ive got a panasonic th-42px70b & i connect my samsung r610 laptop via hdmi cable to watch movies i download (watch films via vlc media player) but screen flickers when ive got it set to 60hz. its got on the back of my tv that its 50/60hz. i have to put the hz via my laptop settings to 30hz but i then loose my 1080p settings.
another problem i have is watching blurays (via corel windvd2010 & cyberlink power dvd2010) it starts off from the menu but when the film starts i loose the picture on the above tv but still have sound (my laptop has a bluray rom built in as standard) any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
specs on tv & laptop are as follows
TH42PX70 Full Specifications
Display
Screen Size / Screen Aspect 42 inch (106 cm) diagonal
Panel G10 ProgressiveHDPlasma Display Panel
Number of Pixels 786,432 (1,024 x 768) pixels
Applicable PC Signals XGA (SXGA compressed)
Displayable Colours Max 29 billion equavalent colours for darker part
Contrast Ratio Max. 10,000:1
TV Tuner
Tuner Integrated Yes
DVB Digital Tuner Yes
Tuning System PLL synthesizer 100-position auto-search tuner
Broadcast Stereo Reception NICAM (FM)
Fastext 1500P Level 2.5, FASTEXT/LIST/TOP
Receiving System PAL -I, DVB; AV-NTSC: PAL-525/60, NTSC, M-NTSC Sound
Speaker Full-Range x 2
Audio Output 20 W (10 W x 2), 10 percent THD Ambience Yes
Terminals
HDMI x 2
PC Input Mini D-sub 15-pin x 1 (rear)
Audio Input (for PC) RCA phono type connectors (L, R) (1 set, rear)
Component Video Input RCA phono type x 3 (Y , PB, PR) (rear)
Audio Input (for Component Video) RCA phono type connectors (L, R) (1 set, rear)
Audio output RCA phono type connectors (L, R) (1 set rear),
General
Power Supply AC 220 - 240 V, 50/60Hz
Dimensions (W x H x D) Without Stand - 1020 x 680 x 97
Aspect Controls Panasonic Auto/16:9/14:9/4:3/Zoom1/Zoom2/Zoom3
Multi Window PAT
Screen Saver Wobbling
Technical Specifications Samsung R610-64G
www.samsung.com/us
CPU 2.0-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800
Operating System MS Windows Vista Home Premium
Hey There,
I had some of the same issues before. I didn't have to do much of anything but cycle the TV and the laptop. Power them down and power them back up and see what happens. That would help sometimes but what ended up solving the problem completely was updating my VLC Media Player to the latest version. I'm using version 1.1.2 The Luggage right now and it works great. I download a lot of movies and TV shows via torrents. I don't even watch DVDs much anymore but when I do I always use my HP Pavilion dv7 Laptop.
