Using a flatscreen as a monitor

Azzy83

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I am using an Element flatscreen tv as a monitor for my Dell laptop via an HDMI cable. It works perfectly fine until I try to play PC games. It blacks out for a second or two while the computer loads the game but once it comes back on, it has a purplish tint which is very annoying. I can\'t manually adjust the settings to get it anywhere near normal looking. On a side note: While playing Homeworld, the screen blacks out as always and turns purple afterwards, but once I get into the actual gameplay, it goes back to normal. I\'m totally confused.
 

maxiim

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You could do so by going to the support website of the product you own, generally the bigger the display, and especially for TVs they have a much lower refresh rates making them less than ideal for gaming, but it could be done.
 

dingo07

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the only reason your TV can go blank is because of the handshake that takes place between it and the video card (unless either device is faulty-which I doubt based on your desription.) There's an issue somewhere because of incompatibility, and the TV doesn't see the signal for a split second during the "talk"

this provides a MUCH better explanation than I ever could - http://cn.hdmi.org/pdf/whitepaper/AvoidingHandshakeProblems.pdf

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after reading through your OP, slower, it's probably what Herr_Koos is suggesting

check the specs of your TV, or give us the exact model # and we'll check it