Will not display a Movie on TV, but works on laptop... y?

integraoligist

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Hey all,
Just got a Laptop with Blu-ray and HDMI out... i connect the laptop via HDMI to my widescreen TV thats 1080p.

The laptop screen stays on and the TV sees the exact replic of the screen. BUT when I play a Blu-Ray movie, i CAN see it on the Laptop, but NOT on the TV.

Why is this? Am i missing a setting somewhere?

Thanks all!
 

assass3n1

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Once you connect via hdmi your television is probably being configured as a display. With windows you can go into properties and select the one you want to use. Follow these steps... Right click your desktop and goto display properties. At the top there should be multiple displays choose the one representing your hdmi.