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Problems with dual screen on my TV

Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by LooieENG, Aug 22, 2010.

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Okay this is the TV (note the max resolution) I use for my 360 and I thought I'd try out dual screen as my new laptop has a HDMI port

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Anyway, I connected it to my laptop, set up dual screen and set the max resolution of the TV to 1920x1080 and it shows up full screen on my TV, but everything (like text) is really small. I changed the resolution to 1366x768, but then it just shows up in the middle of the screen, with black bars around it, and everything is still small

Any ideas?

LooieENG, Aug 22, 2010

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not sure if it will work as its an external monitor but worth a try.
Ctrl + turn mouse wheel up or down. this makes text bigger on screen so should do the same for an external. it will only work on webpages/forums/text documents though.

MrDJ, Aug 22, 2010

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You should try and change the DPI that should help

EtownsFinest, Aug 22, 2010

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