MBP and HDTV: Troubleshooting

[jmitch150]

Since the day I got my MBP two months ago I have always had it hooked up to a small HP HD monitor via HDMI. The other day I tried hooking it up to my 32 inch HDTV and now I am experiencing a weird problem.

The TV and the Mac recognize each other but the screen continues to flash/blink every second (almost like it is loosing conenction). I check the cords and everything is fine which I assumed because everything is fine when I'm connected to the HP monitor.

Does anyone know what the problem could be? I've tried searching the web and forums for a few days and have not been able to find anything. Any help would be awesome!

 

[jmitch150]

Anyone? I'm stumped.

 

[mgartner0622]

Anyone? I'm stumped.

Go into the display settings and change the refresh rate if you can (measured in Hertz, Hz)
This could be causing the problem. Get back to me if that doesnt work.

 

[jmitch150]

there is only one other option and it is greyed out.

 

[mgartner0622]

there is only one other option and it is greyed out.

Hmm, the only thing i can think of right now is the HDMI on the TV itself might not be properly detecting the MBP. Is it a known good port? Can you test it with a DVD player or something?

 

[jmitch150]

Hmm, the only thing i can think of right now is the HDMI on the TV itself might not be properly detecting the MBP. Is it a known good port? Can you test it with a DVD player or something?

Yeah PS3 works perfectly fine in that port.