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Thread ID: 141821 2016-03-06 06:06:00 Laptop to HDTV - is this normal? Nomad (952) Press F1
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1417016 2016-03-06 06:06:00 I have a ex lease Lenovo Thinkpad for usual light use stuff. It doesn't have HDMI but a Display Port. I have the adaptor so it plugs into the HDMI port of the HDTV. When I press the start button nearly the entire (vertical) screen is taken up by the start menu. Is this normal?

If I plug it into my Dell screen (supports Display Port) it doesn't do that. Same if I plug it into the HDMI port of our AOC computer LCD.

Is this a HDTV thing or setting? Doesn't worry me, this what a HDTV does / presentation mode?

Cheers :)
Nomad (952)
1417017 2016-03-06 08:15:00 Maybe the resolution is set wrong, usually it is automatic but not always. Unless it's only a 720P display it should be 1920 x 1080 but it may default to something lower if it doesn't detect the TV correctly. dugimodo (138)
1417018 2016-03-06 19:40:00 One possibility is that the HDTV is overscanning.
You should check the manual, and turn overscan off, if it is doing that.
KarameaDave (15222)
1417019 2016-03-06 21:23:00 Found it. Windows 10 under display properties where you select screen 1 or 2. Just above the resolution selector. "Change size of Text, App and other setttings" was set to 150%. In brackets it said it was recommended. Put back to 100% all fine now. Yeah .. the wallpaper, start menu, webpages etc everything was more zoomed in. Nomad (952)
1417020 2016-03-06 21:48:00 Maybe it is a Windows 10 feature. Doesn't happen to a computer LCD. For normal televisions - maybe it increases the size by default so the words and menu isn't so small on the large screen? :confused: Nomad (952)
1417021 2016-03-06 22:50:00 Maybe it is a Windows 10 feature. Doesn't happen to a computer LCD. For normal televisions - maybe it increases the size by default so the words and menu isn't so small on the large screen? :confused:

Yep, its a 10 feature.
Same thing happened here, when I plugged in a TV to test HDMI on a Win10 PC .
It automatically scaled to 150%
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