I'm running WinXP Home, ATI Catalyst 5.7 drivers and ATI Multi Media Centre 9.08 software.

System is an ASUS A8N SLI-E with 1GB of memory running an Athlon 64-320. Video card is an ATI AIW X600Pro, DVI out to the Acer AT3201W. Second tuner is an ATI HDTV Wonder.

I had absolutely no trouble connecting this TV to my HTPC. It was recognized as an Acer AT3201W supporting 1360x768 resolution. (6 pixels less than its native resolution) It displays the BIOS startup screens and defaults to VGA in Windows Safe Mode. It is, essentially, a perfectly behaved computer monitor that is also a damn fine HDTV.

Excellent!

That means that my choice will definitely be between the ACER and the Prima. Atari8472 has indicated that his experience with his Prima is the same as yours with your ACER.

Excellent!

That means that my choice will definitely be between the ACER and the Prima. Atari8472 has indicated that his experience with his Prima is the same as yours with your ACER.
You might want to wait till 37'' Acer AT-3705 is released in Canada late Apr '06 (1920x1080 native rez).

You might want to wait till 37'' Acer AT-3705 is released in Canada late Apr '06 (1920x1080 native rez).

A cool idea, but this is for my bedroom. The price for that puppy has got to be pretty high, relatively speaking.

I bought a Legend 40" LCD TV from The Brick last January (it's actually a re-labeled Prima display) and have it connected to my HTPC using the VGA port at 1280x720.

Works very best. :)

A cool idea, but this is for my bedroom. The price for that puppy has got to be pretty high, relatively speaking.
I believe MSRP of Acer AT-3705 is ~$2000 CAD

By way of clarification, there are many user manuals that say that the TV SHOULD not be used with a PC. There are several possible reasons.

1. Burn in on CRT-based and Plasma TVs.

2. A carryover from Burn in concerns, even though the particular model is not succeptible (ie the manuals are written for several models).

3. Concerns regarding a signal coming to the TV that could harm it from a PC. (I haven't heard of any harm to a TV due to a PC signal, but I have heard people say that it is "possible".

4. (Credit to Michael TLV) The manufacturers don't wish to field calls from people trying to connect their computers to their TVs since there can be 1000's of possibilities for synchs, etc.

My experience with Hitachi customer sevice tends to confirm #4.
One of their reps told me the pc would slowly damage the TV but did not say how. I got hte impression that they did not want to get involved.

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to use a Mac with the Proview RX Series?


As a computer monitor, the Proview is limited to 1024x768 (XGA), 800x600 (SVGA) and 640x480 (VGA). The monitor is plug and play, but doesn't support the LCD panel's native resolution of 1366 x 768.

My experience with Hitachi customer sevice tends to confirm #4.I think the same was (is?) true about Toshiba.
They used to have a warning in the TV manual about the warranty to be waived if a PC is attached to it.
I think the most PC-friendly TV products are manufactured by Samsung.

Diogen.

Hello,

I have a Sony Bravia KLV-S32A10 (the relatively inexpensive one without the ATSC Tuner - not the XBR). This unit has HDMI and a HD-15 VGA connector. I have it hooked up to the GeForce 6200 in my HTPC via the VGA and am able to run it at it's native resolution of 1360x768 @ 60Hz. It really wants to go only up to 1280x768 out of the box with some underscan but by adding the mode in the NVIDIA settings it will work. By playing with the screen options in the Wega Gate I was able to get rid of the underscan in the 1280 mode.

I had the same experience with the same display and a ATI AIW 9800.

Haven't tried the HDMI as I'm using that for my DVR.

I found this post on http://www.lcd-tv-reviews.com

Re: LCD TV as Monitor
I have a LC-45GX6U Sharp with a 50' (feet) component cable to connect to my video card and i have the resolution set to 1920 x 1080i. Works better than the image i get from some cable HD channels! Dvi or VGA will only go up to 1280 x 1024 so this was the only way to use the whole screen!

According to some users, the DVI input supports a maximum resolution of 1024x768 which is always scaled to the TV's 1366x768 widescreen resolution. There apparently is no way to force a 4:3 aspect ratio for the PC input.

http://www.lcd-tv-reviews.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=952&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&start=0

Not necesarily true

A lot of the flat panels accept native resulotion over their DVI/HDMI/VGA input. This can be for testing the panel for dead pixels.

See this thread (http://www.digitalhomecanada.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42066) for more info.

From what I can tell, this 1080p TV only accepts up to 720p on the VGA input. Looks quite bad not being the native resolution.

Mine says only "up to 1024 x 768". It would not accept 720p or 1080i in PC mode. But it does take 1366x768.

On this TV there is a DVI-HDTV that the manual say is "not intended for use with personal computers. I cannot get a DVI plug onto it anyway!

I cannot get a picture on the tv. The windows screen prior to going to MCE 2005 is good rez. but right now no picture on the TV screen.

asus P5GL MX mother board with All in wonder Elite, and gigabyte gv-nx66l128dp.

I have had to use S video to connect but I do have a VGA to HDI plug?

Any advice would be appreciated.

There are various types of DVI - DVI-I, DVI-A and DVI-D. Please see the Digital Home FAQ "DVI/HDMI Information" (Under Help).

As a computer monitor, the Proview is limited to 1024x768 (XGA), 800x600 (SVGA) and 640x480 (VGA). The monitor is plug and play, but doesn't support the LCD panel's native resolution of 1366 x 768.

Is this confrmed and if so has it been tested on the HDMI and VGA connector?

Is this confrmed and if so has it been tested on the HDMI and VGA connector?


When I briefly owned this model, I was using the VGA input (D-sub 15 pin RGB). It's maximum input resolution was 1024x768. What was really neat however, was that it was stretched to fit the widescreen and the Windows desktop showed no distortion except for being a little squat. Text was perfectly legible. But I returned it since I couldn't drive it at full panel resolution (1366x768) and there were other problems with black crush and dead pixels.

I recall that the Proview/MAG owners manuals confirmed this. But they seem to have a new glossy version which says nothing about connecting PCs.

http://www.proview.com/Product/Product_Page.aspx?sn=05090014&pi=121


My video card is an ATI AIW X600Pro.

Thanks for the reply!!!

That last bit of info just kept me from making the mistake of falling for the Canada Day Sale on the Proview 27 or 32.