using my computer through my tv monitor

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:41:19 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

Marky P wrote:

Actually, may I barge in here with a problem I have? I wanted my PC
to run on my monitor & my TV. I set it for dual screens, but it only
displays the wallpaper on the telly whilst the monitor carries on as
normal. The only other setting I can find just reverses that process,
when I want the same on both screens. I'm running Vista. Any ideas?

Do you want both screens to show the same content, or do you want a
large virtual desktop spread across both screens?

(note the state of the checkboxes on the settings for the second screen)

I want both screens to show the same content.

Marky P.

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:59:08 +0100, "Dr Zoidberg"
wrote:

Marky P wrote:
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:46:24 +0100, "Dr Zoidberg"
wrote:

wrote:
Dr Zoidberg,

That has fixed my problem, my tv only supports 1024 x 768 and I had
the PC running on 1280 x 1024. Thanks very much!

No probs.
It's something that's caught me out before :0)

Actually, may I barge in here with a problem I have? I wanted my PC
to run on my monitor & my TV. I set it for dual screens, but it only
displays the wallpaper on the telly whilst the monitor carries on as
normal. The only other setting I can find just reverses that process,
when I want the same on both screens. I'm running Vista. Any ideas?

What graphics card , and what outputs does it have?

Its a ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT. It has VGA, DVI & S-Video outputs. I'm
using the DVI output.

Marky P.

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:22:02 +0100, "the dog from that film you saw"
wrote:


"Marky P" wrote in message
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:46:24 +0100, "Dr Zoidberg"
wrote:

wrote:
Dr Zoidberg,

That has fixed my problem, my tv only supports 1024 x 768 and I had
the PC running on 1280 x 1024. Thanks very much!

No probs.
It's something that's caught me out before :0)

Actually, may I barge in here with a problem I have? I wanted my PC
to run on my monitor & my TV. I set it for dual screens, but it only
displays the wallpaper on the telly whilst the monitor carries on as
normal. The only other setting I can find just reverses that process,
when I want the same on both screens. I'm running Vista. Any ideas?




you've probably chosen extended desktop - i.e you have 2 independent
monitors.
go back into your settings and turn that off - although i must admit i
prefer it that way - i can always drag a playing video onto the tv from the
pc monitor.

I'll give it a go when I get the chance. BTW, would it be possible to
use a VGA Y-adapter to split the signal between monitor and telly? TV
does have a VGA input.

Marky P.

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Dr Zoidberg,

That has fixed my problem, my tv only supports 1024 x 768 and I had
the PC running on 1280 x 1024. Thanks very much!


What's your comments on the quality of the picture? I am wanting to replace
my existing 19" monitor with a 26" TV but I have heard so many reports about
the picture being rubbish.

Marky P wrote:
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:41:19 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

Marky P wrote:

Actually, may I barge in here with a problem I have? I wanted my PC
to run on my monitor & my TV. I set it for dual screens, but it only
displays the wallpaper on the telly whilst the monitor carries on as
normal. The only other setting I can find just reverses that process,
when I want the same on both screens. I'm running Vista. Any ideas?
Do you want both screens to show the same content, or do you want a
large virtual desktop spread across both screens?

(note the state of the checkboxes on the settings for the second screen)

I want both screens to show the same content.

Marky P.

If it's an nvidia card then there should be an option under dual screens
for clone.

Glenn

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:26:36 +0100, "Jane T" wrote:


wrote in message
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Dr Zoidberg,

That has fixed my problem, my tv only supports 1024 x 768 and I had
the PC running on 1280 x 1024. Thanks very much!


What's your comments on the quality of the picture? I am wanting to replace
my existing 19" monitor with a 26" TV but I have heard so many reports about
the picture being rubbish.


I used to run my PC into my 42" plasma as my main monitor using the
VGA input and the quality was pretty good. Now I use a separate
monitor so I can watch TV & use the PC :-)

Marky P.

Marky P wrote:
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:41:19 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

Marky P wrote:

Actually, may I barge in here with a problem I have? I wanted my PC
to run on my monitor & my TV. I set it for dual screens, but it only
displays the wallpaper on the telly whilst the monitor carries on as
normal. The only other setting I can find just reverses that process,
when I want the same on both screens. I'm running Vista. Any ideas?
Do you want both screens to show the same content, or do you want a
large virtual desktop spread across both screens?

(note the state of the checkboxes on the settings for the second screen)

I want both screens to show the same content.

Might be difficult if you have different resolutions on each screen though.

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Marky P wrote:

I'll give it a go when I get the chance. BTW, would it be possible to
use a VGA Y-adapter to split the signal between monitor and telly? TV
does have a VGA input.

It would - assuming you can find a video mode that both monitor and TV
are happy with.

You would really need a properly buffered splitter though like:

http://www.cypuk.com/pdf/cpcd3a.pdf


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John.

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Jane T wrote:
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Dr Zoidberg,

That has fixed my problem, my tv only supports 1024 x 768 and I had
the PC running on 1280 x 1024. Thanks very much!


What's your comments on the quality of the picture? I am wanting to replace
my existing 19" monitor with a 26" TV but I have heard so many reports about
the picture being rubbish.

Generally the results can be "variable" - much depends on what scaling
the TV has to do to get the PC image on screen, and also what control it
gives you over fine tuning it. The best results I ever saw were with
some of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...ternodeltdcomp

We used them in a window display for a client, and I was amazed at the
quality of the PC display. You could tweak just about every parameter,
and the image was certainly as good as some low end LCD monitors - text
was quite readable etc and no obvious visible scaling artefacts. The
results were good with either 1280x768 or 1366x768 output from the PC
even though only the latter was a precise match for the actual panel
resolution.

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Cheers,

John.

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On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:55:05 +0100, John Rumm
mused:

Marky P wrote:
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:41:19 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

Marky P wrote:

Actually, may I barge in here with a problem I have? I wanted my PC
to run on my monitor & my TV. I set it for dual screens, but it only
displays the wallpaper on the telly whilst the monitor carries on as
normal. The only other setting I can find just reverses that process,
when I want the same on both screens. I'm running Vista. Any ideas?
Do you want both screens to show the same content, or do you want a
large virtual desktop spread across both screens?

(note the state of the checkboxes on the settings for the second screen)

I want both screens to show the same content.

Might be difficult if you have different resolutions on each screen though.

Failry certain I've got an IBM Lenovo with an ATI card running dual
monitors on the DVI port with different resolutions at home.

Something to check later.
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Regards,
Stuart.