[Wish] Please allow native resolution on 21:9 TVs (2560x1080) via HDMI

[Toengel]

Hi,

can you setup your PC to 1920x800 and then use the auto zoom? This should fill the screen - of course not 1:1 pixels.

Toengel@Alex

[elroy]

you can do that, but then you lose image quality....

[Toengel]

Hi,

as far as I understand from previous posts, the hardware is restricted to 1920x1080 - even if the standard allows a larger resolution. So you cannot do anything...

Toengel@Alex

[Dim4it]

Hi all.

I'm trying to get this to work, but no succes yet.
Setup: 50PFL7956H/12 Acer Revo R3600 (Nvidia ION)
Playing movies at Windows media player classic home cinema

I tried to make a custom resolution 2560x1080P at 60Hz.
But when i "Test" this resolution, the Philips says that the resolution isn't supported..


@Dim4it.. maybe you can give me a hint/ tip how to get it to work?
The Nvidia ION GPU is able to handle the resolution, only the TV seems to have a problem.

What am i doing wrong?

60 hz did not work for me either. Try 50 hz. I'm using Ion too.

[elroy]

60 hz did not work for me either. Try 50 hz. I'm using Ion too.

Okay,

Did you just set the Windows resolution to 2560x1080P @ 50Hz?

Or did you use 1920x1080 as windows resolution, and only play the movies in 2560x1080.. (if so how to do that in Windows media player classic home cinema??)

I don't fully understand how you set it up.

I will try to make a custom resolution 2560x1080P @ 50Hz, and set is as standard this afternoon..

To be continued

[elroy]

Update @ Dim4it...

Philips Accepts the 2560x1080 @ 50Hz indeed!
I get a 21:9 streched view in a 16:9 aspect on my television using unscaled mode.

but now the big question:

How to strech the image so it fits the whole screen of my TV?
(how to do that in Windows media player classic home cinema??)

I don't fully understand how you set it up.

[Dim4it]

but now the big question:

How to strech the image so it fits the whole screen of my TV?
(how to do that in Windows media player classic home cinema??)

I don't fully understand how you set it up.

Hi Elroy,

Nice to see you are making progress and getting results.

You now have the full res on your Tv, but it is only using 3:4 (1920:2560) of the width it should use. That is the error this tv makes. To get things right you need to stretch the width of the screen with a factor 4:3.

To get the right screen size use 'wide screen' in the 'picture format' menu on the TV. It will give you an exact match because it was designed to stretch a 4:3 resolution to 16:9 (stretch factor 4:3).

Good luck, post results!

[elroy]

Okay. I will for sure!

I have also send an PM to Philips - Thomas.

Hopefully they will manage to fix this problem in the next update, since it does not seems to be a hardware limitation.... only a wrong input / scale detection.

Thanks so far for the help! Dim4it!!

[Dim4it]

Proof:

http://sdrv.ms/MLaf7d

[Toengel]

Hi,

if your screenshot is right, why is the height more than 1200?

Toengel@Alex

[Dim4it]

@toengel

The vertical height is 1080. Check the image properties. The desktop wallpaper is vertically centered, so the top and bottom do not show. I guess that is what windows 7 does by default.

[Toengel]

Hi,

OK - I missed that. Can you please make step-by-step instructions, what you set up (which cable, which setting, in which order)? Thanks.

Toengel@Alex

[Dim4it]

@toengel:

Check post 24.

I'm using latest nvidia ion drivers with hdmi connection (both sides of cable). I think ion is HDMI 1.3.

[Toengel]

Hi,

I can confirm that

- custom resolution at 2560x1080 with 50 Hz

is working on my 58PFL9955

Toengel@Alex

[Amlodipin]

I don't know, it's not fully working for me. It's right, the TV is receiving the full 2560x1080 resolution at 50hz. But somethings wrong: when I switch to widescreen, the TV does not display the right part of the picture. It just seems to cut it off and stretches the rest of the picture to fit the whole screen. When I'm moving the picture to the left (in the TV settings) I can see that it's wider than it's actually displayed. Are you sure that this works properly on your machine?

I'm using a Mac Mini (OSX Lion) and 2011 Philips Cinema Gold