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How can I stop my laptop display from flickering when I connect my TV?
I have a laptop with an HDMI output port running Vista, and an HDTV with HDMI input ports. The laptop is set to extend its desktop onto a second monitor. When I connect the computer to the TV with ...
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How do I turn a folder into a USB drive or mass storage device?
I have a Plasma TV with USB input that can play DIVX, etc. However, I would like to use some software to turn a folder in my notebook HD (Windows 7) into a USB Mass Storage device, so that I can ...
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NVIDIA secondary display problem on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
All of this was working fine on Windows XP Professional SP3. I just installed Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and it doesn't work anymore.
My video card is an NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT. I have a plain old ...
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How can I automatically switch audio to my speakers when my TV-as-2nd-monitor is not in use?
I have a normal LCD monitor as my primary monitor and an HD LCD television as a 2nd monitor (connected through HDMI). I also have a set of normal speakers for the computer (a Windows 7 machine) that ...
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Flash disk is readable in TV but on plug in PC ,win freeze when want open it
I have a Silicon Power flash disk, and I'm wondering why I can open its files properly on a TV, but in win7 or opensuse 12.3 I can't even see the list of its files or format it. When I try to do ...
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Overriding/fixing TV HDMI EDID with Windows
My Samsung JS8500 TV provides a default EDID with only 2 channel audio to Windows/Nvidia. e.g. under audio playback devices, or the monitor device in the Device Manager, the number of audio channels ...
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TV still detected as monitor when off
I have a desktop computer connected to a monitor via DVI and an Hisense HDTV via HDMI. I have the opposite problem that a lot of people have encountered. Even when I turn my TV off, Windows still sees ...
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Windows 7 as a media center PC using a tv tuner with Vista drivers?
I'd like to take the windows 7 RC and run it as a media center PC to record TV. Assuming my TV tuner has vista drivers will this work?
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Share HD between laptop and Panasonic TV
I have a 1TB Western Digital USB external hard drive, which I originally wanted to use solely with my Panasonic Viera TV for recording missed programs, etc. This setup was fully functional, but I now ...
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How can I save and switch between multiple display and audio configurations in Windows 7?
I connected my PC to my TV so that I can play some games on the big screen with an Xbox controller, console style. My video card only allows 2 of its 3 outputs enabled at a time, which are currently ...
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Computer won't hook up to TV through HDMI
I have an Athlon based Asus motherboard with built in ATI 4500. I tried connecting it to my Samsung pn58c8000 through HDMI with no other monitor hooked up. It shows post on the TV and if I go into the ...
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Laptop detects HDMI connection but won't display anything
I have an old HP laptop running Windows 7. When I connect my TV with an HDMI connector I can see the second screen show up on the windows display settings. It even recognizes the brand and size of the ...
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Why can't I get sound to my TV using an HDMI-to-DVI cable? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does DVI carry audio?
I've got an Acer eMachine running Windows 7 64-bit and I'm hooking it up to my TV using an HDMI-to-DVI cable. Obviously, the HDMI end of the cable is ...
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What software should I use to watch TV from an external TV card?
I bought a Gigabyte U7300 DVB-T TV card, and tried it with three programs, but I still can't watch TV.
Do you have any suggestion which program would be good for this card? OS is Win 7.
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How to reorder videos on my harddrive?
I downloaded a couple of videos from off the Internet. The videos are short clipping and there are about 20-30 of them. The issue is that when I downloaded them the order was not maintained and I have ...
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Modifying TV setting universally via PC
I was thinking of developing a program for Windows that can change TV settings. Where I work, we change TV settings often and on MANY tv's and I was wondering if it would be possible to enter data ...
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Bridging two connections in windows 7
I have recently bought an Samsung UE32ES5500 and I want to connect it to the internet. Not wanting to buy an expensive Samsung wireless adapter for the TV, I've decided to use an ethernet cable. ...
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Stop TV from turning off when used as PC monitor?
I have a new PC build temporarily hooked up to a TV until I buy a monitor. I'm using a VGA cable. The TV will turn itself off if I don't use the computer for around 10 minutes.
I can't find any ...
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I set my TV to 'extend' my laptop and to be primary display but
I set my TV to 'extend' my laptop screen and to be the primary display, but the TV won't display the primary duplicate display - I'm left with a laptop which just shows an area of blank screen.
I can'...
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Htpc connected to two rooms
My setup is like this:
in the living room I have an htpc, plasma (vga and dvi connections directly to the htpc), reciever (connected via optic, no hdmi :( but connected to an awesome set of speakers). ...
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Locking the first screen, but leaving the second screen unlocked
I have an LCD monitor connected to the computer via VGA, and I have a TV with computer connected via HDMI, and the desktop is extended between Monitor and TV.
When the computer is locked (should be ...
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PC to TV using HDMI conection text too small
I have a Samsung 40 inch TV. I've been using it in native resolution 1920 x 1080 connected to my GeForce 210 connected with an HDMI cable.
The brightness and clearness of image has been perfect since ...
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What is the meaning of the two different recording icons used in Windows 7 Media Center?
I am using Windows 7 Media Center with a digital TV tuner. If I am watching live TV and then use the mouse to bring up the control buttons at the bottom of the screen and press the record button once, ...
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TV connected to PC via HDMI stopped working
I have a PC connected to a Sony Bravia TV via HDMI. It worked fine for more than a year until it started to lose signal from time to time. And then one day it stopped working at all. I don't think it'...
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How to exploit the Sony Direct-rR-Bravia mode with windows 7?
I bought a new TV (Sony) and I set it in WiFi direct mode. On my laptop, I see a Direct-rR-Bravia wireless connexion.
I set the key and tried to connect to it. The link switchs continuously between ...
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USB TV Tuner Not Working
I'm trying to get a USB TV Tuner to work but I'm having troubles. It's a Hauppauge WinTV 950Q and when I connect it to my Windows 7 (x64) laptop it shows that it's detected and the lights on it will ...
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TV Not Detecting Computer via HDMI, Need Restart Computer
I have my desktop computer connected to my TV via a HDMI cable. Being like this for the past two years without issues.
Recently, my TV is not detecting the computer and I'll need to restart my ...
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Issues duplicating display on Windows 7 to Toshiba TV
I had basically the same issue as here: Can no longer duplicate display to external monitor on Windows 7 only I have a Lenovo T430.
I'm using a DVI to HDMI cable to display my laptop on my Toshiba TV,...
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How do I flag which recorded TV and media files I've watched?
I have a load of TV which my Windows 7 Home Premium Media Center has recorded and a load of series which I've ripped from my own DVD's. I constantly find myself having to go back and re-watch the ...
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Why won't my PC display to my TV?
I've got a desktop computer running Windows 7, with an "Inter(R) 82945g Express Chipset Family" video card.
I also have a Sony Bravia KDL-40S5100 TV, which has a VGA port.
I can hook the desktop up ...
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