Cant get screen resolution higher pse help

A_LANCASHIRE_LAD_2

I have dumped my old bulky screen and have connected a Grundig 17 tv screen to my computer but the problem ive got is the colours. I cant alter the screen resoloution higher than 800 x 600 ? I have gone into control panel,display where i cannot move the slider to increase it up....is there another way or is this what im stuck with ?
Any help please

jmc160

This normally happens when driver are missing. Do you have graphics drivers installed?

Have there been any (Windows) updates recently?

If the graphics drivers are installed, try uninstalling then reinstalling them.

A_LANCASHIRE_LAD_2

dont think there are drivers installed ...lost me on that one and no i havent seen a windows update recently...are you saying the screen needs a driver ? where do i find that from ?

A_LANCASHIRE_LAD_2

just thought when i connected this screen up and i logged into my bt email it did say that the screen resolution was too low to show the mail correctly and mentioned something about drivers ?

jmc160

The screen should work as it is. I was talking about drivers for the graphics card. Do you know which graphics card you have?

What operating system are you running?

Is it a bought machine? If so, what's the make and model?

Unstoppable_2

A_LANCASHIRE_LAD wrote: »

I have dumped my old bulky screen and have connected a Grundig 17 tv screen to my computer but the problem ive got is the colours. I cant alter the screen resoloution higher than 800 x 600 ? I have gone into control panel,display where i cannot move the slider to increase it up....is there another way or is this what im stuck with ?
Any help please

Have you got graphics card drivers installed?

Nilrem

What is the screen that is currently connected?

have connected a Grundig 17 tv screen

If it's a standard TV then 800x600 is about the max you'll get in terms of resolution as that is about the limit that normal TV's can display at.

If it's a HD LCD TV you may need to use a different connection - if you are using composite, scart, or SVHS to connect to the TV you'll be limited by the connection type (which only allows for standard TV resoultions).

jmc160

If it's a standard TV then 800x600 is about the max you'll get in terms of resolution as that is about the limit that normal TV's can display at.

But the graphics properties will still let you move the slider. Most CRT TVs will allow you to use a higher resolution, it just won't look very good at all. In fact, 800x600 normally doesn't look to clever either.

john_s_2

From what little I know about such things your monitor usually tells your graphics card what resolutions it's capable of. And you're only offered those resolutions when you go to change them.

I know there's a way of turning this feature off but when I read about it, it came with a huge caution not to do so unless you know what you're doing - in case you switch to a resolution that your monitor can't display, and then you'll really be in schtuck! (You won't be able to see what you're doing to change it back again.)

So maybe your monitor/TV is claiming to only be able to display at 800*600, so that's all your PC offers you. Or maybe it's not giving any such information at all - and 800*600 is all that's offered in that case.

These are just half-educated guesses on my part, but just in case they come in useful.

totalsolutions

First of all TV wont work with a Pc full stop (too technical for this forum). So what have you connected it to?

A computer monitor at 17" will do 1024x768. Then it's video card drivers.

A_LANCASHIRE_LAD_2

Thanks guys i think its a case of its what res it is thanks everyone for your replies