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[Scumbag]

I am a little confused about something on the Wii U and hoping someone could explain.

Whenever I set my Wii U to 720p or 1080p the TV screen zooms in a little and I have to set 1:1 mode on my TV settings to make the image look correct. The problem is that the 1:1 mode is too zoomed out if that makes sense (text looks smaller for example).

So what should I do to get the right settings? Anyone else noticed this?

[3Dude]

the text is smaller because less pixels are used for each letter because the image is being rendered at a higher resolution.

[xile6]

Post a pix.

But normally with he text looks small because of pixels. As said ^.

Also most hd video should be 1:1 or 16:9

[alan123]

if you are using a HDMI connection the Wii U will detect it is a 1080p display.

[Desert Punk]

Overscan? Try using the televisions game mode if it has it or renaming the input used to 'PC'. Alternatively try a component cable with the wii u?

It's likely a later firmware will have a fix for this.

[GoodGuy]

It should be 1:1.. The text is then the size it was intended to be

Edited by GoodGuy, 29 December 2012 - 04:45 PM.

[Scumbag]

Overscan? Try using the televisions game mode if it has it or renaming the input used to 'PC'. Alternatively try a component cable with the wii u?

It's likely a later firmware will have a fix for this.

Yes overscan is what I'm experiencing. Thanks for that

[3Dude]

Yes overscan is what I'm experiencing. Thanks for that

I highly doubt 1:1 pixel mode is giving you overscan, thats what its designed to not do.

Edited by 3Dude, 30 December 2012 - 07:27 AM.

[Scumbag]

I highly doubt 1:1 pixel mode is giving you overscan, thats what its designed to not do.

What I meant was that I get overscan when using 720p or 1080p and the only thing I can do is use Hdmi PC Full Mode on my TV settings.

The problem with this is the image then appears too zoomed out.

[Nollog]

the text is smaller because less pixels are used for each letter because the image is being rendered at a higher resolution.

Isn't it the other way around?
The pixels get bigger at lower resolutions on the same screen, causing text and images to appear larger?

[3Dude]

Isn't it the other way around?
The pixels get bigger at lower resolutions on the same screen, causing text and images to appear larger?

Thats the same exact thing, you are just describing going from a higher to lower resolution instead of describing going from lower to higher.

He was having over scan, causing the image to not be displayed at the correct pixel ratio, the tv was assigning more pixels on the tv than it was recieving from the system, ie 'zooming in' two or four or more pixels on the tv were being lit for every one pixel sent from source.

When he switched it to 1:1 pixel mode, it was rendering 1 pixel on tv, for 1 pixel from source, correcting the problem, making the text the correct size, and the correct number of pixels. Making the text appear smaller.

Edited by 3Dude, 30 December 2012 - 08:32 AM.

[Nollog]

I thought the op said she set it to 720p, from 1080p.
I c.

[3Dude]

What I meant was that I get overscan when using 720p or 1080p and the only thing I can do is use Hdmi PC Full Mode on my TV settings.
The problem with this is the image then appears too zoomed out.

Ah. Are you experiencing windowboxing? (black borders)

Edited by 3Dude, 30 December 2012 - 08:39 AM.

[Scumbag]

Thats the same exact thing, you are just describing going from a higher to lower resolution instead of describing going from lower to higher.

He was having over scan, causing the image to not be displayed at the correct pixel ratio, the tv was assigning more pixels on the tv than it was recieving from the system, ie 'zooming in' two or four or more pixels on the tv were being lit for every one pixel sent from source.

When he switched it to 1:1 pixel mode, it was rendering 1 pixel on tv, for 1 pixel from source, correcting the problem, making the text the correct size, and the correct number of pixels. Making the text appear smaller.

That's right but everything else in the image looks smaller too in 1:1 mode.

[3Dude]

That's right but everything else in the image looks smaller too in 1:1 mode.

Thats because everything else is also being rendered with the correct number of pixels, were before it was assigning too many tv pixels too just 1 pixel from the source. As long as you dont have black borders around your image, it looks 'zoomed out' because its not being 'zoomed in' anymore.