Quote Originally Posted by [DWC]DarkWolf View Post
we picked up a DVI to HDMI cable. Now, it'll run 1920x1080, but it shrinks the image to have a ~1" border on all sides, and isn't at native since it's shrunken.
I don't know what kind of HDTV or video card you have... but there are two possible reasons for this:

1) Your video card settings are set to Scale the image. If you have an nVidia card, go to the nVidia Control Panel. On the bottom-left should be a section called "HDTV Scaling". Turn that off if it is on.

If you have an ATI card, you'll need to do some research to find the equivalent function.

2) Your HDTV is doing the scaling. Do a search online for your HDTV's model number and the words "dot by dot" or "scaling". When I hooked up my HDTV for the first time, it down-scaled a 1920x1080 signal (1080p) so that there were black borders around the image. When I set it to Dot By Dot, it gave me pixel-perfect native res.