mbee wrote:

waterlander2004 wrote:

Just browsing through the BV8-40 user guide which states on page 16 (titled "Use your television as a computer monitor") that it supports the following screen resolutions: "60 HZ; 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 720."  To my surprise, the ideal screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 seems to be missing from the listed supported screen resolutions here.

Does anyone know why the display's native screen resolution would not be supported by the BV8-40 when connecting it with a PC? Or is it?

I think that's just because the BV8 40 user guide was simply (and wrongly) copy-pasted from the BV8 32 user guide ;-)

I get more options than that from my MacBook and BV8-32.

I get sharp computer text on options like 1280x720, but I also have a 1080i option which does not yield a good "pc" monitor picture, but is good for playing movies via the MacBook ....

Have you checked that your Mac recognises the BV8? Mine does .....

i have my mac pro running into a sony bravia and it's pin sharp

snow leopard seems a lot more tv friendly than  earlier mac os's

go to detect displays in displays and the resolution with a tiny tv logo next to it should appear

one of those resolutions should work fine

use 1080p instead of 1080i that makes a MASSIVE difference

The resolutions that you have seen in the user guide are the resolutions supported when connected trough VGA, which B&O call PC. Now days PCs/Mac can be connected trough HDMI/DVI etc.