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    Problems when hooking up to HDTV

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by jkemnitz23, Aug 25, 2009.

  1. jkemnitz23

    jkemnitz23 Notebook Consultant

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    When I hook up my laptop to my HDTV via HDMI cable, the top ad bottom of the screen gets cut off for some reason. In other words, I can see the entire image on my laptop screen, but on the TV, the image is cut on the top and the bottom.

    I believe this is cuased because my TV is 16:9 and my laptop is 16:10, so how would I go about changing the resolution on my laptop to fit on the TV? The only resolutions my laptop can enter are 1024x768 and 800x600.

    Any advice? :confused:
     
    jkemnitz23, Aug 25, 2009
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  2. TevashSzat

    TevashSzat Notebook Deity

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    Go to the resolutions, click on the second monitor box, and then change resolution as you see fit.
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 25, 2009
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  3. trvelbug

    trvelbug Notebook Prophet

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    you could also try disabling dual monitor mode and just enable your tv.
    i read somewhere that vista has issues with dual monitor/hdtv mode in some hw configs
     
    trvelbug, Aug 30, 2009
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  4. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    I get that with my HDMI TV connection as well. Check if your TV has an option for '1:1 Pixel Mapping'. Mine doesn't though..
     
    namaiki, Aug 31, 2009
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