HDMI Problem - computer question

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ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
[QUOTE 2829825, member: 45"]It's a 1 or a 0. This can't change over distance.[/quote]
Strictly speaking, that isn't true because there has to be a signal level at which the electronic decision is made. If there is sufficient degradation of the signal then a 1 could be degraded to a 0 or a 0 degraded to a 1. The longer the cable, the more opportunity for degradation to occur. A maximum length of cable is always specified. It might be 10m or it might be several kms but there will be a limit.

I worked on one digital system whose cabling was inadequate and it would crash every time somebody switched a kettle on at the other end of our office! We fixed the problem by using better quality cables with 'twisted pair' cores.

The thing about digital as opposed to analogue is that it can take a lot of degradation before problems result. My old analogue TV signal was speckly and had annoying ghost images. Digital Freeview, in contrast, works perfectly well in my house 99.something % of the time using just an indoor aerial but every now and then there is sufficient disruption to the signal to make the picture break up into squares or freeze altogether.

Anyway - that kind of thing does not cause images to be displayed with borders! I'm sure that there will either be a setting in software which can be changed to fix the problem, or that there is a bug in the software which needs to be fixed.
 

MontyVeda

a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
if you right click on your desktop and choose properties, then under the settings tab can you adjust the resolution of your monitor?

I have a two monitor set up, one as the 'monitor' connected via VGA and the other 'telly' connected via HDMI. I downloaded i bit of software called UltraMon which gave me a few extra options; e.g. different wallpaper on each monitor.

Whether any of this helps i have no idea.
 

Cyclist33

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Warrington
You would need to download CCC then, I think you get it from AMD's website or it might be on ATI's. Haven't had an ATI video system for quite a while.

Out of interest, what resolution are you trying to achieve, on what size monitor, via the HDMI, and is the monitor capable of that resolution, and what resolution were you running it at with VGA, and was the VGA "real" VGA or the newer and same-as-HD-res "D-Sub" type?

Stu
 

Cyclist33

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Location
Warrington
So could you just buy a long D-Sub cable and that would be a solution?

Otherwise, download Catalyst, then install it, and look through the options tabs on it for the scaling thing.

Another option would be to go out and buy a Nvidia graphics card!
 

Cyclist33

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Warrington
Have patience, and faith. I'v just dowloaded ccc and now downloading Microsoft .NET which it forced me to do as well!
 

Cyclist33

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Location
Warrington
Ha ha, no don't worry, it's some kind of apparently essential but pointless Microsoft thingy that sends all your personal details and DNA profile to the Taliban.
 

Cyclist33

Guest
Location
Warrington
Neither, I think - if I understand what happened properly, the card defaults to scaling down its potential resolution in anticipation of people not having HD-capable monitors...
 
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