Flash Flash Revolution - View Single Post - HELP DUAL SCREENS - Dell Laptop -> Samsung TV

stlunatic0124 · 12-14-2007, 10:11 AM

30,000 credits to anyone who gets this working for me...

I am trying to get dual screens with my Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop so I can extend it to my Samsung 32" LCD TV. I tried S-Video but the picture quality is horrible with the S-Video cable.

I heard VGA is the best quality, but my TV doesn't have a VGA port, only HDMI's. So I got a VGA-to-DVI adapter for my laptop, then I got a DVI-to-HDMI cable and connected that from my laptop to the TV. The TV is detecting that an HDMI cable is connected because "HDMI3" comes up as one of the inputs when I flip through the inputs, but it isn't getting a signal.

Why won't this work?

12-14-2007, 10:11 AM	#1
stlunatic0124 FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,228	HELP DUAL SCREENS - Dell Laptop -> Samsung TV 30,000 credits to anyone who gets this working for me... I am trying to get dual screens with my Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop so I can extend it to my Samsung 32" LCD TV. I tried S-Video but the picture quality is horrible with the S-Video cable. I heard VGA is the best quality, but my TV doesn't have a VGA port, only HDMI's. So I got a VGA-to-DVI adapter for my laptop, then I got a DVI-to-HDMI cable and connected that from my laptop to the TV. The TV is detecting that an HDMI cable is connected because "HDMI3" comes up as one of the inputs when I flip through the inputs, but it isn't getting a signal. Why won't this work? __________________ Last edited by stlunatic0124; 12-14-2007 at 10:14 AM..