Toshiba 42WL67J LCD TV (1366x768)

[handsome88]

hi All,

I have a Mac Mini (late 2006 version) with Intel GMA 950 graphic card and am trying to connect to my 3 years old Toshiba 42WL67J LCD TV with a DVI/HDMI with the native resolution 1366 x 768. I have tried to use SwitchResX and different settings to enable 1366 x 768 but can't get success so far.

Anyone use this model or similar model? Can you get 1366x768 resolution? If so, could you share your settings in SwitchResX?

Many thanks!!!

Pedro

[TyPod]

Do you mean 1360x768? That's what my screen uses compared to 1366x768, but I doubt that has to do with anything

[tales]

1360X768 is in the TVs VGA input.


RGB signal for Toshiba 42WL67J

VGA: 640 x 480
SVGA: 800 x 600
XGA: 1024 x 768
WXGA: 1280 x 768
WXGA: 1360 x 768
SXGA: 1280 x 1024
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[handsome88]

hi All,

I use a DVI/HDMI cable to connect my Mac Mini to the LCD TV. I have tried different settings to enable 136x X 768 via HDMI but no success so far. If you can enable it, please share with me your settings. Many thanks!

[tales]

OK, lets try this again. Your PC resolution is in VGA not HDMI you need a DVI to VGA adapter
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[deskofjk]

Trying to connect my mac mini to a toshiba LCD TV (32HLC56) through the VGA cable.

According to toshiba manual, highest native resolution is for "PC Input" is 1280 x 1024. This works fine when I select this resolution on the mini, EXCEPT it doesn't use the full TV screen (big black borders on each side of the displayed area). With the Toshiba remote, I can increase the picture size, but all this does is stretch the screen, creating weird distortion (people look fat and short).

How can I fill the entire TV screen without stretching a smaller area?

I don't have this problem with my dell monitor...

[MacDSmith2]

Does the Toshiba have a "Pixel Shape" option? The similar size Sanyo TV has a selection for Pixel Shape that controls the hight and width ratio to some degree, eliminating or adding the black border you are seeing. See if the Toshiba has something similar.

[deskofjk]

Thanks for the suggestion, but, alas, no such option.

I wonder if should try to connect DVI>HDMI? Other posts have reported my problem occurs under that set up...

[MacDSmith2]

I assume you have set the tv in video mode and not film mode, and that you have tried all the five aspect ratios the tv has in the theature setting?

[deskofjk]

When I connect with the VGA cable I have to set the input mode on the Toshiba to "PC" . In this mode, none of the display options are available -- except "full" or "natural". so no option to change cinema, theater etc.

[Smithcraft]

I had plenty of problems with setting up my 32HL95 when I was using my older DA G4 with an ATi 9800.

Plenty of work with SwitchResX. However when I hooked up the Intel mini I was ready for battle with SRX but I just set the custom resolution to 1366 by 768 (as per Toshiba of Canada via the AVS forums) and it worked fine the first time I selected it.

So, have you tried other resolutions with SRX, or just the 1280 by 1024?

SC
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[deskofjk]

That worked! It never occured to me to try a *lower* resolution to get more info on the screen, but that did it. Huge thanks for all your replies here.

The edges of my screen are now missing but I can live with that problem.