User guide

Chapter 3, Installing Your Matrox Software and Configuring Your Display

close in size. For example, if you want to output NTSC video, set your

Convert DVI desktop resolution to 800×600 for best results.

$ If you want to output a specific area of your Convert DVI desktop (see

“Specifying your region of interest settings” on page 35), it is

recommended that you set your Convert DVI desktop resolution to the

native resolution of the monitor that is connected to it.

$ If you plan on using Convert DVI in stand-alone mode, set your Convert

DVI desktop resolution to the resolution of the DVI input device that will

be connected to Convert DVI in stand-alone mode (see “Stand-alone

mode” on page 46).

Supported Convert DVI desktop resolutions

Convert DVI supports the following common desktop resolutions (some

resolutions may not be supported on all display cards or DVI input devices):

• 640×480 @ 60 Hz and 75 Hz

• 720×480 @ 60 Hz

• 720×576 @ 50 Hz and 60 Hz

• 800×600 @ 50 Hz, 60 Hz, and 75 Hz

• 832×624 @ 75 Hz

• 1024×768 @ 50 Hz, 60 Hz, and 75 Hz

• 1152×870 @ 75 Hz

• 1280×720 @ 50 Hz and 60 Hz

• 1280×1024 @ 50 Hz, 60 Hz, and 75 Hz

• 1600×1200 @ 50 Hz and 60 Hz

• 1680×1050 @ 50 Hz and 60 hz

• 1920×1080 @ 50 Hz and 60 Hz

• 1920×1200 @ 50 Hz and 60 Hz

Remarks

• By default, Convert DVI supports only the 60 Hz and 75 Hz resolutions. The

60 Hz resolutions provide optimal results for outputting video at 29.97 fps or

59.94 fps, such as NTSC and 1920×1080i @ 59.94 fps. To enable the 50 Hz

resolutions for use with PAL, 1280×720p @ 50 fps, or 1920×1080i @ 25

fps video, or to change the supported display modes. see “Specifying your

Convert DVI display modes” on page 40.

• If you want to set your Convert DVI resolution to 640×480, 720×480, or

720×576, you must use your display card’s configuration utility to do so, as

Windows does not allow you to set your resolution to anything lower than

800×600.