TV as monitor for mac mini issue
I need some help. I've been using a 42" 1080p TV as a monitor for my Mac mini via HDMI input for years with no issue. I had set the display to 720p and never had a problem.
Tonight I bought a new 60" 1080p TV and proceeded to plug everything as normal via HDMI, turned everything on and it was working fine. I am 99% sure that when I went to display preferences it said 720p still, so I decided to try 1080p as the TV is so much larger. The TV screen went black and there was no way to revert back to 720p since I couldn't see the settings box anymore.
The TV screen is fine when using xbox and blu ray player and i've tried all the factory resets for the TV. I've hooked the old TV back up and have played around with the display preference settings and then reconnecting to the new TV @ each one but no luck. I'm not sure at this point if it's a Mac issue or not but I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions?
Any help is much appreciated
Thanks
Erin
The old TV works no problem -- at 420p, 720p, 1080i & 1080p. I've got overscan turned off now, but didn't when I first attached the new TV. Again, it's fine on the old TV with overscan on or off. No matter what I do I get this black screen of death but sound on the new TV. So that's why I'm thinking it might be the TV causing the problem. But thought I'd post here to see if anyone else has encountered the same problem.
BTW it's a Sharp Aqous 60" TV. The old TV is off-brand, Dynex.
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