TV HDMI to HDMI connected to pc bad quality. Well, Im not the only one. Okay, here is some information supporting the claim that this is a problem with the display or monitor Specifically Samsung. The following is what I used for testing. Two test monitors. Is HDMI worth it DVI to HDMI not looking good using TV as monitor SAPPHIRE HD 3870 connected to TV via HDMI no sound Poor Image Quality with HDMI cable to TV. Shop HPs Online Store for all your computer hardware, accessories, printer needs the best deals. Free Shipping Easy Returns. Shop now. Hello,I have an HDTV and an HD cable box, when I connect tnem using an HDMI cable I get no sound. When I use component cables it works fine. Any suggestions for. DELL. COM Community Support Forums Peripherals TV Forum Read Only HDMI Output not working on Dell Inspiron 1525 No settings to indicate HDMI output exists 1 Product description Category Description Product Name HP Pavilion dv7 Entertainment PC Processors Intel Core2 Quad Q9100 2. GHz with 12MB L2 cache and 1066. Hi, I am using sony vaio updated to windows seven 64 bit from vista,i am connecting hdmi cable to my sony bravia, i can view the video but audio is playing through my. HP 17. 3 Laptop Silver Intel Core i57200U 1TB HDD 12GB RAM Windows 10 Home The HP 15BS008CA 17. I got a acer desktop computer Windows Vista Home Premium and my tower has a HDMI output to plug in hdmi into my computer. When I go to sounds it obviously says not. Samsung 5. 2 inch LCD Model LN T5. F2 Samsung 2. 3 inch monitorTV model P2. HDTwo video cards. XFX ATI Radeon HD 5. Two DVI connectors, and one HDMI2 EVGA 7. Motherboard with onboard nvidia Video one DVI, one HDMI, and one VGAThree HDMI cables. Monster. 2 NGEAR3 The one shipped with my Playstation 3. Both Video cards produce the exact same consistent results on both DisplaysMonitors with each HDMI cable. With a direct HDMI to HDMI connection from the video card to the display, the image quality is very poor. In fact, the quality is worse than Ive ever seen. The VGA connection even looks better. The DVI connection is perfect You could even say beautiful. P. HP Compaq 6720s Specifications Processor Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5470 1. GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB OS Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic. Everything seems to be distorted using HDMI. This is the case with all supported display modes. On my ATI card, I was able to get rid of the black border, by adjusting the overscan percentage to zero0 catalyst control center Graphics menu Desktops and Displays right click your display at the bottom of the dialog and click configure. The nvidia scaling options are disabled when the resolution is set the native resolution of the display. Therefore, there were no black borders. Actually its seems to be disabled permanently, but thats another issue. Either way, the scaling options do nothing for the image quality. By the way, Menu Input Edit Name and changing to DVI PC does NOT fix the problem. The brightness and vibrance diminishes drastically and this can NOT be corrected by adjusting the Display settings. You will also notice that the video youre seeing is not 1. Ill elaborate more. In another experiment, I had each of the two computers connected simultaneously to the same display. The resolution set at 1. On the DVI connection which was perfect. HDMI connection. The actual size being displayed is not 1. The Sims 3 And All Expansion Packs Setup Outlook. The size of the text, icons, and toolbar, etc. I say that because when I reduce the resolution on the DVI connection to 1. It seems to me that,. Im no expert. the monitordisplay is taking the HDMI 1. I believe this is whats causing the distortionpoor image quality. I know that sounds pretty crazy, but thats what it seems like to me. Seems like theres a bug in the software of the TVDisplay. Also, consider that everything is controlled by software, and there are always bugs in software. I think Samsung needs to hire some new programmers or some better testers. This is insane It could be the GPUs, but I doubt it. The scan through or pass through setting that MarkusHooge mentioned sounds like something that might work, but unfortunately, neither my Samsung TV or monitor seem to have that option. I think I read in another forum this wasnt a problem under Windows XP, can anyone confirm this I havent had a chance to try with XP yet. Not that I would be interested in running XP on my HTPC. PLEASE PEOPLE, READ THROUGH THE FORUM BEFORE POSTING GENERIC SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUGGESTED. THIS DOESNT HELP. SORRY IF I SOUND A LITTLE HARSH. HDMI Audio FAQl. General Instructions for Setting Up HDMI Audio. Preliminary steps 1. Plug the laptop into a power source. Some of the models have a power management scheme that will not allow for HDMI audio while running on batteries. Later, after you get your HDMI audio working, if you find that it still does not work on batteries you can change your power management settings in the Control Panel. HDMI has its own audio driver separate from the audio driver. HDMI audio is incorporated into the graphics cards driver so make sure you have the newest version of your graphics card driver. On models with Intel graphics the HDMI audio driver will appear in the Device Manager as Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus or Intel Display Audio. Turn off the computer and TV before connecting the HDMI cable. Later, after you get your HDMI audio working, if you disconnect the cable while the computer is running and lose your audio, try closing and then re opening whichever program you were using that generates audio. Every time you try a different solution you should reboot the computer. HDMI audio is extremely finicky and seems to usually need a reboot. Make the Connection 1. Connect the HDMI cable to the computer and TV. If the TV has a DVIHDMI port do not use it. Use a port for HDMI only. Turn on the TV and select