Hello: Background: I have a Vizio VP42 HDTV, which well, isn't exactly "HDTV" as the native resolution is 1024x768. I have my PC plugged into the VGA to this television from an ATI Radeon X850 graphics card and I am using the latest version of ATI Catalyst Control Center and I am using Windows Vista Ultimate edition. Of note, Windows automatically detects the VP42 as the monitor (must be PnP?) My problem is, that I am not getting any settings on my PC to output to any resolution that is not in a 4:3 proportion, which forces me to stretch the desktop to fit the screen on the HDTV. I think I want something like 1280x768 (or is it 1280x800 ?), but looking into every setting I can find in CCC or Vista, it's all various 4:3 resolutions. Any ideas how I might be able to fix this? Of note, I have an Xbox 360 plugged into the same HDTV via HDMI and it seems to automatically output to a widescreen format. Idunno, just tells me that this TV is at least able to take a widescreen proprortioned display. Thanks!
i was having a similiar problem with my 42" magnavox and a radeon X300se card. but through the catalyst control center i went to display options and selected force tv detection then went to display manager and had to force the display to the setting i wanted, which in my case was a 1920X1080 resolution. Hope this helps edit: BTW i was doing this through the advanced options not the basic ones.
