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cant get higher resolutions
I just bought a Toshiba Regza 47 inch widescreen lcd display hd tv. I know that it displays higher resolutions. I have a laptop that that has a vga output so it can display onto a secondary monitor. I wanted to use the tv as a secondary monitor or main. I can get the tv to use as an extension from my laptop. but heres the problem My tv resolution can't go any higher than 1024 x 768. If any higher then there is no display and my tv say's unsupported video signal.
I tried all the higher resolutions and no luck. 800 x600 works fine.
my tv has a vga input.
what is wrong
I tried all the higher resolutions and no luck. 800 x600 works fine.
my tv has a vga input.
what is wrong
DiscoNova
Would it be too much to tell us the make/model of the laptop?
ASKER
hp pavilion
os: xp media edition
os: xp media edition
HP Pavilion is the name of a range of laptops - there are currently eight different ones, so it's quite hard to tell what might be the problem.
As a general solution however, it is possible that the Toshiba only support higher resolutions in only a limited number of refresh rates (most of the normal LCD's don't need or even support refresh rates higher than 60Hz). If you attempt to use a higher refresh rate, the screen will not understand it and will instead show a "no signal".
You can change the refresh rate manually by:
Display Properties -> [Advanced] -> Monitor -> Screen Refresh rate
Start low, change the resolution up, keep going as far as you can.
Another note; some LCD televisions come with a display driver. Perhaps you need to install such thing (if your Toshiba didn't have a CD with the package, you should check Toshiba's support site if they have one available). That might make things easier (supposing of course that they do have a specific display driver).
As a general solution however, it is possible that the Toshiba only support higher resolutions in only a limited number of refresh rates (most of the normal LCD's don't need or even support refresh rates higher than 60Hz). If you attempt to use a higher refresh rate, the screen will not understand it and will instead show a "no signal".
You can change the refresh rate manually by:
Display Properties -> [Advanced] -> Monitor -> Screen Refresh rate
Start low, change the resolution up, keep going as far as you can.
Another note; some LCD televisions come with a display driver. Perhaps you need to install such thing (if your Toshiba didn't have a CD with the package, you should check Toshiba's support site if they have one available). That might make things easier (supposing of course that they do have a specific display driver).
ASKER
its hp pavilion dv5000
i don't think this tv has a display driver for download and no cd came with it. Are you refering a display driver to install onto my laptop?
i don't think this tv has a display driver for download and no cd came with it. Are you refering a display driver to install onto my laptop?
ASKER
seems like the laptop can't dectec my tv's ddc "Display Data Channel"
The VGA port is not capable of a resolution over 1024x768.
Sorry,
TG
Sorry,
TG
@teedjr: Well, that sounds quite interesting. Considering that at the moment I have 1920x1600 happily coming from that analogue VGA-port of mine. I never really considered the possibility that it'd be just the figment of my imagination.
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@teedjr: Ok, I was being thick enough to think you were referring to the computer's end :-p
ASKER
so would hooking up a dvi to hdmi cable work then? hmm might give taht a try
sure thing, if the laptop has dvi out, a dvi-to-hdmi cable would work...video only of course.
TG
TG
ASKER
woohooo! its working now with dvi to hdmi connection. yea my manual did say max resolution for vga is 1024x768.