T41 VGA-OUT not working right :(

[aphex187]

I have a analog VGA cable hooked from my T41p to a Optoma RD-50 DLP TV and am having some strange issues. Mainly that it only outputs to the TV for a second and then stops. I've tried using the Presentation Director to no avail (it constantly tells me it cant do it because of resolution and color depth), as well as windows display settings and also using PowerStrip. Anyone have any ideas whats going on or how to just force my T41p to output via the VGA cable no matter what?

Thanks!

[JohnDrake]

How long is the cable? Should be short. Too long, signal attenuates, and you get garbage.

[Plinkerton]

I connect my T42 to my friends 50 inch widescreen LCD Panasonic whatever huge [censored] TV quite often. The cable we are using is AT LEAST 15 feet long, and I think it's around 20.

It doesn't look great, but really, it's not bad at all. There is hardly any noticeable degredation, and it always works fine.

So, it might not be the cable...