HDMI-DVI Cable to LCD TV

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  1. Posts : 20
    Windows 7 Professional (32-bit)
       #1

    HDMI-DVI Cable to LCD TV


    When I connect my Windows 7 computer to an LCD TV monitor, the resolution is set to 1920 x 1080, however I don't see the entire Desktop, rather it looks like it's been zoomed in. Any ideas?
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  2. Posts : 71,959
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Slam,

    You might double check to see if your DPI settings may be set to something other than the default 96 DPI.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  3. Posts : 20
    Windows 7 Professional (32-bit)
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Brink said:
    Hello Slam,

    You might double check to see if your DPI settings may be set to something other than the default 96 DPI.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
    Hi Shawn, it's on default, however still same result. Any other suggestions?
    Here's what my screen looks like. Strange thing is, it's fine with VGA cables.

    Thanks.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails HDMI-DVI Cable to LCD TV-hdmi-dvi.jpg  
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  4. Posts : 4,280
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
       #4

    Please post your entire system specs here
    HDMI-DVI Cable to LCD TV-usercp-1.png

    You can use speccy to find them if you need to Speccy - System Information - Free Download


    Also more information on your TV could help us help you
    Thanks. Fabe
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  5. Posts : 20
    Windows 7 Professional (32-bit)
    Thread Starter
       #5

    thefabe said:
    Please post your entire system specs here
    HDMI-DVI Cable to LCD TV-usercp-1.png

    You can use speccy to find them if you need to Speccy - System Information - Free Download


    Also more information on your TV could help us help you
    Thanks. Fabe
    Hi Fabe, didn't know about Speccy, it's a nice tool. Thanks.
    I went ahead and updated my "System Specs" info.

    For the sake of this post, here's my specs.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails HDMI-DVI Cable to LCD TV-755-specs.jpg  
    Last edited by slam; 28 Oct 2010 at 20:36. Reason: more details
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  6. Posts : 4,280
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
       #6

    You wouldn't have a link to your TV to post would you?
    So when you connect via VGA everything is OK is what I understand, it's only when you use a HDMI cable that you experience this problem?

    What happens if you uncheck Use Windows XP Style DPI scaling?
    Fabe
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  7. Posts : 20
    Windows 7 Professional (32-bit)
    Thread Starter
       #7

    thefabe said:
    You wouldn't have a link to your TV to post would you?
    So when you connect via VGA everything is OK is what I understand, it's only when you use a HDMI cable that you experience this problem?

    What happens if you uncheck Use Windows XP Style DPI scaling?
    Fabe
    TV (walmart link): LED24VF60

    Correct, VGA is fine (1920x1080); I only get it with an HDMI-DVI cable. Interestingly, Windows recommends a lower resolution of 1360x768, but even at that resolution it doesn't look right.

    Unchecking "Windows XP Style DPI scaling" didn't help.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails HDMI-DVI Cable to LCD TV-lcd2.jpg  
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  8. Posts : 71,959
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #8

    Slam,

    The image you posted above looks like you may need to use the Adjust desktop size and position option in either your graphics card driver or monitor settings like this setting for a NVIDIA graphics card below. It will allow you to adjust the top and side borders to fit the screen. I'm not sure of where these settings are for your graphics chip though, but go through all of its settings to see if you may have something similar.

    HDMI-DVI Cable to LCD TV-graphics.jpg
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  9. Posts : 20
    Windows 7 Professional (32-bit)
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Brink said:
    Slam,

    The image you posted above looks like you may need to use the Adjust desktop size and position option in either your graphics card driver or monitor settings like this setting for a NVIDIA graphics card below. It will allow you to adjust the top and side borders to fit the screen. I'm not sure of where these settings are for your graphics chip though, but go through all of its settings to see if you may have something similar.
    After some googling, seems the issue I'm having is called Overscan. Unfortunately, unlike your NVIDIA graphics card, the Intel Q35 doesn't seem to have that option to resize the Desktop. Seems I'll have to go back to VGA for now.

    Haven't noticed much difference in terms of quality between VGA and HDMI-DVI, whether using the computer or watching movies, so I don't mind. However, just a bit upset that I paid premium for a HDMI-DVI cable that is now pretty much useless.

    I'm still open to suggestions however.
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  10. Posts : 3,253
    Windows 10 Pro x 2/Windows 11 Home
       #10

    slam said:
    Brink said:
    Slam,

    The image you posted above looks like you may need to use the Adjust desktop size and position option in either your graphics card driver or monitor settings like this setting for a NVIDIA graphics card below. It will allow you to adjust the top and side borders to fit the screen. I'm not sure of where these settings are for your graphics chip though, but go through all of its settings to see if you may have something similar.
    After some googling, seems the issue I'm having is called Overscan. Unfortunately, unlike your NVIDIA graphics card, the Intel Q35 doesn't seem to have that option to resize the Desktop. Seems I'll have to go back to VGA for now.

    Haven't noticed much difference in terms of quality between VGA and HDMI-DVI, whether using the computer or watching movies, so I don't mind. However, just a bit upset that I paid premium for a HDMI-DVI cable that is now pretty much useless.

    I'm still open to suggestions however.
    Also read through the manual that came with your TV it also has settings for desktop resizing. Mine has Normal, Zoom, Stretch & DOT by Dot. These settings can usually be found through the menu button and may be labeled differently as I described.
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