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311 · 23-02-2008, 08:47

Hello ,I'm a little bit annoyed with something in media centre and I wonder if someone can help

Basically I hooked up a new graphics card yesterday.I used a component out lead that it came with.
Everything was going well and I was happy with the quality ,but when I try looking at television with it ,everything is letterboxed 4:3.

I tried going back into Nvidia control panel ,but nothing seemed to work and I couldn't find anything that would fix it for me.

So ,I connected up the card with a DVI-HDMI cable and that seems to remedy the letterbox problem .The only thing is the tv is a plasma and there is speckles from the HDMI cable ,I think it's happening because of the digital thing.
Comoponent looked far better than the hdmi connection ,when it was displaying graphics (internet) ,but I can't watch TV on it

Any suggestions ?

311 · 23-02-2008, 14:02

I got this sorted ,installed the latest Nvidia drivers from their website.

Full widescreen picture on component now .

mathias · 23-02-2008, 16:52

Just out of interest Brian , how is the HDMI cable with the new drivers ? Unless the cable is actually faulty it shouldnt be the cause of the speckles , most likely thats the card /driver thing as well.

When I was using the component on an nvidia 8500 , the picture was randomly blurring, but this was down to the incredibly thin RCA cables coming from the adaptor they supplied with the card , wiggling it would change the picture quality. The DVI /HDMI on the other hand was perfect ( after numerous driver updates that is ).

311 · 23-02-2008, 17:45

Hdmi is grand and very easy to use with the nvidia control panel.
My television is coming up as panasonic on vista and it seems to know what resolution to have the tv at aswell.

I was getting a problem when I installed the drivers first ,the input display box (1080i) kept coming up on the television intermittenly.
I rolled backed the drivers and installed them without kaspersky running and it seems to be ok now.

With regards to the speckles I am seeing ,there always on the plasma with rich solid colours . Say there was white occupying half the screen ,I could see the gas burning in the whiteness(hard to explain) It's like the screen is moving ,even though it's just a solid colour.
It's not a problem with hdmi ,it's just something I've noticed on my tv.

23-02-2008, 08:47	#1
311 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Egzbakistan Posts: 5,301 Adverts \| Friends	Windows media display options. Hello ,I'm a little bit annoyed with something in media centre and I wonder if someone can help Basically I hooked up a new graphics card yesterday.I used a component out lead that it came with. Everything was going well and I was happy with the quality ,but when I try looking at television with it ,everything is letterboxed 4:3. I tried going back into Nvidia control panel ,but nothing seemed to work and I couldn't find anything that would fix it for me. So ,I connected up the card with a DVI-HDMI cable and that seems to remedy the letterbox problem .The only thing is the tv is a plasma and there is speckles from the HDMI cable ,I think it's happening because of the digital thing. Comoponent looked far better than the hdmi connection ,when it was displaying graphics (internet) ,but I can't watch TV on it Any suggestions ? Last edited by 311; 23-02-2008 at 08:50.

23-02-2008, 16:52	#3
mathias Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,166 Adverts \| Friends	Just out of interest Brian , how is the HDMI cable with the new drivers ? Unless the cable is actually faulty it shouldnt be the cause of the speckles , most likely thats the card /driver thing as well. When I was using the component on an nvidia 8500 , the picture was randomly blurring, but this was down to the incredibly thin RCA cables coming from the adaptor they supplied with the card , wiggling it would change the picture quality. The DVI /HDMI on the other hand was perfect ( after numerous driver updates that is ). Last edited by mathias; 23-02-2008 at 16:56.

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23-02-2008, 14:02	#2
311 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Egzbakistan Posts: 5,301 Adverts \| Friends	I got this sorted ,installed the latest Nvidia drivers from their website. Full widescreen picture on component now .

23-02-2008, 17:45	#4
311 Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Egzbakistan Posts: 5,301 Adverts \| Friends	Hdmi is grand and very easy to use with the nvidia control panel. My television is coming up as panasonic on vista and it seems to know what resolution to have the tv at aswell. I was getting a problem when I installed the drivers first ,the input display box (1080i) kept coming up on the television intermittenly. I rolled backed the drivers and installed them without kaspersky running and it seems to be ok now. With regards to the speckles I am seeing ,there always on the plasma with rich solid colours . Say there was white occupying half the screen ,I could see the gas burning in the whiteness(hard to explain) It's like the screen is moving ,even though it's just a solid colour. It's not a problem with hdmi ,it's just something I've noticed on my tv.