[anilisanil]

To me it looks like you are in wrong HDMI connection. Just keep pressing the HDMI button on your TV remote after connecting and see if the display turns up.

[adg_andy]

Originally Posted by anilisanil

To me it looks like you are in wrong HDMI connection. Just keep pressing the HDMI button on your TV remote after connecting and see if the display turns up.

Precisely the point which I was making. It seems the problem is not being able to select the source rather than W7 driver.

[ghpk]

using the VGA option will not give the full HD experience as VGA doesn't supports that.
a full HD resolution will only be supported on DVI-D and HDMI only.

IIRC your MB has one dvi port and one HDMI port too

Also there are few options in TV setup menu related to HDMI Devices
try going thru manual for more details and see if any setting needs to be adjusted.

[Rehaan]

Stupid Q: Are you sure you're selecting the correct channel/source on the TV? (HDMI 1 vs HDMI 2 vs HDMI 3)

Also, have you been through your TV's settings to see if there is any particular option that might be affecting the connection?

cya
R

Originally Posted by ghpk

using the VGA option will not give the full HD experience as VGA doesn't supports that.

I don't think this is correct. VGA can support resolutions higher than 1920x1080 (ie Full-HD).

[Akshay1234]

Originally Posted by anilisanil

To me it looks like you are in wrong HDMI connection. Just keep pressing the HDMI button on your TV remote after connecting and see if the display turns up.

Originally Posted by adg_andy

Precisely the point which I was making. It seems the problem is not being able to select the source rather than W7 driver.

Originally Posted by ghpk

Also there are few options in TV setup menu related to HDMI Devices
try going thru manual for more details and see if any setting needs to be adjusted.

Originally Posted by Rehaan

Stupid Q: Are you sure you're selecting the correct channel/source on the TV? (HDMI 1 vs HDMI 2 vs HDMI 3)

Also, have you been through your TV's settings to see if there is any particular option that might be affecting the connection?

cya
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Guys guys, give me some credit . Its connected in the hdmi 1 port, and the tv shows no connection in the hdmi one port. Maybe what I will do is try and connect it with a vga wire, and then with hdmi. Hopefully that might sort it out.

[Akshay1234]

So its connected with vga and working perfectly. But the problem is that my pc is supposed to be on the other side of the room, and only an hdmi is there. Will n\my pc recognise the hdmi now that it is working on vga?

[Akshay1234]

Ok so finally I've got it sorted out.

When I read here that first I should connect it with vga and then hdmi I realised that would work since that was what I had to do when I just got the computer.

I connected it with vga from next to my tv. And it worked. So I then used my blu ray players hdmi cord and whoa, it was showing 2 displays.

I then tried it with my computer cord on the other side of the room, but there was no display. This was when I looked closely and saw this hdmi could not connect properly since its plug was too fat and was getting obstructed. So I used a blade and thinned the plug (along with a bit of my finger lol) and then it worked.

So actually it wasn't that simple. I would have had to connect it via vga first either way.

Thank you so much guys.

[ghpk]

Congrats mate

however let me clarify VGA Has nothing to do with your problem
it was yoru cable not plugged in properly and that snipping you did made it work.

Enjoy your full HD experience.

[Comrade]

Originally Posted by ghpk

using the VGA option will not give the full HD experience as VGA doesn't supports that.
a full HD resolution will only be supported on DVI-D and HDMI only.

Originally Posted by Rehaan

I don't think this is correct. VGA can support resolutions higher than 1920x1080 (ie Full-HD).

Resolution wise, VGA supports full HD and much more. But but but, VGA does not support HDCP protocol, which is theoretically required for Bluray playback. So it does not support full HD "experience".

[Rehaan]

Thats if you consider HDCP an "experience" ("painful experience" perhaps?)

@akshay - glad you got that figured out. I wonder if either your computer or cable doesn't match the HDMI plug specs? I've had a similar problem once with a pair of speakers with a 3.5mm plug only splaying on one channel. Turned out to be the plug not going in all the way!

cya
R

[cpyder]

Originally Posted by akshay1234

.... This was when I looked closely and saw this hdmi could not connect properly since its plug was too fat and was getting obstructed. So I used a blade and thinned the plug (along with a bit of my finger lol) and then it worked.

So actually it wasn't that simple. I would have had to connect it via vga first either way.

Thank you so much guys.

Congrats dear, enjoy the HD monitor. And no, the connecting the TV in VGA has got nothing to do with the HDMI connection. The computer's default output is usually VGA out and so it would connect to a VGA monitor/tv. It would still not give the signal over HDMI if it were not connected properly. I am with ghpk on this one.

