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Toshiba HDMI Laptop to Samsung LCD Picture Size Issue

by BellyOfaDolphin Jul 7, 2009 4:46AM PDT

Hello,

I just recently purchased a Toshiba laptop with an HDMI port and I am trying to mirror the display on my Samsung LCD TV. After doing so, the audio and picture look great, however, its not displaying in full 16:9 as the tv is set to. Instead, the picture is just a bit bigger on the TV than the size of my 16inch laptop screen. My tv has 3 HDMI inputs and I've tried all three receiving the same result.

Am I able to have the laptop fill up the entire LCD without stretching the image via my tv settings? I've messed around with the resolutions and aspect ratios in my laptop display settings but thus far I'm not having any luck.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Latop I own:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9371547&type=product&id=1218093383198

TV I own:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9230691&type=product&id=1218063829730

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Tell a little more.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jul 7, 2009 6:22AM PDT

Which mode did you use? That is, do you mirror the laptop display or extend windows to the second display.

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Tell a little more.
by BellyOfaDolphin Jul 7, 2009 8:15AM PDT

I used Mirror mode.

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Then it will be problematic.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jul 7, 2009 9:10AM PDT

Try the extend desktop mode.

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Better
by BellyOfaDolphin Jul 7, 2009 1:17PM PDT

Interesting. In external only mode it REALLY blows it up. Its much better, but it does cut off about an inch on each side of the screen its so big, which can make it a bit tricky to navigate.

Anyway I can adjust the size in external?

thanks.

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On the second monitor in that control panel
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jul 7, 2009 1:36PM PDT

But first let's be clear that video control panels are rarely standard so unless you take screen shots and post them for us to see I have to answer with very generic answers.

In short try 1920

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