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  • 27-01-2016 12:38pm
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    jrby
    Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭


    How do I connect two tvs to a pc which has only one hdmi port? I can find plenty of devices to connect one tv to multiple devices but not the other way around...

    thanks

    JRBY


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    ForstalDave
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    do you want the same image to display on both screen?


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    CreepingDeath
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    Does the PC have a spare DVI or VGA port ?
    You can probably get a DVI to HDMI or VGA to HDMI converter.

    Or see of any of the TV's accept a DVI or VGA connection.


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    riclad
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    http://www.amazon.co.uk/CDL-Micro-HDMI-Y-Splitter/dp/B003KVI7LA

    try this .
    tv s should be same model ,or same resolution .
    make sure pc resolution is set to resolution tv can display ,
    124x768 or higher ,see tv manual pc settings resolution .
    Tvs can usually show may be 3 resolutions that look ok,
    a random pc resolution might look weird on a standard hd tv .
    my tv is 1080 max resolution .
    my default laptop res is 1280x800 .


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    jrby
    Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭jrby


    hi,

    I ended up getting an DVI - HDMI connector. The only problem is if I have both the HDMI connector and the DVI/HDMI connector plugged in.....ie essentially have two screens connected at some time, I'm getting everything to the HDMI connected screen but only sound to the DVI/HDMI connected screen....

    I'm using a reasonably top end Nvidia Graphics card from about three years ago...think its a gtx570....

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks

    jrby


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    ForstalDave
    Registered Users Posts: 612 ✭✭✭ForstalDave


    jrby wrote: »
    hi,

    I ended up getting an DVI - HDMI connector. The only problem is if I have both the HDMI connector and the DVI/HDMI connector plugged in.....ie essentially have two screens connected at some time, I'm getting everything to the HDMI connected screen but only sound to the DVI/HDMI connected screen....

    I'm using a reasonably top end Nvidia Graphics card from about three years ago...think its a gtx570....

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks

    jrby


    DVI wont do sound so you would need to run a second cable for sound nad using a laptop that just going to be over a headphone cable not the best quailty


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    ED E
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    Hit WindowsKey+P and select "External Only" with both connected, do the two TVs work then? Its not uncommon for certain boards to only support two displays simultaneously.

    Edit: Seems like 570's can only run two, you'll need to do the above and kill the internal to use both TVs.


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    jrby
    Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭jrby


    thanks, i'll try that this evening...


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    ZENER
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    ForstalDave wrote: »
    DVI wont do sound so you would need to run a second cable for sound nad using a laptop that just going to be over a headphone cable not the best quailty

    I was thinking the same but apparently some cards will do it if they also have a HDMI port and the additional DVI port is used with a DVI > HDMI adapter and then HDMI into the display/TV.

    Link

    Link

    Ken


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    jrby
    Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭jrby


    ED E wrote: »
    Hit WindowsKey+P and select "External Only" with both connected, do the two TVs work then? Its not uncommon for certain boards to only support two displays simultaneously.

    Edit: Seems like 570's can only run two, you'll need to do the above and kill the internal to use both TVs.

    hi, I tried that an it worked. thanks for the help.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    another option would be a HDMI to VGA adaptor to bypass the "digital divide" and then a VGA splitter


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