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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Inspect Your Gadgets > The HTPC Thread - Dont buy an HTPC
 
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willroc7
Jul 24, 2006

BADGES? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BADGES!
I'm trying to hook my 42" 1024x768 plasma TV up as a secondary display on my 8800gts (1280x1024 17" primary) for my new HTPC and I was wondering what resolution would be best to send to it. I would like to watch DVD's and HD movies on the plasma while surfing and gaming on the 17". Sending the native resolution to the TV results in a 4:3 image that is stretched to 16:9. I'm using the latest drivers from nvidia's website, and after battling with nvidia's control panel for a good while, I managed to send a 1920x1080i signal to the TV and 1280x1024 to the 17" monitor. However, the image was cut off pretty severely around the edges of the TV at that resolution, so much so that you couldn't see the task bar. I tried adjusting the image size and position in nvidia's control panel but it seemed to have no effect whatsoever. Everything is connected via DVI, any thoughts?

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