Re: Not Displaying Video on tv

Depending on your graphics card software, if the above doesn't work, you can
also enable the tv as the primary monitor or turn down the hardware
acceleration on the graphics card.

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Graham Hughes
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"losl(removethis)" <"losl(removethis)"@canada.com> wrote in message
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> On 07/01/06 06:56, Angel wrote:
>> I have a laptop in which I have a Sharp Aquos LCD TV connected to. The
>> laptop is running windows XP professional. When I try to play a dvd or
>> video file on the laptop and display it on the tv, the video is not being
>> displayed. Windows is being displayed on the tv but not the video. I
>> tried this on a different tv and a different laptop with the same config
>> and the same problem. Both tv's are high def tv's. I tried bringing down
>> the resolution on windows to see if that is the problem but that did not
>> work. Any suggestions from anyone?
>>
>> thanks in advance
>
> I had similar problem with my PC (WinXP Pro SP2, Ati Redeon9600se video
> card with TV-out) months ago. I did the following steps and the killed the
> problem:
>
> With the TV connected and turned on, Rightclick the desktop ->
> properties -> Settings -> Advanced -> Overlay -> Clone mode options..
> select "Theater Mode" under "Overlay Display Mode". Then the video played
> in my PC with WMP10 also seen in the TV.
>
> The wordings may not be exectly the same in your laptop due to hardware
> differences. The main point is that you have to select "Theater Mode" or
> the similar. Anyway You may try it. Hope this help, good luck!!
>
> --
> ********************************************************************************************************
> Stephen Lo
> Vancouver, BC., CA.


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