connecting tv to laptop-no video!

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connecting my laptop to the tv via s-video cable, I can't see any video or
photo content! when I play any sort of media file or even look at a JPEG,
all I see is a black square on the television screen where the image is on
my laptop screen. is it because my TV can't handle the resolution? the
windows screens and all non-video and photo related images come across fine
on the tv. I'm attempting to watch an .avi movie on my TV using windows
media player.

Running WIN XP.

 

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Look in your Display Adapter properties
for the Primary and Secondary display choices.

Set the TV for Primary.

It's an overlay thing...it used to happen with a IBM
laptop using the ATI chipset.

"jose canyusi" <joe@joe.com> wrote in message
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> connecting my laptop to the tv via s-video cable, I can't see any video or
> photo content! when I play any sort of media file or even look at a JPEG,
> all I see is a black square on the television screen where the image is on
> my laptop screen. is it because my TV can't handle the resolution? the
> windows screens and all non-video and photo related images come across
> fine
> on the tv. I'm attempting to watch an .avi movie on my TV using windows
> media player.
>
> Running WIN XP.
>
>
>