Windows 7 Video does not fill the monitor size fully, problems?

HellTriX · Nov 14, 2009

My issue has been resolved.
Step by step here is what I did:
1) Open Ati Catalyst.
2) From the graphics drop down select Desktops & Display.
3) At the bottom where you see a small monitor icon, click the little triangle at the top right corner. Click on configure in this menu.
4) You should now be at an Attributes menu, at the top, click Scaling options. You should now see scaling options.
5) Click the scroll bar and try dragging it around to scale your screen.

I have a 25" Hannspree monitor with a native 1920x1080 resolution and every since I've installed windows 7 my screen does not use the full size of the monitors viewable area. All resolutions do this until I get to a really low resolution where it fills the full screen but then the text is blurry since its not in native resolution.

Steps I have taken to troubleshoot this have been messing with all the settings on the monitor itself to no avail.
I have updated and even tried beta drivers for my Radeon 2900GT sapphire card connected via DVI. I tried the monitor on my other computer and it properly fills the screen so that rules out the monitor as the issue.

I will try to include pictures of the screen, but if that fails here is a visual description: the right and left sides of the screen have almost an inch of black space (2cm) and the top and bottom of the screen have half an inch (1cm) black space where the monitor should actually be displaying but instead has shrunk the image down. It displays everything just in a smaller view than the monitor supports.

Any ideas on how to rectify this would really help, It makes text and other stuff hard to see and read since its shruken down unnaturally.

HellTriX · Nov 14, 2009

My issue has been resolved.
Step by step here is what I did:
1) Open Ati Catalyst.
2) From the graphics drop down select Desktops & Display.
3) At the bottom where you see a small monitor icon, click the little triangle at the top right corner. Click on configure in this menu.
4) You should now be at an Attributes menu, at the top, click Scaling options. You should now see scaling options.
5) Click the scroll bar and try dragging it around to scale your screen.

I have a 25" Hannspree monitor with a native 1920x1080 resolution and every since I've installed windows 7 my screen does not use the full size of the monitors viewable area. All resolutions do this until I get to a really low resolution where it fills the full screen but...

xdrew · Nov 15, 2009

tblount said:
Most graphics card drivers come with their own custom configuration utility. It's not a part of Windows.

If your card is ATI and you downloaded and installed the latest driver you can simply click Start and Type CCC and it comes up for me. It's in the c:\ati folder.

I know how to go to CCC. Do you know where I can edit the setting so my videos can play widescreen?

tblount · Nov 15, 2009

xdrew said:
I know how to go to CCC. Do you know where I can edit the setting so my videos can play widescreen?

Click the upside down black triangle... you may have to use the Force feature. I'm not going to mess up my display right now because the Saints haven't put away the Rams yet.

xdrew · Nov 16, 2009

tblount said:
Click the upside down black triangle... you may have to use the Force feature. I'm not going to mess up my display right now because the Saints haven't put away the Rams yet.

I fixed thej full screen on my montior. I used the scale option so that fixed the monitor problem. But since that time, and now my videos are not playing wide screen. This could be a display option or video card. I really don't know. is there a codec I need to play my videos wide screen?

xdrew · Nov 16, 2009

Drew said:
Holy, 'xdrew', you have this same widescreen question all over the place in several threads.

I just gave you an answer somewhere that may help you... if you can find it Good luck

Drew

"A scan a day keeps the nasties away!"

I found it. I already have the latest... of the link you sent me. Unless you can tell me what to do in the settings maybe?
But does a video card effect on how your videos are being played? I use Media player classic or VLC, and no widescreen anymore..

xdrew · Nov 16, 2009

Drew said:
Yeppers, sure does.

Drew

"A scan a day keeps the nasties away!"

Really? ARe you positive? I can't find it..

xdrew · Nov 16, 2009

tblount said:
Click the upside down black triangle... you may have to use the Force feature. I'm not going to mess up my display right now because the Saints haven't put away the Rams yet.

question. How do you Enable GPU scaling?

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