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crazy359   03-20-2010 at 12:31:41 AM

When I connect a computer to my 40" tv it isnt FULL SCREEN. It is about a 37" image, there is a black perimeter around the image. Why is it not using the whole screen. I tried with a laptop with HDMI and a 3870.

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tuesday0180   03-20-2010 at 12:48:16 AM

I used to have the same issue when I tried connecting my GTX 260 to my 55" sony 1080p via regular VGA Cable. When I switched to using a DVI cable with a HDMI dongle at the end it filled the whole TV screen. Even when it filled the screen, it looked weird because I needed to go into my TV's video setting to move the screen around a bit and fill in the outside edges.

You might want to check out your TV's video setting. There might be something in there that allows you to adjust the screen.

Does your 3870 have a HDMI connection? Or are you using a HDMI dongle?

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1haplo   03-20-2010 at 03:38:35 AM

Under Desktop and displays in CCC, right click the display and choose Configure, Go to Scaling Options and Uncheck "Use the scaling value...."

That should remove the black around the screen.

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crazy359   03-20-2010 at 03:39:09 AM

tuesday0180 wrote :

I used to have the same issue when I tried connecting my GTX 260 to my 55" sony 1080p via regular VGA Cable. When I switched to using a DVI cable with a HDMI dongle at the end it filled the whole TV screen. Even when it filled the screen, it looked weird because I needed to go into my TV's video setting to move the screen around a bit and fill in the outside edges.

You might want to check out your TV's video setting. There might be something in there that allows you to adjust the screen.

Does your 3870 have a HDMI connection? Or are you using a HDMI dongle?


DVI TO HDMI DONGLE.
I will try to go to my video settings i guess.

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crazy359   03-20-2010 at 03:41:49 AM


I cant do that with my laptop that has HDMI because it intel graphics


Message edited by crazy359 on 03-20-2010 at 03:42:16 AM
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