A tool to enable TV in 8800 GTX?

kaisellgren · Mar 15, 2008, 04:02 AM

Hi,

I want to watch movies in my TV. I have s-video cable connected and I am able to make my screen display on the TV. However, I have to change my screen resolution to match my TV's that is really irritating and I was thinking that I could ask if there is a tool that could enable me to have two different resolutions on two different monitors/displays and maybe two different pictures too, like different desktops?

Thanks for your help. I look forward to hear some advice

TV addict#2 · Mar 19, 2008, 04:44 PM

maybe ultramon,a program that may do the job

Serlant · Apr 14, 2008, 12:06 PM

You can get the screens to display pictures independently, its just really finicky, i have to fiddle around with unplugging the TV plugging it back in rebooting, etc until a dual view option turns up in the nvidia control panel and i can set the resolution on the TV independently (8800GT + s-video cable to tv)

IEMC · Apr 14, 2008, 12:17 PM

Go into the Nvidia control panel, then go to the TV wizard, or whatever it's called.

EDIT: Well, not sure if it would let you have different resolutions.

pflapp · May 22, 2008, 07:35 AM

dont u just go to nview, desktops>advanced and tick allow different resolutions for each desktop (something like that) then you can set each display seperately. I have my TV set to 1336x768 and my monitor @ 1024x768 and change between them all the time with a hotkey (also in nview>hotkeys>switch to next display device)Dont forget to change the refresh rate if your outputing to the tv down to 75>60hz depending on resolution and refresh rate supported by your tv otherwise the picture can be offset quite a bit

HTH

CDsDontBurn · May 22, 2008, 07:24 PM

it seems you just want to set up dual-display on your set up. it's really easy to do

. Just be sure that you have both displays turned on, and that they're set to the correct input signal on the displays themselves.

right click on desktop > properties (winXP) / personalize (vista) > settings (here you will see two boxes) > right click on box number 2 > click "attached" > make sure there's a check mark in the box labeled "extend my desktop onto this monitor" > slide the resolution slider to the far right > apply.