1280 too wide for LCD ???

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Okay so my Samsung LE23R41B has a resolution of 1280x720.
I've got 2 PCs connected on a KVM switchbox.

PC 1 has onboard graphics, nearest mode of 1280x768, this looks good on the LCD.

PC 2 has ATI Radeon 9200, nearest mode again 1280x768, this is too wide. i.e. I have to scroll the display by moving the mouse off screen to see either edge. I'm running XP, if you have the 'Start Menu' visible you can't see any of the icons in the 'time' tool bar on the opposite side, and visa versa. It looks too wide by about a third, we are not talking a couple of pixels here.

How can 1280 but the right size on one PC but too wide on the other ? Isn't 1280 pixels 1280 pixels ?

Any advice welcome.
 
It's okay, you can all stop worrying, I've solved it.

Under some advanced settings on the Radeon it was stuck at 1360x768, I've changed it to 1280x768, with a bit of resizing it all looks fine.

I'm sure you'll all sleep a lot better tonight knowing the panic is over.
 
Okay so my Samsung LE23R41B has a resolution of 1280x720.
I could be wrong, but are you sure the resolution isn't 1366x768? I've never seen an LCD TV with a vertical resolution of 720 before.
 
Lyris said:
I could be wrong, but are you sure the resolution isn't 1366x768? I've never seen an LCD TV with a vertical resolution of 720 before.

The manual claims...
1280x720 for the LE23R41B (mine)
and
1388x768 for the LE23R51B

It is quite odd though my pc resolution is on 1280x768 and it fits perfectly.
 
That'd be good - I'd rather have 720p resolution exactly instead of having to trip the scaler.
 
Lyris said:
That'd be good - I'd rather have 720p resolution exactly instead of having to trip the scaler.

I know exactly what you mean.

I think 26" 720P screens are much more common mind you.. that and 15:9 1280x768 screens.

1366x768 seems more the norm for 32" ones.

I've actually discussed this in a separate thread.. conclusion was that due to production costs and the misconceptions that more is definitely better, manufacturers are making screens that need to scale all sources it receives.

Ben
 
ianh64 said:
All the information that I have on this display is that it is 1280x768 ie 15:9 - W-XGA.

-Ian
Except this one which is from the Samsung web site claiming 1366x768.

So that is 4 different resolutions being mentioned for this set:

1366x768 Samsung Dutch web site
1280x760 Samsung Dutch manual - probably a typo from the source I guess its really 1280x768
1280x720 Samsung UK manual
1280x768 most other information

-Ian
 
ianh64 said:
So that is 4 different resolutions being mentioned for this set

Maybe the samsung guys have made a screen that can change the number of pixels it has :rotfl:

Ben
 
how did you get that res to start with on the radeon? - i'd like to have it but so far only have 1280x720!
 

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