Does my screen resolution affect my video quality?

[MrHiddeS]

Been searching but can't seem to find the answer.

I got a 1080P TV and its hooked up to a decent rig, (able to play 1080p games/video).
Since the TV stands on quite a distance I cant really read the words when I set my screen resolution in windows to 1920x1080, so I set it to 1024x786 making everything a bit bigger and easier to read.

My question is: when my screen resolution is in 1024x786 but I am playing a 1080p video, is it displayed in 786 or 1080p?

 

[Alabalcho]

If your monitor is 1024x768, then everything runs at that resolution. So you will waste bandwidth downloading 1080 videos.

Instead of lowering the resolution (and running the TV at non-standard resolution), have you tried scalling the display driver to 125%? This will produce much better graphics and it will run the TV at the optimal reslution.

 

[MrHiddeS]

So, even tho the tv is 1080p it will run 1080p video in the resolution i set the desktop resolution in?

Ehrm, how does one scale the display driver to 125%? I am using the intergrated graphics (intel hd graphics 4600) but I got a 650 laying around which I am too lazy to put in, would that help out or am I talking utter crap right now?

 

[Alabalcho]

If you are running Windows - go to Display properties, there you will have the option to set scaling.