Connecting My Pc to My TV VIA HDMI

king-core · 8 Jan 2010 at 11:43

Recently purchased a 5m hdmi cable, Just wanted to ask have any of you guys done this before if you did was any drivers needed or is it just a straightforward connection plug and view or are there drivers needed my graphics card has a hdmi port onto it and my tv also does could anyone care to elaborate if anything else is needed?

Thanks OC

( Hope i have Put this on the right thread :S )

SMB30 · 8 Jan 2010 at 11:49

No drivers needed, should work straight away.

king-core · 8 Jan 2010 at 12:06

I currently have a ati radeon hd 4670 it has hdmi port and the tv i am connecting it to is a 50'' Samsung plasma. No Success yet

SMB30 · 8 Jan 2010 at 12:11

Using the HDMI out on the card to HDMI in on the Plasma?

Chosen the correct HDMI input on the tv?

Sp00n · 8 Jan 2010 at 12:25

Nothing extra needed, make sure you've enabled the second display on the pc though.

king-core · 8 Jan 2010 at 12:26

how do i do that mate im not to sure on how to work with all this display connecting?

Temi_D · 8 Jan 2010 at 23:41

What operating system have you got?

paradisiac · 8 Jan 2010 at 23:49

it might be a setting in the CC if you are running it with a monitor too, if you are just connecting to a tv then unless its a faulty cable or you have it set to the wrong hdmi socket on the tv then it should just auto detect and work as normal.

Kezmo · 9 Jan 2010 at 00:18

you have to enable the second display in your graphic options & select clone or extend desktop.
Right click on your desktop and select cat control center or nvidia options and goto displays.

asim18 · 9 Jan 2010 at 00:47

On windows 7, just right click desktop and click "Screen Resolution"

Then go down to "Multiple Displays" and choose whichever one you want.

MrMacca · 9 Jan 2010 at 01:47

If you are using Windows 7, a good shortcut is the Windows Key and P, that should bring up a list of the devices you can switch to.

For example I have:

Computer Only
Duplicate
Extend
Projector Only.

I'd recommend choosing EXTEND and this will put your desktop over to your TV also.

swanseajack · 9 Jan 2010 at 10:48

MrMacca said:
If you are using Windows 7, a good shortcut is the Windows Key and P, that should bring up a list of the devices you can switch to.

For example I have:

Computer Only
Duplicate
Extend
Projector Only.

I'd recommend choosing EXTEND and this will put your desktop over to your TV also.

Cheers dude, didn't know that, just gone dual screen myself, handy short cut

braveheart · 9 Jan 2010 at 18:15

I would aviod using Plasma when using PC cos it getting hot - recommend is LCD TV which stay coolder and excellent for PC mode with HDMI.

Anyway you can plug from DVI (PC) to HDMI (TV) that would enable itself - I used 4m of Belkin PureAV DVI to HDMI into my 40" LCD TV and set at 1920x1080p look very good as very clean picture - I used Nvidia driver and then refersh WEI then automatic the screen size..