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Second monitor not using full screen

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April 24, 2014 4:40:33 AM

Hello,

I have an acer v5-552-x814 laptop. I have tried several times to get my emprex 1080p tv to go full screen but there is still a border of about an inch that won't show. I also tried it on my Vizo 720p tv and there is no border. Is this just because of the difference in resolution? My laptop has a Radeon 8650G graphics card which I though it should work. Also both TV's are 32 inch.

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April 24, 2014 5:10:46 AM

Try changing the aspect ratio on the tv.
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April 24, 2014 6:06:54 AM

Nicolay Setre said:
Try changing the aspect ratio on the tv.


I have. It as at 16:9 which is the highest it offers. I also can not seem to find a zoom function which I had seen in other threads. I guess I should have included that before.


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April 24, 2014 7:46:35 AM

Okey, meaning that the aspect ratio is the 16:9 (which is normal).

The APU you have in your laptop says in specs that it supports up to 2560x1600, so supporting 1080p shouldn't be any problem.

Experienced similare scenarios myself in the past, a few times because the pc ran a lower resolution than the max reso of the tv, while the tv was maintaining its "stock" resolution. Making it into a window mode, where i used "zoom" as you mentioned reading about you fix it.

Other times it has been solved by changing the aspect ratio.

So if you have set it to 1080p on the pc and the tv supports that resolution, without aspect ratio or zoom fixing it, then i would suggest that you try changing the connection + cable. If you are using VGA, go HDMI (or the other way around if you are already using HMDI).

Other than that, you could also try running it at costum resolutions.
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April 24, 2014 8:32:28 AM

Nicolay Setre said:
Okey, meaning that the aspect ratio is the 16:9 (which is normal).

The APU you have in your laptop says in specs that it supports up to 2560x1600, so supporting 1080p shouldn't be any problem.

Experienced similare scenarios myself in the past, a few times because the pc ran a lower resolution than the max reso of the tv, while the tv was maintaining its "stock" resolution. Making it into a window mode, where i used "zoom" as you mentioned reading about you fix it.

Other times it has been solved by changing the aspect ratio.

So if you have set it to 1080p on the pc and the tv supports that resolution, without aspect ratio or zoom fixing it, then i would suggest that you try changing the connection + cable. If you are using VGA, go HDMI (or the other way around if you are already using HMDI).

Other than that, you could also try running it at costum resolutions.


I had not thought about trying VGA as apposed to HDMI. Any suggestion as to the custom resolution? I had it at 1920x1080 and that is the highest. I am honestly not the best with this kind of thing so I may be confused

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April 24, 2014 9:24:44 AM

sdcharge102 said:
Nicolay Setre said:
Okey, meaning that the aspect ratio is the 16:9 (which is normal).

The APU you have in your laptop says in specs that it supports up to 2560x1600, so supporting 1080p shouldn't be any problem.

Experienced similare scenarios myself in the past, a few times because the pc ran a lower resolution than the max reso of the tv, while the tv was maintaining its "stock" resolution. Making it into a window mode, where i used "zoom" as you mentioned reading about you fix it.

Other times it has been solved by changing the aspect ratio.

So if you have set it to 1080p on the pc and the tv supports that resolution, without aspect ratio or zoom fixing it, then i would suggest that you try changing the connection + cable. If you are using VGA, go HDMI (or the other way around if you are already using HMDI).

Other than that, you could also try running it at costum resolutions.


I had not thought about trying VGA as apposed to HDMI. Any suggestion as to the custom resolution? I had it at 1920x1080 and that is the highest. I am honestly not the best with this kind of thing so I may be confused



Just start at a low resolution and jump up 1 level at a time. See if any of them gives you a fullscreen image.
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