HDMI looks worse than VGA and DVI

[Rafiul27]

hi, i have the 7850 card and a 24inch full hd led 1080p tv/monitor.

i have connected the screen to the desktop via HDMI cable.

the resolution is at 1920x1080 (native display for screen) but it looks really bad. It is grainy and worse than a VGA connection.

anyone help me?

thanks

 

[chris987]

through ccc menu enable gpu scaling and see if improves. else try another hdmi cable it may be faulty

 

[RobCrezz]

Does tend to happen with HDMI sometimes the scaling is all wrong.

DVI should work fine, but if you need the sound, then try the scaling in CCC.

 

[Rafiul27]

Does tend to happen with HDMI sometimes the scaling is all wrong.

DVI should work fine, but if you need the sound, then try the scaling in CCC.

right, should i use HDMI to DVI then?

hdmi on tv to dvi on GPU 7850.

i bought a VGA to HDMI, but i get no display at all with that combination.
i also tried VGA monitor to VGA w/DVI convertor in to the GPU and i got the same fuzzy resolution


i'd be happy if i can just get the crystal clear definition i normally get, i already have speakers for the pc i can use in the audio jacks.

 

[Rafiul27]

through ccc menu enable gpu scaling and see if improves. else try another hdmi cable it may be faulty

tried this hours ago, didn't work. also tried 3 hdmi cables.

 

[chris987]

Better try a dvi- d cable with no adapers it should work fine.

 

[Solandri]

TVs, including HDTVs, overscan. That is, they enlarge a 1920x1080p image to slightly bigger than the screen and cut off the edges. I'm not sure why they do this now that we've moved on to digital content; it was absolutely necessary in the analog days. But regardless, they still do this. This works fine with pictures and video (resampling algorithms have gotten very good so you won't notice the difference), but computer text is designed on a pixel-by-pixel basis and ends up looking blurry.

When you connect via VGA or DVI, the TV/monitor assumes the signal source is a computer and turns overscan off. When you connect with HDMI, it assumes it's a video source (like a blu-ray player or cable box) and leaves overscan on. You have to go through the TV's settings menu and turn overscan off. This could be as simple as a setting labeled "overscan" which you turn off, or you may have to find a setting for 1:1 mode or direct display or something that sounds similar and turn that on.