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Question

Trying to improve HDMI quality from PC to HDTV

Jan 13, 2015 10:18PM PST

I connected my PC to HDTV using a HDMI cable, but the picture is bad. My PC has both HDMI and VGA output, VGA plays much better picture on a monitor, however VGA cannot be plugged into my HDTV because my HDTV doesn't accept VGA.

What can I do? My HDMI can't transmit high quality picture, but my HDTV can't accept VGA signals...? Maybe buy a better video card that transmit high quality HDMI signals to my HDTV???

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So far
Jan 14, 2015 12:14AM PST

The TVs I've hooked up on HDMI display exactly what I send over. But as folk have a lot of ratty old Standard Definition (SD) video it looks bad on HDTV. There is no real fix for that.

Your post lacks detail so I can't guess if that is the issue or you are cloning your display and running afoul of another issue.
Bob

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need info
Jan 14, 2015 5:09AM PST

what tv? what computer? really need full model numbers so we know exactly what we are helping with and would be able to answer your specific questions. You can always get a hdmi to vga adaptor but you will not get hd quality picture and you will need an audio cable. You may also want to check the tv's settings and see if there is a hdmi setting you missed.

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my detail
Jan 14, 2015 9:28AM PST

I'm the asker.
Video quality is not bad for me, but text on browser (firefox and IE) are much blurrier with VGA
Insignia 55" LED 1080p 120Hz HDTV
Asus M32 PC (AMD A8-6500 / 1TB HDD / 6GB RAM / HD 8470D Graphics / Windows 8.1)

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Didn't share if the display was cloned
Jan 14, 2015 9:31AM PST

This laptop looks to be a 768 line lcd so it will look bad when cloned. Extend the desktop next.

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Problem Solved
Jan 20, 2015 12:01AM PST

My problem is solved, frd helped me set it up already. Thx

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Can you share the fix?
Mar 11, 2015 10:57AM PDT