Hey guys, I have had by HTPC hooked up via VGA to my 720p Samsung for a few years. Just got a new 1080p TV, and my PC isn't giving me any options higher than 1360x768. Any idea what I need to do to force it to 1080p? Or what my problem is? Thanks.
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The graphics adapter should be able to do 1080p.
Is it possible to go from VGA to HDMI?
Thanks for all the help guney. I am think of a radon 5450 for card.
Yes, seems like most of them.Do other brands do it too?
It's been mentioned that it adds another layer of technical support and liability that TV manufacturers do not want (using it as a computer monitor etc).What is the point of limit?
Come to think of it, maybe it has something to do with HDCP .... digitally protected content + liability, etc.
But then analog component outputs on Blu-ray players work around that w/ 1080i.
Hmmm.
It goes back to the early 2000's when people were first starting to hook TVs up to their PCs. Back then the drivers sucked for that, you had to custom make your timings and resolutions in the drivers and it was all guess work for some of it. So TV manufactures would make "PC only" inputs and limit them so that the PC couldn't possibly damage the TV. The problem is that now video card drivers are pretty full featured and fully support TVs so there's no point in manufactures doing this other then stupidity.As to the TV being limited on it's VGA input, I've heard of this a few times and it seems like such a silly limitation. As an analog fallback in case of no digital alternatives, VGA is about as good as it gets. Too bad it's been rendered useless by display makers.