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mcharley94 · 08-21-2009, 07:03 PM

Hey All,

I have been using identical dual monitors for some time now on the system in my profile without issue, but I have been running both monitors at 1680 x 1050.

Today I bought a Sharp Aquos LC-46D65U and spliced it into my computer via HDMI using a DVI-D splitter and a DVI to HDMI adapter so that I can view one of my two monitors on the HDTV as well. It wasn't long though before I discovered that the HDTV is limited as to what resolutions it will accept and 1680 x 1050 is not one of them. So to resolve the issue, following the chart in Sharp manual I set the display settings on both monitors to 1360 x 768 which is supported by the HDTV.

Here is where the issue presents itself. With both displays set at 1360 x 768 one monitor looks great, but the other monitor does not fit on the screen. What is happening is that the clock and the task bar are out of sight on the odd monitor and if I scroll the cursor to the right side of the screen the the clock and taskbar come into view but then the start menu slides out of view. How is it that one display is right and the other is not when both display settings are set to the same resolution?

And just to clarify, I have swapped outputs and have even reverted back to just using the two monitors excluding the HDTV and the spliter from the equation and I still get the same results, but only at 1360 x 768. Any other resolution and the screens revert back to fitting on the monitors, but then of course the HDTV will not display when plugged in or of course looks like hell if I revert back to a 4:3 ratio.

Surely I am just being thick and missing something obvious. Any help would be greatly appreciated

08-21-2009, 07:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
mcharley94 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Central Michigan Posts: 238 OS: XP Home SP3 / Vista Home Premium SP1/Ubuntu My System	Weird resolution issue with dual monitors Hey All, I have been using identical dual monitors for some time now on the system in my profile without issue, but I have been running both monitors at 1680 x 1050. Today I bought a Sharp Aquos LC-46D65U and spliced it into my computer via HDMI using a DVI-D splitter and a DVI to HDMI adapter so that I can view one of my two monitors on the HDTV as well. It wasn't long though before I discovered that the HDTV is limited as to what resolutions it will accept and 1680 x 1050 is not one of them. So to resolve the issue, following the chart in Sharp manual I set the display settings on both monitors to 1360 x 768 which is supported by the HDTV. Here is where the issue presents itself. With both displays set at 1360 x 768 one monitor looks great, but the other monitor does not fit on the screen. What is happening is that the clock and the task bar are out of sight on the odd monitor and if I scroll the cursor to the right side of the screen the the clock and taskbar come into view but then the start menu slides out of view. How is it that one display is right and the other is not when both display settings are set to the same resolution? And just to clarify, I have swapped outputs and have even reverted back to just using the two monitors excluding the HDTV and the spliter from the equation and I still get the same results, but only at 1360 x 768. Any other resolution and the screens revert back to fitting on the monitors, but then of course the HDTV will not display when plugged in or of course looks like hell if I revert back to a 4:3 ratio. Surely I am just being thick and missing something obvious. Any help would be greatly appreciated Last edited by mcharley94; 08-21-2009 at 07:04 PM.