LOL.. The theory (call it cpyder's theory of simplicity) is proven yet again. "The answer to most convoluted problems are usually very simple. You just got to look at the right place."

That's what I tried to say in my post.

Originally Posted by cpyder

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In absence of adequate details, I am assuming following:-

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• The computer and the TV both have HDMI ports and the HDMI cable is connected in the correct ports on both sides. (ofcourse they would be, but there are times when most knowledgeble of us do most stupid things, so check again.)
• You want to use your TV as your monitor. (like me)

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..well, almost. I should have said "HDMI cable is correctly connected...".

So, next time if you get into some really complex problem, look at something really simple, to the point of being stupid.

That's what I do.

Congratulations again.

[SmartCat]

I was searching for something else but Google pointed to this thread. I have an unused 24 inch Samsung LED TV. I just connected the TV to my HP Pavilion laptop via HDMI cable and it worked!



Questions:

- Why isn't this a popular option for laptop docking? TV screens are typically huge and this gives a 2nd life to older TVs
- How different is the LED TV screen technology from a desktop LCD monitor?

From what I've seen, the TV screen is bright and vivid (almost like a OLED smartphone screen) and the colors really pop, when compared to laptop screen:





Since a TV is used for entertainment (video playback), I reckon its contrast / sharpness/ brightness settings are tuned towards vivid colors. Meanwhile, a laptop screen or desktop monitor display settings have toned down colors and contrast probably because priority here is text/fonts legibility at closer distance. However, I have tweaked the brightness/contrast/sharpness of my TV and also changed the resolution (in Windows 11) so that text on screen does not strain my eyes.

According to me, these are the PROS and CONS of using a TV as a monitor:

PROS:

- Bright and vivid colors
- Brightness / contrast / sharpness TV settings can be changed. And the TV even has night mode (warm/cool)!
- TV has a built-in speakers, that sound better than laptop speakers

CONS:

- Certain text on screen, like bold text (Eg: unread emails in Gmail) don't look 'sharp' enough.
- TV stand is fixed and one cannot tilt the screen. I had to do some jugaad to place the screen at the right angle.
- Probably consumes more power?

Final look:

[bhairavp]

Tech on LCD/OLED TVs is the same as that on their monitor counterparts. Monitors tend to have DisplayPort inputs, while TVs generally have HDMI only. The text issue is common - lower/same resolution as the monitor on the TV, but across a larger diagonal; means the PPI (pixels per inch) is lower, and text is a little unclear.

Try using ClearType if you're using Windows.MacOS scaling is a little better than Windows, FYI.

Oh - and gaming on a large screen TV is a lot of fun, if connected directly to the PC using an appropriate HDMI cable.
I hook up my 3080Ti via a long HDMI2.1 cable to my LG OLED in the bedroom and pair an Xbox controller - great experience with HDR and Ray Tracing.

[SmartCat]

Originally Posted by bhairavp

Tech on LCD/OLED TVs is the same as that on their monitor counterparts.

Another related question -> How different is this LED television screen technology compared to a smartphone OLED screen? As mentioned before, the colors are as vivid as that of a smartphone.

The text issue is common - lower/same resolution as the monitor on the TV, but across a larger diagonal; means the PPI (pixels per inch) is lower, and text is a little unclear.

If PPI of a TV screen is lower, why doesn't it affect color rendition of images, games and video content?

Try using ClearType if you're using Windows.

I asked chatgpt for recommendations to make text look better, and it asked me to change contrast/sharpness settings on TV. On a scale of 0 to 100, reducing sharpness to 60 and contrast to 95 helps. But apparently, these settings worsen the image/video quality slightly - but still is a good balance between entertainment and productivity work.

[bhairavp]

The essential tech is the same - for OLEDs, self-emissive pixels, which turn off/on individually. LCDs- screen with a backlight. Pixels on phones are much smaller than that on the TVs, as you have to squeeze in the same/higher resolution on a much smaller screen diagonal.

Once you come to the subpixel arrangement, phone screens use something called a PenTile arrangement - you lose one red pixel per one green and blue - so effective resolution is a little less. For a phone with a 2,436x1,125 resolution there are 2,436x1,125 (2,740,500) green subpixels, but only 1,370,250 each for red and blue. The red and blue subpixels are essentially "shared" with the adjacent green, which your eye is more sensitive to anyway.

TVs have one of each, R, G and B - so perceived resolution is a little higher.

PPI being lower -> your viewing distance matters-> you're not going to be sitting nose-to-screen on your TV. Colour rendition is purely a function of the panel type (IPS/VA/OLED) and the backlighting (standard or FALD for IPS/VA LCDs).