Alignment Issue Monitor&TV

[Nick_PC]

Hello Forum!, I have a problem where i have a 21.5 inch monitor below my tv and my tv is a 40 inch Samsung 5201 series.. My main monitor(21.5) is perfect but my tv is a tad off where the desktop is, some icons are cut off and stuff.

Graphics Card Gigabyte Wind force gtx 660 OC

 

[getochkn]

Sounds like you need to set the overscan or scaling options in the control panel for your video card. common for TV's.

 

[giantbucket]

what OS are you using?
what connection type are you using to the TV?

Win8/8.1 and HDMI tend to force weird scaling, which is easy to avoid using a VGA connection to the TV.

 

[getochkn]

I found VGA quality to be lacking, and if your like me, and have 4K, HDMI isn't an option or if you want sound, you have to use HDMI. Kind of an answer that doesn't make sense.


Nothing that can't be fixed by the overscan settings in the control panel, that what it's there for. TV's tend to overscan a bit until you adjust them. Nothing weird about it.

 

[giantbucket]

in Win8.1 at least, even with overscan being fixed, Win tends to enlarge / resize some content windows as you drag them from a monitor to a TV, which some people may find annoying. at least it did that on my setup and i never found a way to stop it from doing so. other than using VGA connections.

HDMI handles 4k resolutions, btw.

 

[PsyKhiqZero]

The best solution IMO is to set the aspect ratio on the TV to "just scan" or "1:1". Every tv is different so you'll have to poke and prod in the TV menu.

 

[Nick_PC]

windowss 7

what OS are you using?
what connection type are you using to the TV?

Win8/8.1 and HDMI tend to force weird scaling, which is easy to avoid using a VGA connection to the TV.

 

[Nick_PC]

I found VGA quality to be lacking, and if your like me, and have 4K, HDMI isn't an option or if you want sound, you have to use HDMI. Kind of an answer that doesn't make sense.i have hdmi running at 1080


Nothing that can't be fixed by the overscan settings in the control panel, that what it's there for. TV's tend to overscan a bit until you adjust them. Nothing weird about it.

 

[giantbucket]

you should be able to go into the Nvidia control panel and tweak the scaling / aspect ratio stuff.

right click desktop
nvidia control panel
left side - display - adjust desktop size and position

and then poke around some more. try various checkboxes. unlikely to set anything on fire.

 

[Nick_PC]

I just went to my remote and pressed "tools" and pressed fit to screen

 

[giantbucket]

eh, that's cheating

 

[Nick_PC]

eh, that's cheating

It works