TV as monitor no subtitles

[John Doe 1]

Hi,

I tried to use my TV as monitor, mainly to watch movies on a big screen.

I have a ATI X300 video board on a laptop and the connection is via the s-video plug.

I succesfully see the monitor on my TV, with only one problem:

as soon as I start a video application the video is displayed at full screen mode on tv (while on the pc it is displayed in a small window). Moreover, and here is the real problem, the thing is when I load subtitles (e.g. in BS player), I can see them only on the PC and not on the screen.

Any idea on how to solve the problem?

Thanks,

John

 

[The_Other_One]

I'm pretty sure ATI's "Theater Mode" only shows the video overlay on the TV, and nothing else. Try switching your TV to your primary display on clone view(where the videos only show on it) and you should get subtitles there...

 

[John Doe 1]

Thanks The_Other_One. I'm not sure about the theater mode you're mentioning, anway:
In this way it works but then when I play a movie I see it in full screen mode on the PC.
Isn't there a way to use the TV exaclty as the PC monitor?