Comments on: How to Extend Desktop to LCD/Monitor/TV?

By: Befli

Befli — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:21:53 +0000

I am not sure if this has already been mentionedd but I am trying to extend my old laptop onto my TV – the cables were VGA on the laptop and HDMi on the telly so I bought a converter.
I adjusted the resolution settings on on the laptop (windows XP) and it said I had to restart in order for the second monitor setting to start – while the laptop was restarting the picture/loading screen was displayed on the TV screen but as soon as the laptop had started up properly it disappeared – when I went into the setting the ‘extend onto this monitor’ setting was unchecked so I clicked on it and was told to restart – I have been in this holding pattern for days lol – help please – what am I doing wrong – why won’t it stay ont he setting I am adjusting it to???

By: Adarsh

Adarsh — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:53:24 +0000

hai dtjth
the cable you r using only splits the same screen to two moniters
http://www.cartft.com/image_db….._Cable.jpg
instead try out with a new graphics card

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By: CH

CH — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 02:50:03 +0000

Hey,
Thankyou so much this helped me so much! )

By: Uma

Uma — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:29:15 +0000

Hi Josh i have the same issue, did you resolve this?

By: josh7272

josh7272 — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:35:16 +0000

tried doing this with 2 vga monitors. i have a card with a dvi-i port an a vga port. i plugged the one in directly to the vga port an got a dvi-vga converter for the 2nd. an only one monitor will say its recieving video signal. any idea what i did wrong? no matter how i switch them around i cn only get one monitor on at a time. i can tell it has extended because i cn move my moouse off screen . but cnt get ti to show anything. i have even tried using 2 separate cards. stil nothing. only thing i havnt tried is with a splitter cuz i was told that doesnt work all it does is clone the screen. an i also havnt been able to find a dvi-i dual link splitter that splits to 2 vga
any help is appreciated.

By: CJ

CJ — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:30:37 +0000

Hey there,

I have a question. I know this post is old, but it’s the closest I’ve seen to my problem.

I want to watch movies from online on my extended desktop on my TV while I work on my computer. But every time I get things started, when I put the video on full screen on the extended desktop, then start to use my computer, the full screen shrinks to normal size.

I know how to extend the desktop and all that works great, but I want to watch the movies in full screen AND continue working on whatever project I’m doing, whether it be another online task or using WORD or EXCELL.

Is there a way to do this? MY DH and I have tried everything we can think of, but no matter what we do, it shrinks back to small size video window.

HELP!!!

Thanks in advance.

By: Jaydee

Jaydee — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:39:51 +0000

I am very thankful to this technology.
We have office laptop extended to a 24″ monitor which really helps eliminating eye strain.

By: BiduraKumar

BiduraKumar — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:28:29 +0000

Hi me again, if i need to check hardware compatibility, what do i need to check please. i have surfed the net, but do not see a solution to my problem.

Regards
Bidur

By: BiduraKumar

BiduraKumar — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:25:22 +0000

Hi Nihar, dtjh,
I have got a splitter as mentioned by @dtjh, and i have connected to monitors to my pc. however, on both the monitors the samescreen is appearing. if i go to display settings, i see only one monitor. i want to extend to the second monitor but i dont see any option for the same.
if you have an answer, do let me know.

Regards
Bidur

By: dtjh

dtjh — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:59:37 +0000

http://www.cartft.com/image_db....._Cable.jpg

By: dtjh

dtjh — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:55:17 +0000

I have a desktop with only one vga female. But i want to buy a one VGA Splitter cable (like this one: http://www.cartft.com/image_db....._Cable.jpg).

My question is. Will the computer reconize the two monitors with only one VGA female?

By: karan

karan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:59:42 +0000

Hi,

i want to extend my pc with 3 HDTV

both my pc and 3 HDTV has VGA

is this possible…..can any one help me out

Thanks…..

By: Nihar

Nihar — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:48:48 +0000

@Randy, I am glad that my post helped you. Enjoy…

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:47:09 +0000

Thanks for sharing !! now my girlfriend is watching her drama on the external LCD while im surfing the web on my laptop screen

By: Nihar

Nihar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:15:51 +0000

@amela, I haven’t faced this kind of problem in the past. Right now i don’t have an answer to it.

Sorry.

By: Nihar

Nihar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:14:01 +0000

@Tony, Sorry, i don’t have exp in HDMI. I have never tried it.

By: Anshul

Anshul — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:38:54 +0000

Thanks man i’ll try that

By: Nihar

Nihar — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:57:06 +0000

@Anshul Mehta, Even i am facing similar problem. I think it is due to incompatible cable that we are pluging from laptop to TV. Try to get a working cable from any of your friends who have actually done it. If it works, then purchase the cable from where that guy has purchased.

By: Anshul Mehta

Anshul Mehta — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:05:37 +0000

Hi Nihar

Really nice to an article on this. I always wanted to connect my laptop with my TV. Anyways i purchased an S-video ( 7 pin ) to 3 RCA converter. So i have my laptop and TV properly connected. The problem isdon’t see any display on my TV even when i have extended my desktop to TV by following your procedure. I have set my TV in AV mode. Please help me out on this. We can have a live chat via my id ansmehta@gmail.com. This would solve the problem easily.

Thanks in advance
Anshul