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<blockquote data-quote="Giovara" data-source="post: 1074878" data-attributes="member: 163480"><p><strong>my tv recognizes my computer but will only show my wallpaper pic. Any ideas?</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi. I have a 2006 Macbook Pro model #A1150. I have a DVI to HDMI cable. I have a RCA Scenium HDTV with the HDMI input on the back. When I plug the Macbook into the TV using the cable my screen page/wallpaper comes up on my tv. So it seems like everything is hooked up and working but I cant get anything else to show up on the TV except the wallpaper. When I go to other pages on my Macbook it does not show up on the TV It just shows my wallpaper.I tried detecting display under system preferences like you mentioned and the box actually came up on the tv with all the resolution options but I tried a couple and still cant get anything besides my wallpaper to show on the TV. Got any ideas? Im trying to get my netflix account page to show up on the TV so I can watch videos on my TV.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Giovara, post: 1074878, member: 163480"] [b]my tv recognizes my computer but will only show my wallpaper pic. Any ideas?[/b] Hi. I have a 2006 Macbook Pro model #A1150. I have a DVI to HDMI cable. I have a RCA Scenium HDTV with the HDMI input on the back. When I plug the Macbook into the TV using the cable my screen page/wallpaper comes up on my tv. So it seems like everything is hooked up and working but I cant get anything else to show up on the TV except the wallpaper. When I go to other pages on my Macbook it does not show up on the TV It just shows my wallpaper.I tried detecting display under system preferences like you mentioned and the box actually came up on the tv with all the resolution options but I tried a couple and still cant get anything besides my wallpaper to show on the TV. Got any ideas? Im trying to get my netflix account page to show up on the TV so I can watch videos on my TV. [/QUOTE]
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