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Can Somebody help me with my new external display

hockeymonkey83

hockeymonkey83

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Jan 17, 2007
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I have been trying to hook up my Macbook 13" to my 32" LCD television but cant really figure things out when I plug in my mini dvi cable the max that the display tab in system preferences lets me go is 1024 x 768, but my if my notebook display can stay at 1280x800 but it goes to a small sqaure screen instead of filling the whole notebook screen, i guess i am trying to figure out how to get the tv to see the output as widescreen and the computer to increase the resoultion higher, sorry if all this sounds a little confusing but i am still trying to figure it all out
Thanks
Shawn
 
hockeymonkey83 said:
I have been trying to hook up my Macbook 13" to my 32" LCD television but cant really figure things out when I plug in my mini dvi cable the max that the display tab in system preferences lets me go is 1024 x 768, but my if my notebook display can stay at 1280x800 but it goes to a small sqaure screen instead of filling the whole notebook screen, i guess i am trying to figure out how to get the tv to see the output as widescreen and the computer to increase the resoultion higher, sorry if all this sounds a little confusing but i am still trying to figure it all out
Thanks
Shawn
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what model is your tv?
 
its a insignia 32" flat screen lcd I know that they are made by LG for best buy, its says the max resoultion is 1380 or something around there, I dont know why it see the input as a square and not widescreen is it cause the mac is outputing 1028 x 768?
 
well, if you can find out the model number of your tv you look up max resolution supported by the pc inputs. not all tv's a pc friendly. if you have the manual with your tv you can look up the specs for yourself.
 
Try turning off display mirroring, then OSX should automatically set each display to its native resolution.
 
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