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    alienware area 51 m5550: dvi-d to hdmi cable to my tv HELP

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by dudnaito, Feb 14, 2009.

  1. dudnaito

    dudnaito Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an alienware area 51 m5550 with a dvi-d output, and my samsung lcd tv is the lnt3253h with a hdmi input. (to be honest, not sure what an output or input is, hopefully, i'm right).

    I connect the cable, and my computer recognizes it and asks me how i want the screen to be shown (both monitor and tv screen,only monitor, only screen, etc...). Also, my computer screen automatically changes resolution. THe icons are like... bigger.

    Then what? I tried googling around, but couldn't really find anything. I tried pressing "source" on my remote, but it just goes from normal tv to my cable.

    i go to control panel, check display, go to nvidia control panel, and i see a screen where it recognizes my laptop and my samsung screen as in , it says SAMSUNG on it. Once again, the recognition is there, but the question remains on how i would go about actually seeing my computer screen on the tv screen. Here's a pic:

    http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/dudnaito01/samsung.jpg

    sorry the pic is so dang small... i don't know why it's like that. Why is there like... 2 screens. I think it may be a result of me doing something with the dvi-d to hdmi cables and monitor options. Thanks in advance for any suggestions you can give.
     
    dudnaito, Feb 14, 2009
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Doesn't your TV have an AV channel or something?
     
    namaiki, Feb 14, 2009
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  3. dudnaito

    dudnaito Notebook Enthusiast

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    huh? what's is that? Mine has like.... game modes and stuff, and when i hook it up to a dvd player, then it opens up the option for another channel that i can access by pressing the "source" button on my remote.
     
    dudnaito, Feb 14, 2009
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