HELP! Why can't I see the full screen on my TV?

[tinymouse2]

OK so I just brought a brand new computer with enough power to play GTA IV maxed out on my 32" TV at 1920*1080. I'm using a DVI to HDMI dongle and when I connect it to my computer its cut off each edge by quite a fair bit (about 1 icon on the left and right and 1/2 an icon on the bottom, I can't see the start bar)

I think it's an overscan problem but I'm not sure how to turn it off =(

I have an overclocked GTX 260 at 625MHz and the TV is the Toshiba REGZA 26WLT66


ANY help would be appreciated. Since I'm going off to uni soon me and a few mates are having a going off lan so would be cool for that if I had my TV working with no overscan (if that's what it is)


Thanks in advance

Dave.

[jediman]

deffinately sounds like overscan. I would try toshiba to see if there is any way to get rid of it.

[jediman]

also saw this


Q: Why am I not able to resize the HDTV Desktop (adjust overscan compensation setting) with GeForce 8800 based graphics cards on Windows XP?

A. Overscan compensation is not supported on GeForce 8800 based graphics cards when connecting to many HDTVs over a digital interface (i.e. DVI) with the default driver settings. However, with ForceWare Windows XP drivers v158.22 or higher, overscan compensation over DVI outputs can be enabled via a Registry Key workaround. To enable this workaround, perform the following steps:

Download the following file onto your PC: (hyperlink to EnableOverscanCompensation.exe)


Double-click the "EnableOverscanCompensation.exe" executable. This will run a macro to create the "EnOverscanComp" Registry Key in the Windows Registry.

3) Re-boot your PC. (Note: we have seen one PC configuration which requires two re-boots).

4) Open the NVIDIA Control Panel by right clicking on the Desktop and selecting "NVIDIA Control Panel". From the "Resize HDTV Desktop" option in the navigation pane of the NVIDIA Control Panel you can resize your Windows Desktop to fit the viewable area of your HDTV.

The above workaround can also be used to enable fixed aspect ratio scaling on similar display configurations.

Note: this workaround will disable HDCP (high-bandwidth digital content protection) support, which is required for playback of protected HD-DVD and Blu-Ray DVD content over digital interfaces. To disable this workaround and re-enable HDCP support, remove the EnOverscanComp Registry Key by running the DisableOverscanCompensation.exe executable (hyperlink to DisableOverscanCompensation.exe) and then rebooting your PC.

no i don't have the actual links but thats somewhere to start maybe it will help

[jediman]

also try looking for an option that says treat as hdtv and uncheck it (i believe u want it treated as a monitor). then play with the scaling options

[Randyman...]

Have you rebooted the PC with that monitor connected? Does the monitor have a "Just Scan" setting?

For the record, I purchased a Samsung 24" that did this also. It was a refurb, and I really think it was a problem with the monitor. I exhcnaged it for an identical model, and the issue went away. Go figure...

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