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post #1 of 14
6/17/03 at 4:23pm
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hey, i have my 5670 hooked to my tv and i want to watch some videos, but they wont display! its just black in the wmp box. I've head of this being a problem, how do i fix it???
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post #2 of 14
6/18/03 at 6:36am
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come on someone must've tried this.....
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post #3 of 14
6/18/03 at 9:38am
I used to have the same problem with my desktop, i was able to fix it by just upgrading the driver. Before you do that though i would try a different media player and check that it's not just windwos media player. Also maybe check the settings for wmp.
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post #4 of 14
6/18/03 at 5:10pm
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i tried playin a dvd in windvd too and it didnt work

i see in on the comp screen, just not of the tv....... come on someone has to have had this happen.....
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post #5 of 14
6/18/03 at 5:20pm
How did you connect your pc to the TV though RCA cables or did you use coax?
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post #6 of 14
6/18/03 at 5:22pm
Also check the settings for your display properties:

Settings->Advanced->Displays

What's listed as primary/secondary?
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post #7 of 14
6/18/03 at 10:18pm
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i have the sager 5670, i used a s-video cable, i just want to know if any of u have gotten it to work, cause i've heard that its aproblem, and yes, my video settings are fine, i can see everything else, video games, etc, just not videos. Hasn't anyone done this on their 5670 or 8887?
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post #8 of 14
6/18/03 at 11:31pm
I was all set up on my old 86xx machine, could use my TV as a monitor but couldn't come back the other way. Just wasn't set up for that though I suppose I could have worked out something. However, next week I will have a lot of time on my hands and no distractions so I hope to get the video wired on my more recent 8886. I'll let you know what happens when I get back. Unfortunately, unless there won't be any broadband where I will be so I won't be online much while there. Dial-up is simply too painful.
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post #9 of 14
6/19/03 at 12:36pm

please

Someone answer this man, I must know as well. This is one of the most determining factor in my purchase, how well I can play Divx movies from my laptop on my TV while using the Logitech 5.1's. I must know, someone help this man!

Nice bum ay.
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post #10 of 14
6/19/03 at 2:57pm
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you cant cause you cant see any movies on the tv, they dont display, thats my problem
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post #11 of 14
6/19/03 at 3:07pm

Overlay Settings

It has something to do with the video overlay settings - I do not know how it works with the ATI drivers since I do not have an ATI card, but apparently there is an Overlay tab in the Display Properties (Right click desktop > Properties). See if that helps you out

Good luck
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post #12 of 14
6/19/03 at 4:54pm

Just a thought

Maybe if your res. is set too high for the movie or something like that the TV just can't support it.......it's a long shot but who knows.
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post #13 of 14
6/20/03 at 12:10pm
My 5660 works fine displaying movies using windows media player or other media programs. I had the same symptoms everyone here described (my previous laptop was like this as well) and I just fiddled with the display settings until it worked. I don't know off hand what they are but I'll try it again and report.
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post #14 of 14
6/20/03 at 12:46pm
looks like cooltoad got it fixed up in another thread...
Set the TV as your primary display, and everything will be fine and dandy
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