Phoenix on a 42" HD TV

[raptorheli2]

do you want the sound to goto your tv aswell?

to do this your best with an hd specific graphics card as it has 1080p res options. you will notice other cards will not have this exact option but support similar resolutions. this is important for scaling.

there are other ways to get sound if you are bothered about it but would need to know exactly what graphics card you have and what sound card if any other than the onboard stuff.

if you want to just use the sim on the tv at whatever res then yes just an hdmi cable will do that assuming your tv/graphics card support it. (most dvi cards will work fine as a dvi adapter is used)

edit, i see you have a 2400hd card. in which case you should have an adapter that was in the box for hdmi. if you use this one you can get an hdmi sound driver and you can use the sim and get sound via the tv.

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SOU...iver-159.shtml

cheers

[chemicalbro]

I never even gave sound a thought when i connected the pc to my tv.
because i've also got the pc hooked into a Samsung DTS theatre system

I do agree that a large LCD will never get close to the sharp look of a smaller monitor
the real fact is that no LCD or plasma screen can touch a real CRT Tv or monitor for picture quality.

but most are willing to sacrifice that little quality for a MUCH smaller unit.

[handthrottle]

Brilliant, thats wot I will do......many thanks for all your help and advice......wot a bunch of know alls you lot are.........many many thanks

[Mojogoes]

I never even gave sound a thought when i connected the pc to my tv.
because i've also got the pc hooked into a Samsung DTS theatre system

I do agree that a large LCD will never get close to the sharp look of a smaller monitor
the real fact is that no LCD or plasma screen can touch a real CRT Tv or monitor for picture quality.

but most are willing to sacrifice that little quality for a MUCH smaller unit.

This is true in most cases but it does depend on which large screen tv you have as you can pay a £1000 for a 42' or £5000 upwards for some 50' screens which is then on a par if not better than the smaller pc/note pad screens and also don't suffer from movement blur etc.......i've got the Sagum56' dlp a suposidly best of both worlds in picture quality..........its the picel count per inch and size etc which governs picture quality in relevance to how big a screen is but i fear too much hassel for me to hook it up.

[carpman]

guys just came across this thread and wondering .....

i have got hdmi on my tosh laptop and sony tv(50"lcd) but when i try and use the hdmi lead it seems to split pic into over lapping screens but when i use a vga lead its fine is there some settings i need to adjust for hdmi lead to work ?

[raptorheli2]

This is true in most cases but it does depend on which large screen tv you have as you can pay a £1000 for a 42' or £5000 upwards for some 50' screens which is then on a par if not better than the smaller pc/note pad screens and also don't suffer from movement blur etc.......i've got the Sagum56' dlp a suposidly best of both worlds in picture quality..........its the picel count per inch and size etc which governs picture quality in relevance to how big a screen is but i fear too much hassel for me to hook it up.

tbh mate, money isn't everything and the fact is no matter what you spend a big lcd can not match smaller ones, especially a really good smaller one. it is that simple, 1k or 20k. that may all change when we see large organic LCD displays but just now it's not possible.

if you don't believe me try a really high end monitor and see for yourself.

carpman, it sounds like you should check the settings in your laptops graphics suite. either nvidia or radeon depending on what it is. hdmi should be set to 1080i or p in your settings. also you will have the option to configure a second monitor.

cheers

[Sneeks]

guys just came across this thread and wondering .....

i have got hdmi on my tosh laptop and sony tv(50"lcd) but when i try and use the hdmi lead it seems to split pic into over lapping screens but when i use a vga lead its fine is there some settings i need to adjust for hdmi lead to work ?

My laptop configuration enabled me to duplicate the laptop screen on the TV or to use it as a extended desktop, the first option is what you should use.

[cambs flyer]

Fantastic Idea! I can see me doing that when I purchase my LCD 42incher.

[Grant85]

Hi ive done the same.I connected my laptop with a cable going from the VGA on laptop to PC OUT on the back of my LCD TV.I was wandering if it is possible to close the laptop and still have the picture coming through to my tv.Ive tried to close the laptop but then the image on tv goes off and laptop goes into standby mode.Is there a way to do this? Cheers Grant.

[carpman]

Grant i think u need to adjust ur power setting so when u close lid it does go into standby mode tell it to do nothing.(its in power options in control panel)

[carpman]

My laptop now works with both hdmi and vga leads now took a little while to sort hdmi side out but its done now and i use tv as extended screen with out any probs cheers for ur help

Dan

[Grant85]

Thanks Dan im gunna try this out later on.Hopefully it will work.Cheers Grant.

[Grant85]

Nice 1 Dan!! ive just been into control panel and change wot my laptop does wen i close the lid to doing nothing so now i can close my laptop n have it sat under my lcd tv like a dvd player with it all connected up and play on Phoenix!! Been lukin at how i cud do this for ages and even people in Maplins store where i bought the lead from couldnt even tell me how to do it.Cheers Grant.

[carpman]

no probs Grant