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[Inphy]

Good evening fellow geeks.

So I bought a Full HD LCD-TV this afternoon, the Samsung LE32A557 with a Monster 200 HDMI Cable and a HDMI->PCI adapter so I can hook it up to my computer. Now when I do that, I don't get the results i was hoping for. My desktop doesn't fit in my screen and the screen is a bit vague. It's hard to explain but it's just not right. It's running on a 1900x1080 resolution and the Nvidia configuration is set to 1080p automaticly once i hook up the LCD.

My GFX card and Motherboard both support HDMI so it should work.  But im using a Asus M3N78-EMH HDMI Motherboard, and a Foxconn 9800GTX graphicscard if that helps.

Could anyone help me fixing this shit? I do have the recent drivers installed etc. I just don't know what else to do now. I'd really want to have it properly working on my computer.

Thanks in advance.

[delling]

HDMI -> PCI? What's that?

Your monster TV should have a DVI socket on it. Use that.

If you are doing HDMI -> D-Sub, you might be losing something there.

Other than that... make sure the TV is displaying @ 1920*1080. Check some configs on the TV. Maybe some flag has to be set for it to actually go into 1080p mode.

I assume your PC just sees it as another attached monitor, and you have the resolution set appropriately in the normal place.

[Inphy]

Uh, it's an adapter, so i can put the hdmi cable into my computer. But thanks, ill see what I can do. Would love to play WoW on a 32" monday :)

[delling]

Adaptor?

Into computer?

Into the DVI? DSUB? A PCI expansion card (wtf?)

[kawe]

The TV should just have an HDMI in or more likely several.

[delling]

Yes, the TV has HDMI in, but his computer obviously doesn't have HDMI out (unless the translation is pretty far gone...)

I don't know of any straight pin-swap cables for HDMI <> DVI...

So he should most likely be using DVI <> DVI.

[Devlin]

i use a hdmi-dvi cable to connect my computer to my tv:



like that

[delling]

Wow... so they do exist.

Is that what you have, Inph?

Or some PCI extension card? :P

[Inphy]

I use a "HDMI to DVI Adaptor".

But they gave me another HDMI cable at work, a 300 monster one, and this seems to work better. So i'll try something else this monday.

But thanks for the advice btw, I think i'll go for devlins cable if this doens't work after all.

And the TV has a HDMI slot, but my computer doesn't, but it DOES support HDMI.

[Cwave]

DVI and HDMI are of the same quality/format hence such a connector works. However, a HDMI cable also can contain audio and a DVI cannot...

[Devlin]

^
what the battlecattle said

[Lotinja]

using my regular old VGA cable to my LG tv, since my the HDMI/DVI cable didnt work. Considering getting a HDMI/HDMI cable and using the transformer i got with my GFX card for changing the hdmi into dvi for the computer socket

[Inphy]

I tried using a HDMI - HDMI cable.  Fails.
Used a DVI-HDMI cable. Fails.

VGA-VGA - Works as a beauty. With great quality aswell.

[Lotinja]

had the same fail

VGA/VGA now >_>

[treachery]

i have the same model as you but 40" and i use a hdmi cabel. works like a charm in 1080.

i guess this wasnt very helpful.