Cannot get full screen from HDMI output

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Cannot get full screen from HDMI output

I have just purchased an IPAD 2 and have connected it via the Apple Digital AV adapter to my Flat Screen TV which has three HDMI inputs. I cannot get either static or moving images to fill the screen not matter what settings I try on the IPAD (only setting I can find is widescreen which is on) and on my TV (which gives the biggest IPAD picture when set to 'full screen' or 'auto').

So if the IPAD 2 is supposed to be able to output full 1080 pixels and I know my TV's HDMI inputs accept 1080 pixel signals then what's going wrong?

iPad 2

Posted on Jun 11, 2011 7:14 AM

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Philly_Phan

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Jun 11, 2011 8:07 AM in response to campbellr

Do you see black bars at the sides, the top & bottom, or both?

By the way, I believe that the iPad-1 puts out only 720. I don't know if the iPad-2 is any different.

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campbellr Author

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Jun 11, 2011 12:14 PM in response to Philly_Phan

I get black bars both top/bottom and sides. Looks like it is not actually outputting 1080 pixels otherwise I would expect only to get side bars due to the screen aspect ration differences. According to the iPAD 2 specification it is supposed to output the full 1080 pixels, so I don't want to give up on this!

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Philly_Phan

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Jun 11, 2011 12:23 PM in response to campbellr

OK. In that case, I expect that the issue is with the settings on the television. These settings have drove me crazy because there is rare agreement among the vendors regarding nomenclature and, worse, some of the nomenclature simply makes no sense.

I've been reduced to trying every available setting until I find something that works. You've got to be careful that you don't go too far and lose a portion of the image and also that you're not getting distortion (I really hate those settings that stretch the image to eliminate the bars on the sides).

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