD standard resolutions then that is just silly.
It's quite clear to me:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p#Specifications
"720p is the shorthand name for a category of HDTV video modes. The number 720 stands for 720 lines of vertical display resolution, while the letter p stands for progressive scan or non-interlaced....720p assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, a vertical resolution of 720 pixels and a horizontal resolution of 1280 pixels for a total of about 0.92 million pixels.
I don't need to read an entire history of high definition television to know what the 720p standard is, thanks.