Hello all! Sorry for my English, it's not my native language. I have a strange problem, can you please help me... My TV is connected to my PC using the DVI port on the videocard and the HDMI port on the TV (the monitor is plugged in the analog port). If I turn TV on and turn PC on at the same moment everything is OK. TV is working, picture is hi-quality etc. If I turn TV off (while PC is working) and immediately turn TV on, everything is OK too. But if I turn TV off and wait just for a couple of minutes, then I can't turn TV on back at all! The only way to "reanimate" it - unplug the TV power cable, wait for fading of the power indicator on TV panel and then plug the TV power cable back. In that case I can turn TV on again, but if I turn it off - then I can't turn it on after only few minutes again. If I turn the PC off, then TV is turning on automatically (looks like reaction for all attempts to turn it on before). I tried to turn TV on/off from remote control/TV panel - it's all the same. TV is working correct (I played movies from PC using HDMI for several hours). The problem is only turning on after switchin off. It seems to me that videocard port/TV is turning off after several minutes of inactivity (like some kind of power saving) and it can't be turned on back. I've updated videocard drivers to the newest, tried different TV resolutions - still no luck. I found no answers at the TV manual and the TV settings, also TV sleep mode is off. I configured TV as "second display" and as "TV" (it's a different option in the NVidia settings for some reason). Windows XP power saving options are configured for "always work, don't turn off anything ever". I have no "Power management" option in "Manage 3D Settings" in the NVidida settings. My TV: Hyundai H-LCD1912 (19"). Videocard: GeForce 6600. Please can you tell what should I do? Thanks beforehand!
im thinking you have the dvi to hdmi cable? your video card has vga, dvi, and svideo? you have dvi to hdmi cable connected from dvi on video card to hdmi on tv? and you have another monitor connected to your vga on your video card? i have no ideas or solutions for what your going through. maybe you can work around this... i checked out your tv and it has a vga port right? if your 2nd monitor has to use the vga port on your video card, you can get a dvi to vga adapter and just connect into your vga port on your lcd. not sure the quality difference, but i'm pretty sure you wont have these same problems. may have something to do with the dvi to hdmi conversion or the lcd itself has bugs in its firmware.
Yeah, that's right. Well, I guess you're right, but I was hoping to use HDMI =)... Maybe there still is some workaround for my problem...
2violetblueskies Thanks for the answer. I've been told that it's rather common problem when TV is controlled by HDMI from PC. So looks like the only solution is to plug TV using another ports (VGA/RCA/etc).
vga all the way. i've never had issues using vga. some video cards have dongle with RGB out for component. never tried it but it might work better.
