DVI to HDMI Troubles! :(

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KittyKat

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Heya! I was just wondering how exactly I would go about fixing the DVI to HDMI hook up for my Dell XPS Laptop to my Panasonic 42" TH-42PZ80U. Up until yesterday I was using an S-video cable but decided it was time to upgrade to Hi-Def to match the new TV lol :p

The TV was purchased less than a week ago and I wanted to hook it up to my laptop, so I went out this morning and bought a DVI to HDMI cable for it. After I connected it and did all of the usual things there was no video display on the TV at all.

The XPS is recognizing that there is a Panasonic TV hooked up to it but it's not displaying any picutre. Just as a precaution I even went and updated my video drivers in case that was the problem.

Are there any other suggestions that anyone else can think of?

I was on the phone with Panasonic Tech support and they were zero help and Radio Shack support (which is where I bought the cable) as well and he was very helpful and directed me over to these forums :)

Thank you very much in advance for everyones help! :D

~KittyKat :p

*edit* (Oh btw does anyone know of any free software to download that can change the resolution of my screen? It was brought up to me that this may not be working because the laptop and TV are not set to the same resolution. The TV is set to 1920x1080 and my laptop is set to 1920x1200 but even lowering my laptop below that doesn't solve anything so I am still lost :confused:)
 
KittyKat,

do you have a computer monitor around that you can test to make sure the laptop is outputting signal out,

also the laptop should have a set of keys that control the video output, usually three sets below

laptop screen only
output only
laptop screen + output

sam
 
Well just yesterday it was outputting the S-video signal to the TV and those are the keys that I normally push for the S-video so I figured thats what I would also be using for the DVI as well.

There are no monitors in the house that support HDMI so I can't test the cable any other way :( So I have no way of knowing if it is in fact a cable malfunction.

But my laptop is recognizing that I have a Panasonic TV plugged into it when I go into the advanced monitor settings so I don't know what the cable is doing lol.

~KittyKat
 
it sounds stupid but did you right click the monitor in display properties and enable it?
 
Okay well somehow (don't ask how) I managed to get the picture to display on the TV.

BUT it's off center and for some weird reason like the center of the screen is showing up on the side of the screen,

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Any ideas as to why this is happening? Also when I try to have my computer and the TV displaying at the same time it changes both of the resolutions but it still has the weird side bar thing like in the picture above.

So does anyone know any free programs to like "unlock" screen resolutions previously unavailable for a computer? Thanks again :)

~KittyKat
 
Well it won't let me change the settings for the computer to 1920x1080 after restarting the computer several times. And now the screen has now gone back to deciding to go periodically black if I fiddle around with it too much lol.

At least I have the speakers hooked up and working nicely :)

~KittyKat
 
Hey kitty,

Im glad you got it semi working at least. Also sorry powerstrip didn't work.

At this point I would dive into the options of the TV and see how it handles the picture. I know in mine I can force it to 4:3 or 16:9 or automatic. Try and see if you have options for that, im betting its on automatic, but by changing to 16:9 it may fill out the entire screen.

Just something to try. never actually done this before.
 
hmmm my dual display setup did that a lil bit, but not to that degree. i fixed it by using a different dvi port on the vid card, but i know u don't have that option.
 
Yea I tried messing with the TV options already but that didn't do anything to change it to a usable setting. Even when I do that it still leaves that funky bar on the side with the center of the screen in it.

Sometimes when I have the function enabled for both the TV and laptop at the same time the TV only displays my background with no icons on it or anything but the computer is fine.

This has to be the most confusing thing that I have ever come up against concerning a computer lol.

~KittyKat
 
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