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Posted by Richard Miller on November 21, 2005, 8:42 pm
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1: You need to run MS receiver to your Sat box using IR cable to the IR eye
on the sat box
2: RCA?AV will give a bad picture use DVI or VGA
3: Run setup for your plasma and set it to monitor.
"muppy" wrote:
> Hi there. I have a Toshiba Sattelite with Media Center... I've never used it
> because I've been out of the country for the past couple of years, but two
> days ago I purchased a 50 inch plasma and hooked it up to my laptop. I did
> all the set up requirements and noticed a few problems:
>
> 1. Even though I've done everything that is required, the media center
> remote wont change channels. The remote works for everything else, though.
> I have digital cable through comcast in Seattle and I can view the guide
> through MC, but can't select the channel with the MC remote... I have to use
> the comcast remote. Not a major problem, but certainly an inconvenience.
>
> 2. The picture quality is poor. My Toshiba came with a RCA/AV cable that
> is Toshiba specific. When I used it on another TV, the picture was fine, but
> now, running the TV signal through the computer makes the picture grainy. I
> thought it was just the signal (it's not necessarily HD, although the TV is
> an HDTV) but then when I play a DVD, the picture is also grainy. When I use
> WinDVD, the picture is better, although it's still not as spectacular as I
> was lead to believe a plasma would be. Any suggestions?
>
> 3. When watching widescreen DVDs, I have black bars on all four sides of
> the screen... about three inches on bottom and top and then two inches on the
> side. I've changed the aspect ratio (used the zoom, full and just positions)
> and even widescreen still doesn't take up all the screen. This is through
> Media Center. However, when viewing a DVD through WinDVD, it does take up
> more of the screen.
>
> I was thinking that some of the problem might be the screen resolution --
> when I first start up, I have the computer at the highest resolution
> possible. However, when I push the TV out button, the screen is too big for
> the TV. I have to lower the resolution on the computer for the whole desktop
> to be viewed on the TV screen. Is there anyway to get around this?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated... this is driving me nuts!
>
> Thanks.
>
> m
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