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brettdale

(12,563 posts) Sat Apr 21, 2018, 05:58 AM Apr 2018

Lets pretend Im the dumbest Human Being on the Planet: HDMI Question.

So, I plugged an HDMI cord into the back of my tv and into to my computer, and it worked, but the image
on my tv was all sort of stretched out, I went to watch an episode of Blackish that I had saved on my
computer. I double click, and it came up on my computer perfectly, but on my TV it was like the botton
bit of the screen was cut off.

Example: Junior was standing up in a scene you could see all of him on the computer, but on the tv only his top half.

Is their a really simple way of fixing this.

Im not a computer guy.

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Lets pretend Im the dumbest Human Being on the Planet: HDMI Question. (Original Post) brettdale Apr 2018 OP

Check your System Preferences PJMcK Apr 2018 #1

Two things come to mind uriel1972 Apr 2018 #2

"the image on my tv was all sort of stretched out" left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 #3

Sounds like you need to adjust the picture size of the TV krispos42 Apr 2018 #4

PJMcK

(22,850 posts)

1. Check your System Preferences

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 06:45 AM

Apr 2018

On a Mac, go to System Preferences (under the Apple menu) and select Displays. You will have a choice of Default or Scaled; choose Scaled and you'll get a list of different Scalings for different displays. Choose the one that works best for your TV/monitor.

I'm not a PC user but I'm certain there is a similar setting in Windows.

Good luck, computer guy! (wink)

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)

2. Two things come to mind

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 08:32 AM

Apr 2018

First is settings> display or through the control panel in older windows.
Second you have the correct protocol/HDMI cord like it's set to 1.4 for a 1.4 cord?

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

3. "the image on my tv was all sort of stretched out"

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 09:15 AM

Apr 2018

I'm thinking it could be the setting (for 'picture') on your TV.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)

4. Sounds like you need to adjust the picture size of the TV

Reply to brettdale (Original post)

Sun Apr 22, 2018, 05:46 AM

Apr 2018

There are usually about 5 options for picture size, like 4:3, 16 : 9, auto, zoom, etc.

There should be a button on your remote that lets you switch between them. On my Samsung TV it's labeled "P.Size".

Or you might have to go into the menu and find the picture size submenu.

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