how to setup a second monitor

[Animesona]

i want to use a tv as my second monitor but i dont know how

[Animesona]

2 hours ago, Animesona said:

i want to use a tv as my second monitor but i dont know how

i want to mirror my small monitor to my big tv

[RonnieOP]

Plug it in to your video card then go to display settings and set it to mirror.

[Awoooo]

You literally just plug it in. The option to mirror will be in Windows settings.

 

[Animesona]

2 hours ago, Awoooo said:

You literally just plug it in. The option to mirror will be in Windows settings.

 

im connecting to like an old tv so that isent working

[tdkid]

you need to make it discover the second monitor first.

[Animesona]

2 hours ago, tdkid said:

you need to make it discover the second monitor first.

ok i done it but the screen looks terrible and doesnt fill everything up

[tdkid]

set the resolution on the second screen to what you want.

 

[Animesona]

2 hours ago, WI-FIultrasnoop said:

i've had a problem like this, I can't fix it myself.

ok i got the tv to work but the picture looks terrible i have it on duplicate screens but it looks just bad it has black bars on the top and bottom and its not in 1080p

[Animesona]

2 hours ago, tdkid said:

set the resolution on the second screen to what you want.

 

i dont know how i have itt connected to the motherboard and i dont know how to control the display from the monterboard

[tdkid]

thru the TV settings itself on the TV menu. usually under picture and then aspect ratio. mine is set to "just scan"

[Animesona]

2 hours ago, tdkid said:

thru the TV settings itself on the TV menu. usually under picture and then aspect ratio. mine is set to "just scan"

what do i do about the cut offs at the end?

[tdkid]

have pics?

[Animesona]

2 hours ago, tdkid said:

have pics?

that thing where the screen is to big and the ends are cut off by the sceen

[Animesona]

2 hours ago, tdkid said:

have pics?

it looks like  this https://www.maketecheasier.com/fix-overscan-on-tv/

[tdkid]

4 minutes ago, Animesona said:

that thing where the screen is to big and the ends are cut off by the sceen

well I was asking if you had pics but I can see what you mean. the resolution is set too high on the second screen.

 

follow the instructions in that link. 

[Animesona]

2 hours ago, tdkid said:

well I was asking if you had pics but I can see what you mean. the resolution is set too high on the second screen.

 

follow the instructions in that link. 

i have the second monitor connected to the motherboard

[tdkid]

4 minutes ago, Animesona said:

i have the second monitor connected to the motherboard

then connect it to the grpahics card if it can because the motherboard cant tell what it is entirely.

[Animesona]

2 hours ago, tdkid said:

then connect it to the grpahics card if it can because the motherboard cant tell what it is entirely.

my main monitor is connected to the GPU via HDMI

[tdkid]

2 minutes ago, Animesona said:

my main monitor is connected to the GPU via HDMI

and you are trying to use your TV as a second monitor? does your GPU have a second HDMI or DP?

[Animesona]

3 hours ago, tdkid said:

and you are trying to use your TV as a second monitor? does your GPU have a second HDMI or DP?

nope i would need to get an adapter also id like to use my tv to watch anime from anime websites

[Animesona]

so i have a new problem now so it turns out my tv display is running at 20hz interlace when i try to change it to 60 it says i do not have the admin rights what does that even mean?