Re: Gaming with LCD TV questions

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The Flash You don't win friends with salad Premium join:2002-10-17 Toronto, ON kudos:1	reply to Octavean Re: Gaming with LCD TV questions said by Octavean: Check the documentation on your Samsung LN26N360 HDTV. Its not uncommon to limit the resolution on some inputs. So this might explain your resolution upper limit issue (assuming it isn’t a driver related problem). If a refresh rate is being forced then a specific resolution my not be given as an option for said forced resolution but I still think checking the documentation is a good idea. 1280x720 or 1366x768, you probably wont see much of a difference between the two anyway. Naturally 1080p is more impressive so if you have the option you might want to rethink your HDTV choice. From Newegg, you can buy a HANNspree 32" 16:9 6ms 1080p for about ~$345 or a TOSHIBA 32" 16:9 8ms 1080p for about $415 assuming you want to stayu with the HDTV option. the most important thing here is running at native res. For LCDs, anything other than native looks terrible. There has to be a way to run at 1366x768.
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Octavean Premium,MVM join:2001-03-31 New York, NY kudos:1	Yeah,…. I get that,…. I pointed out a couple of possibilities. I have seen it in documentation before where a specific model would do 1280x720 but not 1366x768 via a specific input using a PC but I suspect this is more an issue on “some” older models. I had a friend that was using a 32” model HDTV some years ago. Via VGAit would cycle through various resolutions when booting and the resolution was displayed in the upper left hand corner. Once at the windows start up screen it would display the full 1366x768. Switching to HDMI it would display 720p (or 1280x720) for every screen without variation and wouldn’t go above that. I forget which model that was. My old ViewSonic N3250W 32” had no problem reaching 1366x768 via VGA and HDMI if I recall correctly but I used VGA most of the time. Granted the native resolution should look better but the OP may find that even once he achieves the top resolution of 1366x768 it still may not be up to his standards or expectations for gaming. Which was largely my point when referencing “1280x720 or 1366x768” earlier. For some reason I was thinking the LCD TV was a new purchase. If it isn’t then obviously he can’t return it and get a 1080p TV. Anyway, to solve this we probably just need to go down the line of possibilities logically and eliminate them one by one. said by Subaru: do you have that HANNspree 32"? No I don’t have the HANNspree 32” that was more of an example although since the OP has a Samsung then perhaps a 32” Samsung would have been a better choice. I have a Samsung LN40B500 and an LG 42LH50 120Hz 1080p.
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Subaru 1-3-2-4 Premium join:2001-05-31 Greenwich, CT	Ah ok.. I was just wondering and I never could find any reviews on it.. I just upgraded from 20.1" 720p to a 23" LG 1080-p but the HANNspree 32” seemed nice for the price.
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