Displaying from laptop to 52" TV

[JTsyo]

I was setting up a laptop for my parents and they wanted to hook it up to the TV. The trouble is that the laptop only has resolution for 1280x800 and the TV doesn't allow for stretching of computer signals.

Vista home and intel card.

 

[postmortemIA]

laptop's screen has that resolution, graphic card with drivers will support up to 1920x1200.

you haven't provided enough info
is TV 1080P?
does laptop have HDMI-out? (I doubt) DVI-out?
does TV have VGA-in?

 

[alcoholbob]

VGA out?

How do you know the TV doesn't allow stretching of computer signals? I was under the impression most TVs would take a computer signal, regardless of resolution, and stretch it to 16:9. A just scan mode might exist but I believe all that does is run at like ~16:8.9

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: Astrallite
VGA out?

How do you know the TV doesn't allow stretching of computer signals? I was under the impression most TVs would take a computer signal, regardless of resolution, and stretch it to 16:9. A just scan mode might exist but I believe all that does is run at like ~16:8.9

nope. 32" SHARP that I got my gf has option for VGA resolution: 1024x768 or native 1366x768.. works like dream in both of them, no stretching. of course works perfect on native 1366x768. I was confused. My 37" HP TV won't even support native resolution without screwing it up, even over HDMI.

It is not impossible for TV makers to provide support for native resolution for DVI, VGA or HDMI. It just takes some effort.

 

[JTsyo]

The laptop had VGA out and the TV VGA in. The TV did have a stretch option, it just wasn't the same as the for the other inputs.