Paul Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> New question about HDMI. I have a pretty nice video card that has a 15 >> pin connector and HDMI. Do I have to do anything special to use the >> HDMI or does it just send the same signal to both connectors? I have my >> monitor hooked to the 15 pin connector but would like to hook my TV to >> the HDMI connector. Same signal on both is fine with me. I would just >> rather watch movies and such on my TV instead of my monitor. I googled >> a while back and just couldn't figure out how this works. It seems to >> me that it works different based on how it is set up or something. My >> card is Nvidia and it is a GT220 with 1Gb of ram. It was donated so no >> links or anything. > If you use the nvidia-drivers package you should also emerge > nvidia-settings, which has a nice GUI that will let you configure the > multiple screens and decide how you'd like to treat them. > >
I have that installed but I guess I have to plug it up to be able to do anything related to settings. I need to try this one day. It could be that HDMI has a better picture somehow. Thanks for the info tho. At least now I know where to set this up. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
