Anyone succesfull running the TView/StarVision/LinITX in its native resolution?

ClarkVent · 12-25-2005, 09:40 PM

I bought one of these monitors about a year ago. I have no clue if it's actually a TView T-700TS or a StarVision SP-7VGAT since it doesn't mention a brandname anywhere on the box but I understand it doesn't really matter since they are the same anyway.

I really like the monitor but haven't been using it much for one very simple reason: I have not been able to run it in its native resolution of 800x480. I've tried tons of settings with PowerStrip but the monitor never saw any of them as 800x480. I'm beginning to suspect this monitor actually has the firmware of a different monitor and that it simply does not recognize an 800x480 resolution.

Anyway, I've searched the forum and although I found a few posts of people mentioning the same problem, I haven't found a solution to this problem (if there even is one). So my question is: has anyone been able to run this monitor at its native resolution of 800x480? And if so, how?

Tx

DJiK · 12-25-2005, 11:03 PM

I've never tried to run my Tview @ 800x480, but if anyone came across the answer, let me know too... Thanks

ClarkVent · 12-26-2005, 05:28 PM

Yes, I cannot believe nobody has been able to figure it out yet, considering the number of people owning one of these things. Either that or I'm not using the Search option of this forum properly.

I once heard someone mentioning it might be possible to replace the firmware of this monitor, so if the monitor indeed doesn't support its own native resolution, it would make a lot of people happy figuring out how to do this.

DarquePervert · 12-26-2005, 06:37 PM

You do realize that this has absolutely NOTHING to do witht he monitor but the video hardware you're using.

I'm guessing that you're probably runing the onboard S3 Unichrome graphics on an EPIA M-series motherboard.
If you'll look, there's assloads of threads about stting up the video on this motherboard.

JC-S60 · 12-26-2005, 06:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by DarquePervert

You do realize that this has absolutely NOTHING to do witht he monitor but the video hardware you're using.

I'm guessing that you're probably runing the onboard S3 Unichrome graphics on an EPIA M-series motherboard.
If you'll look, there's assloads of threads about stting up the video on this motherboard.

To me it's quite clear that the OP does get 800*480 on his computer, as he speaks of RECOGNIZING the resolution, not outputting it. As you must know, outputting the resolution is only half of the work. Getting the monitor to recognize it is tha other half.

So NOTHING was maybe a little too loud

But maybe that's just me not thinking everyone is stupid...

DarquePervert · 12-26-2005, 07:12 PM

Perhaps....
I may have misread. There have been lots of people struggling to get the M10000's to display 800x480 and can't even get Powerstrip to display it.
That was the tone of this thread.

If I'm misreading it, I apologize.

ClarkVent · 12-26-2005, 07:44 PM

I'm running it on a Geforce4 6800GT and the card can output 800x480 without a problem. Problem is, the monitor does not recognize it as 800x480. Even though it's the monitor's native resolution.

Like I said, I've tried tons and tons of (timing) settings in PowerStrip but the monitor simply will not "see" it as 800x480. I suspect the firmware of the monitor is actually for a different monitor which simply doesn't understand an 800x480 resolution.

ClarkVent · 12-30-2005, 06:15 PM

Shameless *bump*.

This monitor has been sitting there doing nothing for the past 1-2 years, so I was really hoping somebody would have solved this problem by now...

Gobby · 12-31-2005, 05:19 AM

Have you tried a different frequency output??

ClarkVent · 01-01-2006, 05:50 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Gobby

Have you tried a different frequency output??

Yes, tried everything I could think of. Different refresh rates, different scan rates, front/back porch settings, sync width, just about everything.

fixerofallthing · 01-01-2006, 06:01 PM

The native resolution of most of those 8" cheap monitors is not 800x480 but 640x480. They look good at that resolution but at the standard 800x600 the text is hard to read. Most front ends that use large or bold fonls work very well though. I have a tm-868 in my back seat for passengar use and it works very well.

JC-S60 · 01-01-2006, 06:27 PM

Seems the OP talks about a 800*480 7" screen, and it also seems that he knows what he's talking about, so i guess it won't be as simple as most of you suggest.

ClarkVent · 01-02-2006, 05:55 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by fixerofallthing

The native resolution of most of those 8" cheap monitors is not 800x480 but 640x480.

But this is a 7" monitor with a native resolution of 800x480. Not only confirmed by its "documentation" (hardly worth calling documentation), but by various tests. If I output 800x600 to this monitor, the picture is pixel perfect horizontally, but squashed vertically. If I output 640x480, it's pixel perfect vertically but upscaled horizontally. The closest I can get this monitor to 800x480 is 848x480. This doesn't look all that bad (even though there's some horizontal upscaling) but it's not the best the screen can do. The fact it always switches to 848x480 instead of 800x480 makes me believe the firmware actually thinks this is a 16:9 monitor instead of a 15:9 monitor.

The monitor uses these two chips: Novatek's NT68320F and NT68F63L. I already found the datasheets for them (if anyone wants a copy, let me know), so I will go through them as soon as I have some more time. Maybe there is a way I can read the firmware and perhaps even change it.

Does anyone know what chips the Xenarc is using? If it's using the same chips, perhaps using the Xenarc's firmware might be the solution.