connect internal hard disc movie to LCD TV with hdmi port

[Geoff Testpilot]

I have an old style tower computer with Windows 7. Just bought my 1st LCD TV, & want to play movies from my C: & F: drives on LCD TV with the HDMI cable I just hooked up. Right now, LCD TV shows computer's "Wallpaper". Can somebody please "throw me a bone ? " On Fix Ya, I have over 500 "assists" and I have very little skills, but some dumb ideas that seem to help a lot of others. So, what do you think ??
Geoff Testpilot

 

[digitaldoc]

Well, can you get your computer to play the movie? Are you using the VLC Media player?

 

[k1114]

It will be treated as any other display connected to the pc. Being a tv makes no difference vs a monitor. If you have a monitor too as primary and are extended then that would explain why only the desktop shows. You just drag the window and fullscreen it and it should only show on the tv. Make sure the right sound device is selected for output. If it's the only display connected then treat it as you would a monitor.

 

[americanaudiophile]

Since your TV is showing your PC display your connection is fine. It is better if you set the TV as a 2nd display. You would do this in your PC video control panel. Then you can launch your playback software and drag it to the TV screen.