how to fix screen resoloution w/ dell studio and sanyo 32inch w/ hdmi cable?

[Adam]

Alright so I have a dell studio ( a pretty new Laptop) and i just bought a 32inch lcd hdtv sanyo today. I am trying to use my sanyo as my laptops monitor. I have also purchased a vizio hdmi cable. I have hooked them up and the recommended resolution is 1280x720. Which has a great picture....but the laptop screen is a little too big for the tv screen (like it is zoomed) and not everything fits on my tvs screen. I have tried every resolution and nothing fits perfectly. I have even switched my laptops icons and everything possible to small. I can go use my parents 52" vizio and it fits perfect to my laptops screen. why is this happening??
Alright so I have a dell studio ( a pretty new Laptop) and i just bought a 32inch lcd hdtv sanyo today. I am trying to use my sanyo as my laptops monitor. I have also purchased a vizio hdmi cable. I have hooked them up and the recommended resolution is 1280x720. Which has a great picture....but the laptop screen is a little too big for the tv screen (like it is zoomed) and not everything fits on my tvs screen. I have tried every resolution and nothing fits perfectly. I have even switched my laptops icons and everything possible to small. I can go use my parents 52" vizio and it fits perfect to my laptops screen. why is this happening??
I have also changed my laptops resolution to 1280x720 and it still has the zooming effect on my tv monitor!

 

[Pioneer]

The reason why you have the zoom effect on the laptop is because you have set up clone mode for your screen. Since TV has higher capable resolution than laptop it zooms in. You need to set the monitors in such way that TV is the only and primary monitor. In that case you will get TV image and not laptop image.

If you have correct source (input) selected on TV you will need to tell your laptop to display image on your TV. Most laptops have a keyboard shortcut to enable the additional display or monitor. Different manufacturers have different shortcut keys assigned, but they tend to be and Fn key in combination with one the F# keys. So, Fn+F#. Once you find the correct F# key you will be prompted to select an option of how you want to connect to your external monitor (HDTV). If you have Windows 7 you can hit the windows key with letter P, which should provide you with similar options.

Most of the standard desktop keyboards do not have the Fn key option so you will have to enable the external monitor manually. To do that right click on your desktop and select (display) properties (if XP) or screen resolution (if Win7). If you PC recognizes new monitor you should see it as number 2. Click on it and select expand windows to make the TV act as second monitor in XP. In Win7 you will get an option to select how your multiple displays act. By default they will be cloned. What your screen shows TV shows as well.