TV gets colours inverted when screen sharing through HDMI

[planzer]

Hi, just wondering if you could try and help me solve something. Recently, my Playstation has died. So I've had to start watching movies on the screen of my TV, through my laptop.
Just until I can finally get my new PC together.

Sometimes, the colours invert on the TV but not the laptop screen, like so (pic related) when they're linked through a HDMI.
http/tinypic.com/r/qoy9v8/5
Often they go back to being uninverted quickly, but from time to time, it can take awhile.

As far as I'm aware, all of my drivers are up to date, so it probably won't be that.

I'm using a Sony Bravia KDL32EX401 if that makes any difference.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Cheers for any help in advance.

 

[Lethal-Injection]

That's a pretty ambiguous question, could be a lot of things. I would think it is your HDMI cable and ports. Try cleaning the ports on the tv and laptop using a moistened ear bud with a cleaning product that won't damage it. Also try swapping your HDMI cable with another one. The fact that this happens not on your laptop screen and randomly tells me it there's a large change it has to do with the connection.

 

[americanaudiophile]

First try a different cable as Lethal-Injection suggests. Then hook up another source (dvd or bluray) to the original cable and see if the problem occurs. If not then the HDMI output of the laptop would seem at fault.

 

[planzer]

That's a pretty ambiguous question, could be a lot of things. I would think it is your HDMI cable and ports. Try cleaning the ports on the tv and laptop using a moistened ear bud with a cleaning product that won't damage it. Also try swapping your HDMI cable with another one. The fact that this happens not on your laptop screen and randomly tells me it there's a large change it has to do with the connection.

I've tried switching up the HDMI cable with a new one and it still does it. It's just rather strange, it never did this when my Playstation or Xbox were plugged in.

I'm going to get some ear buds tomorrow to try that, but aside from that, I'm clueless.

Thank you for your reply.

 

[Boxer778]

That's a pretty ambiguous question, could be a lot of things. I would think it is your HDMI cable and ports. Try cleaning the ports on the tv and laptop using a moistened ear bud with a cleaning product that won't damage it. Also try swapping your HDMI cable with another one. The fact that this happens not on your laptop screen and randomly tells me it there's a large change it has to do with the connection.

I've tried switching up the HDMI cable with a new one and it still does it. It's just rather strange, it never did this when my Playstation or Xbox were plugged in.

I'm going to get some ear buds tomorrow to try that, but aside from that, I'm clueless.

Thank you for your reply.

I am having the exact same problem, did you find a solution?

 

[Luetchyboy]

I have a AMD Radeon 270 that was/is giving me the same problem. The solution I found was to switch the Pixel format from YCbCr to RGB. However this often made the picture too dark but that is easier to deal with than the inverted colours.

 

[bucicivan]

Did anyone found the solution. I have the same problem. I think it's some sort of Sony ATI incompatibility. I just switch my tv to hdmi2 and then back to hdmi1 and it is solved temporarely, but it happens completly randomly. It's frustrating. HELP