Weird Distortion problem 1920 x 1080

So I just finished my Media center computer today and excitedly hooked it up to my TV which is an Acer 42" 1080i.

Once I hooked it all up and fired it up, I set the desktop to 1920 x 1080 and everything is distorted, I don't know how to explain it other than it looks like everything has tiny lines deviding everything up and making words impossible to read and image quality extremely poor. I played around with nVidia control panel for a good while to no avail.

Specs:
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core @ 2.8GHz
GPU: XFX nVidia 8800GTS 320mb
RAM: 2 x 1GB DDR2
Mobo: Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 2.0
OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition (SP3) 32-bit

Obviously capable enough to run the desktop at 1920 x 1080 especially while testing before I started building I hooked up my old AGP computer to it which consisted of an ATi Radeon 9600PRO 256mb, 512mb of DDR400 RAM, an 800 front side bus mobo and XP SP2 and it still managed to spit out a clear desktop at 1920 x 1080 (although not in the most speedy manner).

Have you tried 1366x768 or similar 1080i resolution?

1920x1080 is a 1080P resolution. I don't know if this going to matter, but your Acer might be having scaling problem with the higher resolution or I could just be blowing smoke I guess.

No I don't think the TV is the problem, like I said it displayed 1920 x 1080 fine on my old crappy AGP computer. I should probably mention I'm using a DVI connection to the TV.

When I connected it the old computer at one point it was similarly distorted but a drop down menu saying something about "ATi plug and play" just above the resolution scroller fixed that. That's greyed out when using nVidia though.

Hmmm might give it a shot with my desktop computer which I use on 1920 x 1080 on a 24" 1080p monitor but I'm positive it's not the TV's problem. Decoding method aside it should still be able to show 1920 x 1080 resolution.

Alright, I was trying tobrainstormsome troubleshooting. I didn't mean to say the TV is the "problem", but maybe setup and etc. could be the issue.

Oh in answer to your question there is no distortion on any other resolution level but I have lots of HD movies so i need 1920 x 1080. My 360 works fine at 1080i :S This is frustrating.

When the computer starts up it says in the corner 30 hertz which seems a little low to me (the TV is capable of higher) but it changes to this automatically. I've tried turning that up but it would seem my TV has a mind of its own.

Have you tried 1366x768 or similar 1080i resolution?

1920x1080 is a 1080P resolution. I don't know if this going to matter, but your Acer might be having scaling problem with the higher resolution or I could just be blowing smoke I guess.

lvgaming

Oh in answer to your question there is no distortion on any other resolution level but I have lots of HD movies so i need 1920 x 1080. My 360 works fine at 1080i :S This is frustrating.

When the computer starts up it says in the corner 30 hertz which seems a little low to me (the TV is capable of higher) but it changes to this automatically. I've tried turning that up but it would seem my TV has a mind of its own.

the_mitch28

I'm not sure but maybe you're supplying too much frames?gigatrainer

[QUOTE="gigatrainer"]I'm not sure but maybe you're supplying too much frames?-GeordiLaForge-

Alrighty I'll give that a shot now. What would be better to use in this situation, a HDMI or DVI cable?

[QUOTE="-GeordiLaForge-"][QUOTE="gigatrainer"]I'm not sure but maybe you're supplying too much frames?the_mitch28

Alrighty I'll give that a shot now. What would be better to use in this situation, a HDMI or DVI cable?

I guess I was blowing smoke. :P Always had PC connect to monitor, but always good to learn.

[QUOTE="the_mitch28"]

[QUOTE="-GeordiLaForge-"]That's a good idea. Try forcing "VSYNC" (Vertical Synchronization) in the nVidia Control Panel.-GeordiLaForge-

Alrighty I'll give that a shot now. What would be better to use in this situation, a HDMI or DVI cable?

Alright i'll stick with DVI then.

I forced Vsync on but that didn't hit it on the head, I'm trying a BIOS update now.

Well I've got no ideas, i've tried going through all the nvidia settings and all my TV settings... nothing is helping. At the moment I'm using 720P just so i don't have to guess read everything.

In 1080i everything isjust blured and distorted, even video and images.