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General Category => Technology and Programming => Topic started by: Chief Onga Bonga on February 08, 2009, 05:29:49 am

Title: PC on TV
Post by: Chief Onga Bonga on February 08, 2009, 05:29:49 am

Okay, so here's the low down. Due to a lack of room in, well, my room, I want to cut out my monitor and use my tv for my monitor. I have a 32" Sony Bravia LCD. It has the hook up like for a monitor. The problem is not that I can't figure out how to connect it, as I know how to do that, and it works ONLY for a select few full screen programs. I want to be able to see on my tv what I would on a monitor. Is there a setting in my control panel for this or no. Because I looked, and to luck.

Please help me out!

Title: PC on TV
Post by: dragonx on February 08, 2009, 05:32:57 am

do you have it set as the primary display?

what video card do you have????

Title: PC on TV
Post by: Chief Onga Bonga on February 08, 2009, 05:42:39 am

lol i have no idea, I have my parents old computer which i put extra ram into. Where will i find that. And what do you mean set as the primary display?

Title: PC on TV
Post by: something bizarre and impractical on February 08, 2009, 06:48:32 am

Note that a TV usually does not have the same resolutions as a monitor and will not support higher resolutions.

Title: PC on TV
Post by: Chief Onga Bonga on February 08, 2009, 07:07:04 am

That's true, but why would it show some things, and nothing else?

Title: PC on TV
Post by: something bizarre and impractical on February 08, 2009, 07:26:23 am

What do you mean? You said you were running FULLSCREEN programs. Fullscreen programs usually change the resolution.

Title: PC on TV
Post by: Vellfire on February 08, 2009, 01:05:07 pm

Yeah, just lower the resolution and see if that helps.  Like Farmrush said, fullscreen programs change the resolution--check and see what resolution those programs automatically default to, and start from there.

Title: PC on TV
Post by: tuxedo marx on February 08, 2009, 05:30:45 pm

yeah basically you need to use a widescreen resolution, for example 1280x720 (am I right on this?). check your resolution options in your display properties, but if your graphics card doesn't support widescreen resolutions you have a problem!

Title: PC on TV
Post by: Vellfire on February 08, 2009, 05:32:23 pm

A lot of TVs can stretch the image if you aren't using a widescreen resolution.  It's not as pretty but it gets the job done.

Title: PC on TV
Post by: Chief Onga Bonga on February 08, 2009, 06:11:43 pm

Thanks guys I'll give that a try, and see if it works

Title: PC on TV
Post by: Chief Onga Bonga on February 08, 2009, 06:16:43 pm

1280x720 worked, thanks a bunch. I fiddled with it before, but couldn't find a resolution that worked, got frustrated and gave up before trying them all lol.

Title: PC on TV
Post by: Vellfire on February 08, 2009, 06:44:19 pm

Since this is dealing with the same topic, I want to ask you guys this:  I had my PC set to clone the image to both my monitor and TV, but it clones them at the same resolution.  I set it using the nvidia control panel software.  Is there any way to set it to clone the image, but use a separate resolution for each display?


I don't know if this is possible at all but it would be nicer than having to have one display with a terrible looking image (I can put up with it though)

Title: PC on TV
Post by: Bobberticus on February 08, 2009, 09:34:18 pm

It wouldn't be a clone if it was different resolutions! I definitely wouldn't count on this.