re: Extended Monitor Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 9:48 am Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Dewey Nelson (231 messages posted) Hi CK, I have a feeling you are entirely correct. I have a separate monitor card (not integrated) and it has a S-video output. I'll ask HP, but suspect they will tell me, just as you have, that I'll have to reset the settings each time I want to use the TV. It is not BIG problem, just annoying. Thanks for your informative reply. Uncle Dewey On Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 9:05 am, C K wrote: >You have a less expensive video device that doesn't have a seperate TV out "engine".. > Your device shares resources and hardware between the two sources so this is normal. > It is a function in the drivers and the hardware so the manufacturer of the computer >or the video adaptor will have to answer your question, but generally, if this is >how it works and there are no settings in the drivers for that option, you are stuck >with having to do it this way. > >It's pretty much normal actually. When a device isn't sensed on the TV out port, >the driver sets the environment for your monitor. Not sharing the output with your >TV changes the monitor resolution and refresh rate to the higher settings for your >computer monitor. Enabling the TV output requires different settings to be implemented >for both the monitor and the TV output since they are sharing the same hardware. >I assume you are connecting to composite or SVHS out to the TV. It's pretty much >how they all work with the exception of some very expensive video adaptors with seperate >"engines" to drive different outputs independently. > >If your computer monitor resolution changes when the TV out is enabled, this is normal >on most devices where it is an onboard device or less expensive video adaptor. I >don't think you will find that it will operate differently at this point. I've never >found a reg hack that would control it any differently... Written in response to: re: Extended Monitor (C K: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 9:05 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Extended Monitor (Dewey Nelson: Sun, Nov 15, 2009, 3:55 pm) re: Extended Monitor (C K: Tue, Nov 17, 2009, 9:05 am) re: Extended Monitor (Dewey Nelson: Tue, Nov 17, 2009, 9:48 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum