Macbook to Samsung 32 inch 720p

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Macbook to Samsung 32 inch 720p

Hello. I have a Macbook and a Samsung 32 inch 720p TV. I have recently moved it from one room to another and I suppose that because it was moved it did not keep the same resolution settings as before. Where it used to allow me a 1344x756 (interlaced) display it now no longer does. I was perplexed because my TV is not 720i so I guess I shouldn't have had an interlaced option but I did and it was perfect. I had to got to the number of recent items under the display in the menu bar to find that now i no longer have it. I have tried looking in the number of recent items even set it to ten but still no such option. My question is two part. First why did it change and second how can i get it back? Looked every where. Hopefully someone here can help! Im desperate for a solution. Thank you!

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on May 27, 2009 12:11 PM

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BSteely

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May 27, 2009 10:44 PM in response to Johan8789

Perhaps the problem is related to the 10.5.7 update rather than moving the TV. How long ago did you perform the update? Do you have a way to back it out, like by using Time Machine? You will notice a lot of people reporting similar display trouble after doing the update.

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May 28, 2009 9:28 AM in response to BSteely

I'm having the exact same problem. It's driving me crazy as this is my main use for my macbook while I'm doing work at both the office and at home! I guess I'm going to hunt around to find how to downgrade to 10.5.6

BUMMER.

Even still, I found that the previous interlaced resolution on the tv was good, but not the TV's full potential.

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Jun 10, 2009 2:46 PM in response to Johan8789

Ok so I never thought about the system update being my problem.. If there is no way to downgrade back to 10.5.6 is there any hope that it will eventually be back to how it was. Some sort of update or something that would make my tv understand better? Or am I just out of luck?

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Jul 4, 2009 3:06 PM in response to Johan8789

Hey, I think I can help sort of... I just bought a brand new Macbook Pro 13inch last week. I bought an display port to HDMI to connect to my tv and a mini dvi from my computer to the HDMI cable. I would never be able to find the resolutions I wanted. I would always be stuck with the 13inch resolution just blown up on my large 32inch SAMSUNG 720i or pi idk. This looked very odd and more or less didn't allow me to get the resolution I wanted to use my large 32inch like the apple 30inch displays...you get what I'm saying. Well I dl this program called insomnix and had it running. Then I put my computer to sleep manual and it bypass Insominx I think. Then in the morning I turned on my Samsung and was watching TV, I decided to flip on the laptop so I moved my bluetooth mouse and woke my computer up from sleeping. This allowed my tv to pick up the laptop"THE HWOLE TIME THIS IS GOING ON MY COMPUTER IS CLOSED THE SCREEN IS NOT ON AND ALLOWS THE SAMSUNG TO BYPASS THE LIMITATIONS ON SCREEN RESOLUTION I GET STUCK WITH WHEN MY LAPTOP SCREEN TURNS ON FORCING MY SAMSUNG TO ACCOMMODATE". I DK WHY THIS IS ALL IN CAPS BUT IT IS PROBABLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE WHOLE SITUATION.

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