Help for sony HS-50 and HDMI

tomos · 21-10-2005, 7:23 PM

i used a HDMI cable in the past and all was fine, i used VGA for months now with no prob.

i now have a new pc and wanted to be able to flick back and forth. i connected the hdmi to the dvi (7800gt) on this monitor and while the pic is there, it looks awful. it is blurry as anything.

i swapped the cable back to my other pcs card (9600xt) (the one i used it on originally) and thats the same. both are fine with VGA but i want to use hdmi with it

is there anyway to find if its the cable or the projector short of buying a new cable?

mikeaitch · 22-10-2005, 12:55 AM

I have the same card, so will try the DVI on mine tommorrow.

Don't see the point though- VGA gives a great picture and guaranteed 1:1

mikeaitch · 22-10-2005, 12:58 AM

I assume you set the Sony HDMI input to Computer, not video and enabled APA?

tomos · 22-10-2005, 10:44 AM

yep, no diff. dont get this at all tbh

tomos · 23-10-2005, 10:15 AM

tried again last night, disabling and enabling APA again did nothing. swapped cables around and again, all is fine with both pcs via VGA but not DVI.

please, has anyone had anything like this before? i know its not the pcs, so its either the cable or the projector

paulmcp2403 · 23-10-2005, 4:03 PM

hmmm....possible cable length issue ?? Just a suggestion....I have noticed more and more people complaining of issues when cables go over 5metres...

tomos · 23-10-2005, 7:39 PM

i know what you mean, but surely that would have always happened? when i had it originally, it was fine. apart from the overscan issue, there was no prob at all with the image

tomos · 26-10-2005, 12:01 PM

come on guys. please?

any other ideas?

pave · 26-10-2005, 2:47 PM

Have you connected the cable when everything is off

tomos · 26-10-2005, 2:56 PM

i've disconnected/reconnected the cable on both ends with sony off and the pc off

mikeaitch · 27-10-2005, 9:37 AM

ok mate, finally got some time to try this on mine

Had exactly the same result- blurry, indistinct characters on HDMI

Tried various refresh rates instead of 60hz and voila! clear desktop @85, 75, 70 Hz, although I need to fiddle around a bit to get all the desktop on screen

All this is thru the Nvidia interface

HTH

tomos · 27-10-2005, 9:44 AM

thanks for checking mate ;

thing is, i've tried various refresh rates on mine and it didnt make a diff

plus, it's the same on my ati card (9600XT) and that worked fine last time i tried it (months ago)

will try again tonight after work, just to double check tho. knowing me i've left out something

failing that, it's got to be either the cable or the proj itself somehow.

the projector wouldnt have a prob with hdmi and vga in at the same time would it? originally i didnt have a vga cable so just had hdmi plugged in by itself