Centering a lower resolution in a higher resolution output.

[N!ck]

I have extensively Googled for an answer before anyone starts posting Google links (unless it actually contains an answer), and i have just posted it on the Nvidia forums.


Basically, the native res of my TV is 1366x768, but it will not accept that properly as an input via HDMI. What I want to do is output 1920x1080 to it with a 1366x768 desktop centred in the middle and just black space or whatever around the outside.

This is because when i otput 1920x1080 to it there is overscan, so i can not see the outer edges of the desktop. I can compress this down using the Nvidia control panel so that it fits, but i don't really want a compressed image on the screen. When i use the zoom function on the TV it zooms so that the centre 1366x768 pixels of the 1920x1080 image is mapped virtually 1:1 across the screen. This is where i want my desktop to be.

Any help whatsoever would be greatly appreciated. TV is a Panasonic TX-32LXD85, graphics card is an 8400GS and it is connected via a DVI to HDMI cable.

Thank you.

[Stephen!]

You can do it through nvidia control panel. It's under "Flat panel Scaling"

In there you can select different ones.

If you can't see that option, you need to update your drivers to the very latest

[N!ck]

You can do it through nvidia control panel. It's under "Flat panel Scaling"

In there you can select different ones.

If you can't see that option, you need to update your drivers to the very latest

Yeah, that's what i'm currently using, but it compresses the resolution. I want 1366x768 in the middle of a higher resolution, not scaled. Empty pixels or whatever around the outside.

[Agnostic Bear]

If it'll play with QuickTime (the actual program, not the codec, doesn't really matter as you can get the plugins anyway) get it, make it pro and then click "Present Movie" choose "Actual size", it'll do exactly what you want it to.

[N!ck]

If it'll play with QuickTime (the actual program, not the codec, doesn't really matter as you can get the plugins anyway) get it, make it pro and then click "Present Movie" choose "Actual size", it'll do exactly what you want it to.

It's not really to do with movies. It's the actual resolution of the whole desktop.