the HDMI port you are using. Adjust the TV settings to receive HDMI audio if any. Turn on the computer. Optional, some people close the laptop lid immediately after hitting the power button but I am not sure why. Most people should not need to do this. Optional. Some models do better if the TV is set to be the primary display. To set, repeatedly press FnF8 or ctrlaltF4 to cycle through the settings laptop display only laptop TV   TV only. Reboot the laptop. Go to Start Control Panel Sound Playback tab. Make HDMI the default device. If HDMI is not there, right click in the white area and look under Show Disconnected Devices or Show Disabled Devices and see if it is there. This applies only to Vista 7. XP does not have show disconnected devices. Post Connection Problems 1. If there is still no option to select HDMI as the default playback device at Control Panel Sound, try re installing or updating the graphics driver, or even try an older version. The graphics driver is the driver for HDMI audio, not the regular audio driver. A few people with Intel graphics had better results by uninstalling the graphics driver, rebooting, and letting Windows look for a driver instead of downloading the driver from the Dell support site. If still no option to select HDMI as the default playback device at Control Panel Sound, right click on Speakers in the list of devices and click on Properties. Click the Advanced tab and uncheck both options under Exclusive Mode. Try disconnecting and then reconnecting the HDMI cable. If you are using Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center but get no HDMI audio even after it is selected as the default playback device at Control Panel Sound, right click on HDMI in the list of devices and click on Properties. Click the Advanced tab and uncheck both options under Exclusive Mode. Try a different HDMI cable. Try a different HDMI port on the TV. Tips for Specific Models. Frequently HDMI audio does not work properly. I have gone through hundreds of posts and gathered together the ones with solutions that worked for at least one person. I skipped the ones that were unconfirmed suggestions. Below I have listed their solutions by laptop model, operating system, and graphics card. If your model is not listed then try a solution for your OS and graphics combination. Models with Intel Graphics. This tip was posted by a number of people with different laptop models including  Inspiron 1. Latitudes E4. 20. E4. 30. 0, E6. Intel graphics. Look in the Device Manager and if you see Audio device on high definition audio bus with an exclamation mark, you need to update it. Right click on it and point the updater to the HDMI sub folder in the Intel graphics card folder. The path will vary depending on the name of your graphics driver but should be something like C delldriversRHDMI The folder named R is where your graphics driver files are stored on the hard drive. The actual number varies depending on which version of the driver you have installed. If you dont know then just download a copy of  the newest graphic video driver from your downloads page and make a note of the location on the hard drive to which the files are unzipped. Inspiron 1. 52. 5 Intel GM 9. Forum member extra hand wrote In the unzipped intel video driver GM9. HDMI. It contains the driver for the audio device on high definition audio bus. To install, right click on the device in device manager which has an exclamation mark on it, then update driver, and point to the HDMI folder. Once the driver is installed, the exclamation should disappear in device manager. Theres no need to reconfigure any audio settings. Audio will automatically be fed to the HDMI port, and when an HDMI cable is plugged into the port the laptops speakers automatically mute. Kevinmwest wrote 1. Download the lastest Intel chip set and Video drivers from Dell support using your TAG on the bottom of the laptop to identify the correct drivers. Uninstall using add remove programs in control panel the Intel Chip Set your display resolution will change to low resolution3. Install the intel chip set that you downloaded and also the Video Only restart the laptop when both are installed4. Configure you display settings again to what you had before. Now connect the HDMI and try playing a song or Blue Ray movie. Now when switching from HDMI to speaker and back the other way sound will stop working, so you have to close the application you were using and re open for the sound to work. Try closing the software you are using and re opening it. Or try rebooting with the HDMI cable in place. On my 1. 52. 5 I have to restart whatever program is generating the sound after plugging in the HDMI cable for the sound to be routed thru the HDMI. Inspiron 1. 52. 5 with Vista   Intel GM 9. On another forum, notebookforums. I just spoked to Dell support and after resuming what I have discovered, I asked if they support the audio for the hdmi port. The answer is that even though the hardware has what it takes, the design of the inspiron 1. The Intel chipset offers also audio but Dell had no intention of supporting it. For now, the solution is 1 make sure there is no hdmi cable connected. Intel High Definition Audio HDMI and select to remove the driver files as well. Click on the action menu and rescan for new hardware. Vista will install a different driver that supports only stereo but it will be available in your sound dialog. Aberna. ME wrote My Inspiron 1. Vista home Premium had the same problem. I finally got audio from my digital TV by selecting Mute Laptop Speakers from within the Sound Control Panel. P. S. make sure youre getting video on the TV when you open the Control Panel. Inspiron 1. 52. 5 wWin. Intel GM 9. 65 graphicsSaad Al Haddad wrote Shut down computer and connect to your TV via the HDMI. Boot up computer. Press CrltAltF4 to switch the display to your TV only I hope you have an external mouse, becuase you will need to restart your PC and the laptop lid be closed.