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    Vizio 3DTV updated, now it won't work with my m17x. Anyway to output to FULL 1080p

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by tripleh3lix, Jun 13, 2013.

  1. tripleh3lix

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    Without it displaying 1920x1080? The problem is that the mode itself on the TV detects that it's a PC, and people are able to bypass it somehow through their PC through the settings to output to just a full 1080p signal, and not set resolutions. This is through HDMI that I'm using it with. The problem is Vizio updated their TV's, now none of them are working (all 3 vizio 3dtv's in the house) when I go to play a game in 3D. I have a passive TV, and 3D mode is not highlighting when it detects regular resolutions now. On an xbox or game system when you boot it up it'll display a full 1080p signal or even 720p and not resolutions and it'll work. That's my problem.
     
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    Which model m17x are you using? Have you ever been able to use that machine to output Full-HD 3D?

    For example, the HDMI slot on the m17x-R2 lacks the required bandwidth for Full-HD 3D or 120Hz applications. Try through Display-port.
     
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    hdmi does not have enough bandwidth to output active 3d at 120hz at 1080p
    it can do max 24hz at 1080p

    use display port for 3d 1080p external display
     
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    I always thought that was the restriction with 3D TV (24hz@1080) but when I tried crysis 3 using the in-game 3DTV driver I got 60hz@ 1080 over HDMI :confused:

    Guess it's possible just the converters use the 'standard' refresh rates...
     
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    That's the thing, it was working just fine. With my 3D SBS movies and games. Not sure if it was at 120hz, but very watchable/playable. When my TV updated (and people are finding the workaround by putting their computer through a set 1080p mode and not set resolution), it's not displaying in a 1980x1080 mode and it's not saying "1080p" anymore after my TV's update.

    I know it's the TV's problem and not the computer, but I guess there's a way to force it to recognize it as a full signal instead of a set resolution. This is also a PASSIVE 120hz tv, not active.
     
    tripleh3lix, Jun 14, 2013
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    I'm using an m17x R4, worked just fine a few weeks ago. This is the first time it's done this, right after the Vizio TV update. Worked just fine before, like I said. Also even if the movie's in 1080p on VLC, it still worked. Regardless if it outputs 720p, I just need an actual "720p signal such as from a blu ray player and Xbox/PS3, and not a resolution like "1920x1080".
     
    tripleh3lix, Jun 14, 2013
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