Well things got a bit busy since we got back from Egypt. we got a new TV, then Xmas came and went and so much has been happening (although none of it interesting) there hasn’t been much time for anything.
However the other day I sat down and plugged a PC into the new TV. It is going to become a “Media Center” but I ran into a problem.
I was using the VGA connectors and I got a picture, but it wasn’t great, the TV would not support the resolutions that the Graphics card could supply and that Media centre wanted. I got very confused. Even the guys in the shop that sold us the TV was perplexed at my question on the best way of connecting a PC to the TV.
I like to think I am reasonably competent with computers, but getting the right resolution was proving a real pain, until I read an article that pointed out DVI connections use exactly the same protocols as HDMI, I know that the TV supports a resolution that it was not letting me select, so I bought a DVI-HDMI cable, plugged it into the TV and hey presto! The TV was recognised correctly by the Video card, and the resolution was changed to reflect the best resolution the TV can handle.
So the TV only handles certain resolutions through the VGA connector and others through HDMI. The manual doesn’t really mention that.