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[emsal]

the TV's firmware (yes, it is a TV) most likely assumes the vga is the "PC" connection, and thus maps directly for that resolution, up to 1680x1050. the HDMI inputs, id wager, are directly routed through a conversion chip - and a cheap one at that

converting, unless the pixel ratio is an integer value, always forces the calculation to use averages between the chroma and luma of adjacent pixels, which (unless your TV has a very expensive set of chips, or you use a dedicated video processor to convert) always causes blurring and loss of quality


keeping all of this in mind, especially the fact that it is a TV, id suggest using your graphics driver's TV-out setting (as opposed to monitor) when using HDMI, letting the video card scale the image instead of the screen. its worth a try

And how do I do that?

And btw my video card ahs UVD so that means it has a dedicated hardware video decoder(dunno what that means). Maybe that is good? lol

[DHC]

And how do I do that?

And btw my video card ahs UVD so that means it has a dedicated hardware video decoder(dunno what that means). Maybe that is good? lol

UVD is just a dedicated hardware chip for decoding h.264 video

im not familiar with the current ATI driver utility, however theres usually options somewhere for defining the display device, which should have "TV" as an option

[emsal]

UVD is just a dedicated hardware chip for decoding h.264 video

im not familiar with the current ATI driver utility, however theres usually options somewhere for defining the display device, which should have "TV" as an option

lol can't find that place I think... the only place I found related to it was

[Syntra]

I'm looking into an HDTV as a monitor (a 32 inch, though).

If I recall correctly, you should turn off any Noise Reduction on your TV. That can fuck it up.

Oh also, be 100% sure that your Video Card and HDTV are set on the exact same resolution.