Diff sizes on diff outputs... how?

[Ashton]

ok, I just got a new toy (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...00007501249&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT&rd=1) and it's awesome for watchign movies or playing games without much text.

BUT

when the video finishes, I want to choose anotehr one, and the text is so tiny I cant read it...

My Card is an ATI Radeon with 128mb VRAM, it has 3 outputs, VGA, RCA, and SVID. I'm using the VGA for my monitor and the RCA for my HMD. However, despite changing the settings on the "secondary" properties, it changes everthing! I dont need the font to be 3" high on my 15" LCD, ONLY on my HMD on the secondary RCA output.

Is there a way to set this up? Right not I'm just extending my desktop to the second display and draging waht Iw ant over tehre and hitting 'full screen' and I have to switch back and forth every time I change videos because I cant read the filenames...

Thanks in advance!
-Ash

 

[BBA]

Thats a unique question, not sure how to answer, but it sounds more software related than video card related.

I would bet the player in Media Center or in Vista would work better, since the menus are easy to read at any resolution.

 

[compslckr]

cool looking toy, can you post a pic of you wearing the goggles? i want to see how they look on

 

[Ashton]

Thats a unique question, not sure how to answer, but it sounds more software related than video card related.

I would bet the player in Media Center or in Vista would work better, since the menus are easy to read at any resolution.

*slaps forehead* I'm an idiot, thank you for making me think. I moved the menu screens from Beyond MEdia (I have a Firefly remote control) to the "second monitor" and now I can stleast make out what the words are (but amazingly I can read them better about 5-6 meters away on my 19" flatscreen CRT than on my "simulated 36-inch at 2-meters" headset (somone tell me why it wouls be "36 inches" and "2 meters"...? shouldn't it be "74cm screen at 2 meters" or something?)

And @ compsickr:
are you serious? I dont mind posting one, I just didn't expect to hear that...

 

[MrGlobe]

The only thing that i can think to do would be to buy a pci video card, as you could use that as the second video output. I know newegg has them for ~$30. I agree though, it sounds like a software problem.

MH

 

[AlexStenka]

nice...so what do you like better monitor or those things you got there.

 

[Ashton]

nice...so what do you like better monitor or those things you got there.

(sorry, been outa town this week)

For watching movies, my goggles are better, but over-all I prefer a monitor (and for detail, I prefer my CRT over my LCD)