When 17 inches just isn't enough..(pic inside)

what are using to output the hdmi? or the svideo? this may sound stupid but 1 are you using the pictured inspiron laptop to do it? and 2 if you are how are you doing it with the thing shut? and oh yeah how do you like your Wii? only thing pc gaming cant give you.... yet
steve

*slaps self*

Is that a projection TV? Both projection and plasma have overscan. From my experience all brands have it and it can be hard to overcome by adjustment no matter what input you use (digital or analog - even the vga input meant for PCs). The only ways I know how to fix it is either some sort of maintenance menu or by running your desktop at a non-standard resolution (which won't help with games).

LCD's have no overscan when using the vga input. HDMI, while image quality might be best, has overscan as well so is also useless for connecting to a PC.

I want to try the run my M1710 on a DLP HDtv.

So I need to use an S-video cord and the i394 cord for sound ....?

Can I still use the xps as a keyboard or do I need an extental one? Will it display on the xps and tv at the same time?

Ahhhhh I have to..... Look at my new getup.... 37" of 1920x1080 cold shower havin goodness. MY GOD YOU SHOULD SEE BATTLEFIELD!!! sorry second pic is blurry (no tripod or flash) but with the lights dimmed it rocks!

I get no overscan. I connect via DVI and it acts and recognizes as a 1920x1200 plug n play monitor. And the quality beats the laptop screen flat out. The laptop has 16ms response the tv has 8ms

Ahhh whack, loving the monitor man.....how much did that cost you?? I read somewhere else about you having your own computer shop, and well....someday I hope I do too just because, my life is computers lol. My mom thinks I'm just sick and obsessed, but I can't help it, after about a year of thoroughly knowing computers inside and out, I still have gaps in knowledge. However I have never found myself bored when talking or thinking about computers, simply because technology moves so fast that there is always something new to learn about. Anyway, off the topic of self fantasizing, great monitor, great system!

whackamac, not only do I solute you for the huge TV and the laptop, but the NOLF2 case on the side. God bless you!

PS: I'm looking, but I don't see NOLF1, you have to have NOLF1!

Gotta get me something like that, thank god for X-mas and girlfriends that make a whole Shyt load of cash

Where can I get one of those

Look hard, under rocks, in caves, on top of tall buildings ....and when u find one latch on but be carefull of their mothers.........pure evil they are.

I didn't have any luck connecting my XPS 2 to my mom's samsung 50" DLP through HDMI. It limited the resolution to 1280x720 and also produced mouse lag. I hadn't found the gaming mode option yet at the time, but when I hooked up just using the VGA cable, it worked perfectly. Games look better and the response time is a lot better than my laptop screen.

There wasn't much of a problem adjusting the image on the TV to get rid of the borders, though it cannot be fine tuned enough to make it absolutely perfect (it's really close though, good enough for me). With HDMI I didn't run into that problem, but once again, I was capped at 1280x720 with really expensive cables (this samsung DLP is capable of 1080p, but it does not have the newer HDMI revision so it can technically only get 1080p signal from the VGA connector). I recommend using a VGA cable if you can. This will also allow you to choose a number of refresh rates, which could help you with flickering problems. I noticed that with the VGA cable, NVidia's drivers pick up an external monitor, but with HDMI it thinks it's a TV and limits my resolution options. I don't recall an option for refresh rate in HDMI either, but maybe I'm wrong.

That's my adventure into HDTV land, I hope it helps you solve your problem.

I just piucked up a 42" Westy myself. I tried hooking up the 1705's to it via DVI and everything was good!!! no overscan that I could see, and picture was great. I just need to get a decent wireless keyboard and mouse with some range on it, maybe I will go Bluetooth and forget the RF thing. OH YEha, and hack the $H17 out of my Charter Communications MOXI DVR... only has 12 hrs of HD recording ability... need the firmware update so it will recognize external HDD's. OOOOops... OT..... Sorry

42" Westinghouse - 999.00 Black Friday - BestBuy

Furry, I am not sure what series Sony LCD projector that is, but here's a few tips from mine (Sony 55" WF series), which works perfectly with a 720P resolution sent to it from my PC (also with DVI to HDMI cable).

First, find out the native resolution of your tv, it probably is a 720P, which means that 1080i input is downconverted to 720P. This also means that the LCD's in it are probably something like 1300x760 or thereabouts, so higher resolutions out of your computer are not of much benefit. Also, by feeding it 1080i, you are only doing 30 fields per second which results in picture jitter in panning scenes. Now if that thing is one of those 1080 Progressives, thats another story. Best to set your video output at 1280x720 to match this. Setting a custom resolution in powerstrip will not work, as the Sony only likes true 1080i or 720P as an input. The tv will not display any other resolution fed to it by the video card. (Note, depending on your video driver, you might be able to cram another resolution to the TV, but that resolution is scaled into whatever HDTV format resolution by the video card anyway when set to function with a HDTV)

On the overscan, you will need to go into the service menu for the adjustments. Fairly easily done and you can adjust the TV perfectly with no overscan with a computer input. If it is like my Sony, you dont have to worry about goofing up the TV doing this, as each input has seperate overscan settings. Go to avsforum.com and check in the LCD projector TV forum for a thread that covers your model, you will find all the info you need there.

Enjoy!