Make Sm look crisper on a TV

Tashi · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2004 8:45 pm Post subject: Make Sm look crisper on a TV

when i run it on my TV it looks a little plury and doesnt take up the whole screen, anything I can do? or am i stuck with it how it is, this TV is very old, i had to use a VCR to get the cables pluged into it.
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KillerJello · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2004 10:41 pm Post subject:

Mine is VERY crsip on the plasma....

Prolly just the age of your equipment...

Tashi · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2004 11:29 pm Post subject:

someone mentioned earlier in a different thread that chnging the resolution SM runs under had somthing to do with it, would this help, if so how?

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EndlessWaltz · Trick Member Joined: 26 Dec 2003 Location: !!!BAYONNE!!!

maybe its just your pc to tv converter

spoonsman · Trick Member Joined: 01 Dec 2002

This could be for any number of reasons-

If the TV is very old and you had to run the signal through a VCR I'm assuming that the VCR is hooked up to the TV through an RF coaxial cable. This is bad as that's the worst possible connection on a TV resulting in a blurry picture and lackluster colors. There's nothing you can do except buy a new TV.

As for the taking up the whole screen problem many video cards with TV-outs have settings that allow you to change the horizontal and vertical dimensions and move the image around on the x and y axis for fine tuning. Without knowing your video card (or if you're even just using a PC -> TV adapter) I can't really help you there.

cristian989 · Trick Member Joined: 11 Dec 2002 Location: Amherst, MA

Im thinking maybe you have the resolution too high, anything higher than 640-480 resolution will make it look blurry because your tv cant handle such high resolutions...

sctster · Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:34 pm Post subject: it's all about the settings

Play with that little knob on your tv that says contrast. Contrast should always be turned to them max when using a computer output. Also turn up sharpness. Color is kind of tricky, but find some screen with bright colors, such as pink or red, and turn the color down enough so they don't glow. That should somewhat improve your picture, but the best fix is a new tv.
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Jebus · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:13 am Post subject:

sctster · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 11:33 am Post subject: Re: it's all about the settings