You may remember my "HDTV as a monitor" thread a month ago. Well, I have
being playing around and found a strange behavior. The 1080p HDTV is
connected via HDMI to an onboard nVidia video card, NVIDIA GeForce 6150.
Works fine for the full 1920x1080 screen. I previously also connected the
6150 via the VGA input of the HDTV. Both work just fine at 1920x1080.

Today, I tried to connect the now vacant VGA port of the HDTV to another
computer with a SAPPHIRE 100206L Radeon HD 2600PRO with dual DVI ports. I am
unable to use the full 1920x1080 resolution except in a panning mode. I have
looked everywhere in the Catalyst Control Center and no matter what I
select, I can not get to a 1920x1080 non-panning screen. Going one more
step, I tried the "HDTV" output or the Radeon card, which utilizes a
component cable, and had the same problem. I am disturbed that a video card
labeled as "HDTV" will not display with full resolution when the onboard
nVidia display handles it without a problem.

Any suggestions? This is not a deal breaker as I have no NEED to run the
HDTV from the second computer, but was contemplating purchasing a PCI video
card to run three monitors from the second computer. If the best I can do
with the Radeon HDTV card is pan and scan, I will be looking to nVidia for
my next video card.

Thanks

Jim Maki
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