Questions tagged [tv]
Television. Can be used to display video and project audio or it can be used for video display only. Questions regarding the functionality and usage of TVs to watch broadcast programmes are off-topic.
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Satellite TV on my PC? [closed]
What would be a good solution for hooking up the satellite TV box (Dish network) in my room to be able to watch it on my PC and possibly record video from it?
Please share with me the best cards, ...
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Monitor is off but still detected by computer
I currently have a Seiki (SE32HS01; provided by my Advanced display options) TV (monitor) hooked up to one of my NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1060 6GB HDMI output. I use it mainly to watch videos if I'm laying ...
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What’s the best way to stream video from my computer to my TV? (preferably wirelessly)
Basically I have a bunch of AVI's and such sitting around. In the past I've used an svideo/5mm [computer side] to RCA [TV side] wire that basically makes the TV act as a monitor and uses the TV as ...
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How to change resolution on Vista when it keeps booting to an unsupported resolution?
I have a Vista machine that used to be hooked up to a widescreen monitor, I moved and no longer have the monitor and planned to just hook it up to my widescreen TV's VGA input jack. I can see the ...
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Why is Plex Server transcoding file that can be direct played?
I've installed Plex Media Server in my Raspberry Pi 3. It works perfect but it doesn't have enough CPU power to transcode (when it tries the video freezes every two or three seconds). One of my Plex ...
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Media Center setup won't complete for watching TV
I have a problem watching TV in Media Center. The TV constantly pauses
1/2 second then plays 1 second, pauses 1/2 second, plays 1 second - it is
constant and does not vary. This problem occurs on all ...
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Send only video out with HDMI cable
My laptop has an HDMI out port and my new TV has HDMI in ports. Hooking them up so that I can use the laptop to play movies with sound on the TV works fine. However, I haven't been able to find a ...
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How to prevent clipped screen edges on my TV, HDMI-connected?
I'm going to start with the problem statement:
My TV over HDMI cuts edges of the picture.
Obviously, most of these problems I have found in the search, point to the cable... But I don't think this is ...
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Is it possible to record TV via HDMI?
Is it possible to record TV via HDMI? If so, can you recommend a way for a Windows 7 user to record TV via HDMI to a laptop?
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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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Resolution setting for 32 inch LCD TV as a PC monitor
I am using a 32 inch LCD TV as a PC monitor.
And I have NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS graphics card.
But unfortunately the highest resolution offered in my display settings is 1360x768.
I want to know ...
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Do all the network cards use the same frequency to send signals to wire?
I am comparing my cable TV wire to my network wire. In a TV cable wire, different frequencies are used by different TV channels. And since a certain channel use a fixed frequency, I think the only ...
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How can I script nvidia display setting changes?
I have my tv connected to my Windows XP pc's nvidia GeForce 8500 GT.
I am constantly switching between single display and clone display.
Is there a way to script these settings? I would be fine ...
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Connecting a laptop to a TV via HDMI
I just bought a new Dell XPS17 laptop (Win7) that only has HDMI output. My last 2 laptops had VGA, which I used to connect to my Sony Bravia 32" TV with no issues, but with the HDMI it's been quite a ...
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Copy-proof flash drive
I'm looking for a solution that make it possible to make a flash drive which protects the data from being copied so that the data is data could be "played" only
The main aim for the flash drive is to ...
