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External Monitor Help???

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C.Wood
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Hey guys,

So recently I invested in an external monitor (24" Samsung) for editing. Its a nice big view but when I'm watching videos online (vimeo, youtube, NS) as the source, there is a green bar at the top and the layers of the video are shifted.  I have an HDMI connection from my laptop to the monitor.

Here's a picture of what happens when watching a video

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You can see the green bar and if you look at the skier you can see  two of him.

So my question is, does anyone know whats wrong and how i can fix it?

Thanks NS, any help is much appreciated

Colby



Apr 28 2012 5:54PM
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edai
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My first guess is something to do with the hdmi cord, is it brand new?
Apr 29 2012 10:33AM
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C.Wood
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Brand new HDMI cord

Anyone know if it could be my video card?
Apr 29 2012 11:02AM
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1337
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probably the video card, integrated graphics cards stinks
Apr 29 2012 11:49AM
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C.Wood
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Okay thanks,

Anyone know how i can go about fixing this?
May 1 2012 10:33AM
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123+ski
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if its a laptop, i don't think there is much you can do other than buy a new laptop. there is talk of the potential to use an external graphics card with thunderbolt on a mac, but this will be a messy and expensive solution if it ever even happens. The only other advice I could say would be to open up activity monitor, check for any other bottlenecks, and possibly try using vlc/a different media program. when I used my netbook, vlc was the most resource friendly. last thing, I may have missed this, but is the line covering a section of the video, or is it just a section that would be blank? and is it all the time, or just for videos?
May 1 2012 10:47AM
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