The black border around mce and quality of picture

zay

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Not sure if this is a tuner or a graphics card issue, or even a mce issue. I have two 22 inch wide screen monitors and no matter what resolution I use, I can't seem to get rid of the black border when I am running MC. My card is a radeon HD4670. The other issue is the quality of the picture, it is not crisp; it is sort of dark.My monitors are also hd180p. I am beginning to think this might be a tuner issue. Do tuners affect the quality of the picture? My tuner is hauppauge Wintv PVR PCII 2600
 

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Acer AL2223W, Acer AL1916
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I am also running a quasar gamatron flux capacitor with twin pulse tronic phasers......jk, I have no such stuff.
Your monitor specs say 1680 x 1050 which is 16:10, and WMC's closest matching ratio is 16:9 - therefore unless you maximise the application to full screen you will see a small horizontal slice of your desktop (or worse) at all other times.

I've got a similar setup to your own, twin 22" 16:10 monitors, albeit my graphics card is an HD4850.

Maybe you have a relatively minor driver issue with the GPU... :confused:
 

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Oddly when I do fullscreen, it only fills top and bottom, the sides still show the border. How is your picture quality? Mine is not that nice, it seems dark even though I have the card and monitor with hd capability.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 UltimateIntel Core(TM)2 Quad- Q9550, 2.83GHz4GBATI Radeon HD4600
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Gigabyte
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU
Intel Core(TM)2 Quad- Q9550, 2.83GHz
Motherboard
G31M-ES2L
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD4600
Sound Card
On Board:
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer AL2223W, Acer AL1916
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050, 1280 x 1024
Hard Drives
160GB
350GB
250GB
250GB
PSU
600W
Case
Cooler Master
Keyboard
Microsoft Laser 6000
Mouse
Logitech Optical Trackman
Internet Speed
1.5MB
Other Info
I am also running a quasar gamatron flux capacitor with twin pulse tronic phasers......jk, I have no such stuff.
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