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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What Exactly am I Seeing Here?
I have a Dell D620 that has its screen ripped out ( was damaged a while ago ) and so to see any console output, I have a VGA-Compatible TV hooked up to it. Sometimes when I haven't typed anything for ...
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Force HDMI output to monitor with corrupt EDID in Windows 10
My TV is not recognised by my windows laptop when i hook it on trough HDMI. I suspect that the EDID registery on my tv is corrupt. The reason for the suspicion is the fact that the TV used to work ...
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Custom scaling laptop for CRT TV
I have searched online but has not found a solution.
I have a CRT tv with aspect ratio 4:3. I need to connect my laptop to the TV with HDMI to AV adapter. It works fine but I am having problems with ...
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Can I optimize a 4K file so it will direct play on my 4K tv?
I have a handful of 4K files I'd like to play locally over my network, (everything hardwired with cat6), to my 4K TV. Can Plex pre-transcode the files so I can view them stutter-free?
My server ...
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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 not detected by Windows/VGA - when there is a WHDI device in the signal chain
I'm at my wit's end with this one...
I had an EVGA GTS 250, and I used to plug it's HDMI out into a WHDI sender, which transmitted to its corresponding WHDI receiver 15ft away, which then connected ...
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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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How do I automatically disable my third monitor when I turn it off - Windows 11
I have three display outputs from my video card: monitor 1 (DisplayPort), monitor 2 (DisplayPort), and a TV (HDMI).
If the TV is turned off, and I move my mouse off to the right of the 2nd screen, it ...
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BIOS screen edges cut off when displaying over HDMI to TV
I've connected my desktop computer's HDMI output to one of my TV's HDMI inputs, but when I boot up into the computer's BIOS, the left and right edges of the BIOS screen are cut off significantly. The ...
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No Sound on TV when Laptop connected through HDMI, but is listed as Default Device
Yesterday, I was watching some movies on my TV through my laptop, using the HDMI cable, it was working just fine. But this morning when I plugged it in, there is absolutely no sound. Both the TV and ...
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Cannot mirror my laptop (windows 10) to Panasonic Smart Viera TV TX-32FS500B
What I can do is:
connect TV and laptop to internet wifi
I can see the TV to connect on my laptop as it appears in the following image link:
Add a Device (dialogue message)
But it displays "Couldn'...
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How to stream VLC video to HDMI on TV? (wired, no Wifi)
I connected my laptop (dell inspiron 3521) to my TV thru HDMI ports, every thing is working well, my desktop screen is displayed on TV, when I open VLC and stream some video I click on full screen ...
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Streaming 4k videos from ubuntu server via DLNA
I am running an ubuntu server in my LAN. Streaming videos and music was done with mediatomb but it looks like the server denied sending UHD videos. I also tried MiniDLNA but ended up with the same ...
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Send sound to AV receiver but have only 1 monitor in Windows
I have a very complicated problem that I hope you can help me with.
I have the following setup:
PC with:
DVI out to primary monitor
HDMI out to AV-receiver, which then goes to TV and 5.1 sound ...
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Cannot Cast to my TV anymore
I have a Windows 10 Pro (version 1511) and a Samsung series 6 LED TV. I was able to right-click on a media file, select "Cast to device", and choose my TV from the menu, and this will play the media ...
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