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    Connecting Studio Xps 16 to 37 inch HDTV via HDMI

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by warhead56k, Oct 4, 2009.

  1. warhead56k

    warhead56k Notebook Guru

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    I have a studio xps 16 with the Radeon 4670. When I connect my laptop to my 37 inch HDTV via HDMI, the image does not fill up the TV screen. Is there any way I can adjust the resolution? Also I have downloaded a couple of 1080p movies, but again they do not fill up the TV's screen, and don't look as stunning. I don't understand why it wouldn't fill up the TV since if you burn the movie onto a blu-ray disk or dvd, it would look stunning on the HDTV. So why doesn't it look all that amazing when playing it on a laptop connected to the TV via HDMI?
     
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    RadioKWO Notebook Enthusiast

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    You need to have a video driver including the nasty ATI CCC. Than go to your desktop, Right Mouse Click, open CCC, Graphic, Monitors and desktops, go down to the TV icon, Right Mouse Click, Configure and inside you shall have the scalling option.
    Damn thing took me half a day to find it, f....n ATI CCC :mad: :mad: :mad:
     
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    scorpeeon Notebook Evangelist

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    yeah.. besides i tried to play some movies on my tv with 24p (24 hz) setting and sometimes it's just not so fluid, it's tearing (and that's not because of the 24 hz, i have a pc with an nvidia card and it plays all movies absolutely perfectly smoothly in 24 hz, as it meant to be), while on my laptop screen on default 60 hz it's plays smoothly, but for movies, 24 hz is to optimal setting. i can only think that's because of the crappy ati driver.. also the colors look worse by default than with my nvidia card..
     
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