Question : Problem: Screen appears stretched using DVI to HDMI adapter.

Situation:

PC > DVI out > DVI to HDMI adapter > HDMI Cable > LG 42LB5D.

This LCD Monitor supports 1080p. When I set the resolution on my PC to 1920x1080, the desktop reaches past the edges of the screen, leaving the wallpaper, taskbar, icons, etc. cut off around the edges. There are no settings in the TV menu to change this. There are some zoom options as well as 4:3, but no more zoom is needed. If I set the resolution to 4:3, the whole desktop displays, but of course, stretched. PC Specs are as follows:

P4 3.2GHz Northwood
2GB PC3200 DDR
ATI Radeon X850XT (bios flashed from X850pro) Using Catalyst 8.3
Windows XP SP2

There are no settings in CCC to modify screen placements. Checked all available settings regarding HDMI/LCD TV and resolution. I was thinking maybe a straight DVI to HDMI cable would fix the issue (instead of an adapter as the mediator), but maybe someone would know what the deal is here before I go spend the extra $40 to find out I have the same issue.

Thanks,
Dean

Answer : Problem: Screen appears stretched using DVI to HDMI adapter.

There have been many discussions on the AVSForum pages about issues with ATI's overscan correction with various video cards [ATI's not alone ... nVidia has a lot of problems with the 8000 series cards as well].   Apparently Catalyst Control Center doesn't work well with overscan correction and your video card's DVI output --> in that case your  options are to (a) hope the next version of CCC resolves that;  (b)  try an older version of CCC to see if it happens to work better (this sometimes happens ... and since your card is older, that might be a good thing to try);  or (c) get a different card.

... but if the card's working fine at 1920 x 1080 with overscan correction I wouldn't worry about whether you're "feeding" the TV via DSub or DVI ==> it's really unlikely you'll even notice the difference at that resolution.   Higher resolution monitors (e.g. 2560 x 1600) really need DVI, but HDTV-level resolutions are fine with VGA [Yes, DVI is better ... but not dramtically so].    I'd just try a couple of older CCC versions ... and if that doesn't resolve it, just wait for a newer version that does :-)