Most TV do a lot of things for optimal TV and movie viewing: 100/200hz and motion compensation removing probably ugly boarders blurring/sharpening to make the picture look better Newer TV often have a PC or native mode, where each pixel from the PC will correspond to one on the display. The already mentioned having the TV on while booting the first time makes sure that the PC sends a 1080p picture if the TV sends the correct info to it. If not set it to 1920x1080 on a full HD TV. To get the correct viewing mode however you have to enter the TVs menu. On mine you select Picture mode PC and Picture size native. More than 2 years old TV models may not have the correct modes or have them tied to VGA and DVI input. Regards, Rune B.