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Steve-O 2004




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PostPosted: Mon, 3rd Mar 2008 22:26    Post subject: PC to Sony Bravia HD TV
I have just got a 32" Sony Bravia S3000 LCD TV and want to connect it to my PC and use the Clone screen option so I can still use my 19" screen as my main monitor. Currently I have it connected to my XFX 7900GT using HDMI cable going to a DVI to HDMI converter.

I can set the multi monitor setting to clone but it wont let me change the TV's resolution which means it looks great on my monitor but crap on the TV. It will let me change my monitors resolution which inturn changes the TV's resolution but then the monitor looks crap but the TV looks great.

Is it possible to use the clone option but like overide it so I can change the resolution of the TV?

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PostPosted: Mon, 3rd Mar 2008 23:56    Post subject:
I don't think you can clone with different resolutions, just extend the desktop and use different resolution ... with the smart taskbar function in ultramon this works quite well Smile

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PostPosted: Tue, 4th Mar 2008 06:17    Post subject:
Dual-vView is really the only way you can have them both at seperate resolution's, but of course you lose the start menu on your tv, as nouse said, there is an option for smart bar, which just give's you an extended toolbar at the bottom.
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PostPosted: Tue, 4th Mar 2008 07:51    Post subject:
yep pretty retarded, why couldn't they just stick to 16:9
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Steve-O 2004




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PostPosted: Tue, 4th Mar 2008 20:01    Post subject:
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Will look into the smart task bar thing thanks.

Is it possible to make like a shortcut key (eg ctrl+F8 say) to switch displays so if I want to use the 32" screen I just press ctrl+f8 and it will switch the 32" to the primary display thats already set to the best resolution?

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PostPosted: Tue, 4th Mar 2008 20:16    Post subject:
Steve-O 2004 wrote:
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Will look into the smart task bar thing thanks.

Is it possible to make like a shortcut key (eg ctrl+F8 say) to switch displays so if I want to use the 32" screen I just press ctrl+f8 and it will switch the 32" to the primary display thats already set to the best resolution?

Thanks


pretty sure ultramon does that as well... I use 3 profiles (without shortcut key), each display on it's own and then monitor as primary tv as secondary ... works pretty good... I use two keyboards (wired + bluetooth) and one mouse as well (bluetooth) which is more of a pain since the layout (and thus key bindings for games) are different on the two KBs (bluetooth one is smaller).

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Steve-O 2004




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PostPosted: Tue, 4th Mar 2008 20:34    Post subject:
nouseforaname wrote:
Steve-O 2004 wrote:
balls Sad

Will look into the smart task bar thing thanks.

Is it possible to make like a shortcut key (eg ctrl+F8 say) to switch displays so if I want to use the 32" screen I just press ctrl+f8 and it will switch the 32" to the primary display thats already set to the best resolution?

Thanks


pretty sure ultramon does that as well... I use 3 profiles (without shortcut key), each display on it's own and then monitor as primary tv as secondary ... works pretty good... I use two keyboards (wired + bluetooth) and one mouse as well (bluetooth) which is more of a pain since the layout (and thus key bindings for games) are different on the two KBs (bluetooth one is smaller).


excellent going to have a fiddle around thanks Very Happy

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Steve-O 2004




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PostPosted: Wed, 5th Mar 2008 00:10    Post subject:
Ultramon is great Thanks Very Happy

Next question is, is it possible to set it so I can display games in the 32" LCD screen (videos work but games wont come up in it Sad )?

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PostPosted: Wed, 5th Mar 2008 01:08    Post subject:
does it show if tv is the only thing output?

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Steve-O 2004




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PostPosted: Thu, 6th Mar 2008 19:51    Post subject:
figured out a way, right click the icon in the bottom right and set the TV to Primary display then it opens up on the TV

thanks all for the help Smile

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nouseforaname
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PostPosted: Thu, 6th Mar 2008 19:59    Post subject:
ah yeah, forgot about that ... I have some programs that don't like displaying on a "secondary display" either ... kinda annoying Wink

curiously enough, for whatever reason I still prefer gaming on my computer monitor instead of the TV ... not sure why though

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