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#141158 3-Mar-2014 10:27

hey there got a laptop i want to hook up to a 43 inch lcd tv, whats the best cable to run need vga to hdmi, its got a res of 1024x768

it came up res to high, so is there a converter?

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#998002 3-Mar-2014 10:39

Sorry what came up Res too high?

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#998032 3-Mar-2014 11:15

best to do a VGA to S-video if you can. otherwise it's VGA to RCA would have to do.

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#998056 3-Mar-2014 11:46

The TV doesn't have VGA input?

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#998088 3-Mar-2014 12:29

DVI-hdmi works better but there can be sound issues. Probably better off getting a cheap video card with hdmi out.

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#998094 3-Mar-2014 12:36

yes res to high popped up. its a laptop

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#998127 3-Mar-2014 13:03

Might help if you can post the model of the laptop and TV youre trying to use. Ive seen similar messages before but that was years ago on 2000/XP.

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#998605 4-Mar-2014 10:22

laptop model is HP cq57-206tu

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#998616 4-Mar-2014 10:39

What sort of TV is it? I find it strange a TV would only support 1024x768 - this is what used to exist 4+ years ago with many old Plasma's.

If it does only support that the picture will look terrible anyway as 1024x768 is a 4:3 aspect ratio and the screen is 16:9

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#998618 4-Mar-2014 10:41

Sorry, what is coming up Res too High - The TV, or the Laptop?

Is it quite an old TV?

Or is it one of those cheap Samsung Plasmas from last year? They had a max resolution like that (nowhere near full HD).

Sounds like you need to turn down the resolution on your laptop.

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#998724 4-Mar-2014 12:34

the tv is a ps43e450 43 inch samsung

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#998756 4-Mar-2014 13:04

Resolution 1,024 x 768

So you need to set your laptop to use that resolution or lower on the external screen.

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#998771 4-Mar-2014 13:24

Yeah seen that on a couple of cheap one's a friend got to run advertising on. Had to warp the slideshow images for it to look ok over vga at the native resolutuon

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#1000058 6-Mar-2014 11:43

ubergeeknz: Resolution 1,024 x 768

So you need to set your laptop to use that resolution or lower on the external screen.

so...
resolution spec from last century & no downscaling (or downscaling doesnt work)

Some TV's do have various issues connecting to PC's via hdmi : mine included, very buggy.

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#1000965 7-Mar-2014 18:52

I use a VGA to HDMI converter box from jaycar - my 2 year old 42" tv also has a native resolution of 1024x768 even though the panel resolution is higher. Even at the 1024x768 its elongated to I just use a higher resolution anyway. Its not as crisp but its still quite usable.

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#1001005 7-Mar-2014 21:02

perfect thats the answer ive been needing, was wondering if there was such a thing