TV as a monitor

Posted:
Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:08 pm
by lunitic_8
I have a 19 inch HDTV that will allow a pc hook up, will i need any special settings and will it mess up FSX or make me loose frames?
Thanks,
Chad

Re: TV as a monitor

Posted:
Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:35 pm
by NickN
you need to go into the settings for the drivers.. you should find settings that say something like TREAT AS HDTV or something like that so the aspect ratio is correct
The driver settings should have TV settings and HDTV should be one of them.. set to the correct HDTV resolution you use, 780 or 1080 depending on the TV set
then you need to set FSX to the correct scale in the graphics settings
And make sure the WideViewAspect=True hook is set in the fsx.cfg file
Re: TV as a monitor

Posted:
Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:58 pm
by lunitic_8
you need to go into the settings for the drivers.. you should find settings that say something like TREAT AS HDTV or something like that so the aspect ratio is correct
The driver settings should have TV settings and HDTV should be one of them.. set to the correct HDTV resolution you use, 780 or 1080 depending on the TV set
then you need to set FSX to the correct scale in the graphics settings
And make sure the WideViewAspect=True hook is set in the fsx.cfg file
Alright Nick thank you, :)
Re: TV as a monitor

Posted:
Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:45 am
by ozzy72
How are you connecting it? What type of cable?
Re: TV as a monitor

Posted:
Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:26 am
by HarvesteR
I had a 26" LCD hooked to the pc here once, while the usual monitor was being repaired... worked perfectly...
Some LCD TVs are plug-and-play (if connected by a VGA or DVI cable), and simply hooking them up will make the pc find them, and you just need to set the resolution for the appropriate one, just like a regular monitor
If you're using some other type of cable, some setup will probably be required
Cheers
Re: TV as a monitor

Posted:
Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:45 pm
by lunitic_8
How are you connecting it? What type of cable?
im not using the HD part of it i just hooked up the RGB cable
