Why do circles appear elliptical or egg-shaped via HDLink in standard definition?
HDTV uses square pixels for display as does your DVI-D based computer monitor. SDTV uses rectangular pixels for display which is different to your computer monitor. HDLink is primarily designed for display of HDTV. It uses square pixels and maps them perfectly, pixel for pixel, on to the screen. HDLink can also be used for SDTV monitoring but there are some technicalities related to the fact that HDLink is displaying square pixels whereas standard definition uses rectangular pixels and that is why your circles may display egg-shaped. Solution The following solution exists for HDLink 2 units but not the original HDLink. If you want the standard definition picture to look as it would on an old CRT display, download and install the HDLink 2.4 or newer software from the software downloads web page. After installing this software and updating the firmware on the HDLink, launch the HDLink Utility and select the x2 scaling option for standard definition video. This scaling option will both do