Output to TV problems

[Thorn]

I know quite a few of you guys have this, and I've been having some trouble with it. I use a video cable from my NVidia 8600gt to output to my Toshiba TV. The NVidia control panel shows the TV, and whatever changes I make (Contrast, brightness, etc) show on the TV. When I right click a movie and select "Play on my - TV" it plays the movie on my moniter, and not my TV.

I know it's not a connection problem, and I updated my drivers. Any tips?

The cable looks like This

I also have one that looks like This

Which should I use?

When I use the second one, I get no picture, just gray on the TV (and instead of saying "Play on my - TV" it says "Play on my - HDTV".


Edit: Fixed! I had it running dual moniter, needed clone.

The only problem I have now, is in the lower right of the TV screen, it's tinted kind of purple. What causes this? (It's not normally like this)

 

[FlashDude]

I take it you are using a standard def tv. The red/green/blue is HD and it won't work for you. If your card has an S-Video cable it would look a lot better. Are you sure you don't have a speaker to close to the tv? That could be causing the purple area. If so you need to move the speaker asap.

 

[Thorn]

Yup, I had it sitting on top of a stack. Would that actually hurt the TV, or just mess with it while it's there?

And thanks.

 

[CrazeD]

Yes it can damage the TV and make it stay that way, best not to keep powerful magnets close to CRT's.

 

[Thorn]

Thanks.