Stands for High-definition television, that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems
Questions tagged [hdtv]
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What is the difference between 1080p, 1080P and 1080i?
Many times, I have seen resolution of 1080p and I know that it means 1080 pixels but I also have seen specifications on some HDTVs to be 1080i. So, I want to know the exact difference between them and whether 1080i video quality is available for the…
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How do I enable/disable overscan on my TV in Catalyst Control Center?
I've connected my PC to my TV via HDMI (I've also tried using DVI). Whatever the resolution (anything from 800 x 600 to 1080p), the image displayed on the TV does not fill the entire screen surface; there's a black border on the edge of the image.…
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Force Mac to detect displays?
I have a Mac mini in a somewhat complex home-theatre setup. Often the Mac won't correctly recognize the TV as a display. The TV will just report "No signal". There are two methods to recover from this state.
Unplug the display cable from the Mac…
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How functional/practical is it to use an hdtv as a computer monitor?
My small (22") monitor went bad on the pc I use to watch hulu/netflix with... The kids like to use this computer to play online games. I am considering buying a HDTV (~32") to replace the smaller lcd. Is this a viable solution that will give…
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VGA resolution with Sony Bravia TV
I've just bought a Sony Bravia KDL40S5100 TV. Its VGA input is acting weird. I have a Gateway desktop with Windows 7 and Intel 945 graphics. I also have a laptop running Ubuntu 9.04.
The TV will not display the Gateway desktop when the resolution is…
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iTunes Season Pass downloading both HD and SD version of a TV Show
I purchased a TV Show season pass on the iTunes Store for the HD version of a show.
It started downloading immediately, which is great - however, it also decided that I would want the SD versions as well?!
Why? Is this normal? Does iTunes always…
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ATI HDMI Audio disappears in Windows 7 when a TV is connected
So far I have unsuccessfully googled for HOURS with no luck fixing this very annoying problem.
The settings is the following:
I have PC running Windows 7 RC (64-bit)
Video card is a ATI Radeon 4850 series card (Sapphire HD 4850 512MB to be…
jsalonen
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uplink bandwidth requirements to stream HD down?
I have a TV service that uses ADSL technology. It means that my TV is basically streaming everything over the internet.
I was told today that this would require at least 1MB/s uplink to be able to work. Is that correct?
Note, I'm not talking about…
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TV doesn't automatically show signal from Windows Media Center
I have Windows Media Center running on Win7 RTM with a GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard. The integrated video card is an ATI Radeon HD 3200.
It's connected to a Sony Bravia KDL-46XBR4 tv via HDMI cable.
When I turn both on at the same time, I get…
Scott Weinstein
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What software should I use to display an elegant looking take-out menu on an HDTV monitor? (data pulled from local MySQL server)
My mom owns a small take-and-bake market, and she's been keeping her menu and inventory on an ugly and messy set of whiteboards behind the counter. I've developed a database that lets her check things in and out of the freezer with a barcode…
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Three monitors, 3D support, HDMI w/sound
I'm setting up a new general purpose PC, and trying to figure out what I need in the way of graphics card and/or motherboard. (I don't have any restrictions on what CPU/GPU/manufacturer/etc - that will follow from this).
Two monitors are regular…
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Streaming content to Vizio TV over DLNA
I have a 55" Vizio TV. I noticed in the on screen menus that it could stream content from my PC. I even managed to browse the video files on the PC.
However, my MP4 files won't play on the TV.
What file format are supported, and what tool can…
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Does 3D content require special HDMI cables?
I recently started reading up on HDMI versions. Do the different versions of HDMI need different cables?
In particular, I am concerned if I should get new cables in order to support 3D (some cables advertise their 3D support, but I'm not sure if…
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Ubuntu 10.10: getting appropiate monitor resolution for lcd hdtv
I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64 version, with Nvidia 9800 GT, installed 270.41.06 Nvidia drivers following this guide. I have a LG42LH30FR LCD TV connected with the dvi link -> RGB PC input
I'm able to get 1024x768 resolution without overscan (I can…
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How to make the HDTV HDMI output audio to external speaker?
I am using a laptop as a HD media player, it is outputting HD content via HDMI to a LCD TV, but the speaker on the TV suck big time. I want to buy a good set of speakers for audio. But I'm totally confused as what kind of speaker connection should I…
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