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What is wrong with my plasma screen?

Why cant i see what my laptop dvd is playing through my Plasma screen?

  • I can make a connection using the D output on the back of the laptop to my Plasma using a monitor cable. I set the D connector output active, i can see my desktop etc on the plasma but when i play a DVD the screen is black. if i resize the dvd window i can see the desktop behind???? v weird, anyone have any ideas? Ive tried changing hardware accelerator settings but no good. also resolution settings in windows makes no difference.

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    Make sure you have the most up to date drivers for your vid card. It sounds like you've already tried taking the resolution down -but if you can see your desktop, then it sounds like the signal is getting to the TV, and there is just a problem in the DVD software - you might try a different piece of software, maybe winamp or there are probably tons of others.

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That's a good question. Assuming that the dvd's play just fine on the laptop monitor, I have a few ideas. First, I would make sure I have the updated video drivers and DVD software installed on the machine. Go to the laptop manufacturers website and download the updates. If that solves it, great. If not, try it with the plasma screen set as your default monitor. You should be able to do this in display settings, if not it would be under the advanced button in display settings. I had a similar problem with an Nvidia adapter a few years back. In order to delve deeper into this issue I would need to know what DVD software you are using and what graphic adapter you have on the computer.

Bjorn

maybe its not supposed yo play videos or streaming stuff

Tayo

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