TV says "Invalid Format" when I plug the laptop into it!

[Uno]

HELP! Seriously some of you I am sure plug their laptops into their TV's. I have an LG Plasma and I am using the RGB-PC input on it.

When I first plugged it in it flashed my desktop then said "Invalid Format"...

Surely some of you have run into this... any ideas how to fix it?

 

[barman]

This does not answer your immediate challenge, but I'm certain it will solve for future if you don't get a positive resolution

http://sewelldirect.com/pc-to-tv.asp

I've been using it for past several months to watch video feeds off my puter

 

[Uno]

Thanks Barman, I will look into the HD version of that... In the meanwhile any ideas anyone?

 

[maruiz85]

what resolution is your laptop on? should be 1280x1024

 

[FeelTheTruth]

just bought a sony lcd... is it really as simple as plugging an hdmi from my laptop to the tv?

 

[wmublows]

I use to waste my time doing that too. I bought a WD TV HD Media Player http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...WD+tv&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218008588808 and love it. Got myself one of those and one of these http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...abyte&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1185271084278. Download all the movies you want from the internet onto the WD hard drive and then play the WD TV on your TV. I recommend getting m-hd movies from hd-bb.org.

 

[celticGreen+]

In the manual for the plasma there should be a list of resolutions it accepts via the PC input - make sure you're using one of those resolutions.

Haven't been on top of this kind of thing in awhile, but if my suggestion doesn't help I would head over to the avsforum and do a search on your model, as I'm sure someone there has addressed it (since, well, someone there has addressed pretty much everything in the AV world).

 

[wolfie_cr]

in this globalized world sometimes the silliest thing gets in the way

I dont have any experience BUT is your laptop from the UK or something like that....sometimes the PAL system used in certain countries conflicts with the NTSC that we use down here

probably not the reason but since it vaguely crossed my mind......

 

[RobFunk]

Sometimes mine does not work unless I reset the laptop after it's plugged in.