I use my PC as my primary media device, for Netflix, Amazon Video, Youtube, etc. I built it myself last year, and I've had no issues until recently. I have two screens; one is an old Hanns-G monitor in 1366x768 that plugs into my mobo via VGA, and the other is a Sanyo 1366x768 flatscreen TV that plugs into my graphics card via HDMI. I'm using my integrated Intel GPU for the lower screen, and my Graphics card for the upper screen, you see.
The first issue I'm having is what while my monitor will happily display in its native res of 1366x768, my TV will only do so if I am in dual-screen mode. If I'm using just the TV, such as when I'm gaming, I have to use 1360x768. It'll display in pretty much all the other resolutions, but if I put it on 1366x768, it just shows me a black screen until it reverts back to 1360x768. I can use ANY other resolution, but 1366x768 is just a black screen.
Even weirder is the fact that when it shows me that black screen... I can access my PC via my tablet using Chrome Remote Desktop, and THEN my screen will appear in the proper resolution, on both my tablet and my TV screen. The second I exit the app on my tablet? Back to the black screen. I'm absolutely confounded.
The other issue is Netflix and Amazon Video. I've been watching both on my PC ever since I built it, with no problems at all, but now suddenly both services cause my PC to stutter. I don't mean the video feed alone, but rather my entire PC lags every 2-3 seconds, and you can see it in my mouse movement. Two to three seconds, then lag for up to a second, then back to normal. It's not my connection speed, my graphics drivers are (always) 100% up to date(so please do not suggest I update them), and so I don't have any clue what's causing this. I've tried disabling multi-monitor and running both screens solely off of my GPU, and that doesn't work either. I've tried allocating more RAM to my IGPU, and still no luck.
But the thing is... if I switch to my lower monitor alone, the one connected via VGA and powered by the Intel chip... then I can watch videos on these services just fine. If I fire up VirtualBox, load up a Linux Distro and watch on there via Chrome or Firefox... THAT works just fine too, even on my upper screen.. So I don't know what the problem is. You'd think it would have something to do with my graphics card or HDMI, due to the fact that I can watch on my lower screen, but then why am I able to watch on the upper screen via VirtualBox? Truly, it's things like this that make me wonder if technology can be possessed by malicious spirits.
In any event... sorry for the long-winded post, but I've been putting up with these issues for at least two months, and I'm truly stumped. I have no idea what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance to anyone with help to offer.
Oh, and my specs, just in case;
OS: Windows 10 Home
CPU: Intel Core i5 4590
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 380
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz
EDIT:
I experimented a bit, and switched to using just my Intel GPU. I hooked my TV's HDMI directly into the mobo's HDMI port, and Netflix/Amazon videos play just fine... so this is clearly an issue with my graphics card. I just don't understand why sites like Crunchyroll, Youtube and pretty much all the others play videos just fine, but Netflix and Amazon Video are acting like this with my graphics card, over a year after I built this PC.
The first issue I'm having is what while my monitor will happily display in its native res of 1366x768, my TV will only do so if I am in dual-screen mode. If I'm using just the TV, such as when I'm gaming, I have to use 1360x768. It'll display in pretty much all the other resolutions, but if I put it on 1366x768, it just shows me a black screen until it reverts back to 1360x768. I can use ANY other resolution, but 1366x768 is just a black screen.
Even weirder is the fact that when it shows me that black screen... I can access my PC via my tablet using Chrome Remote Desktop, and THEN my screen will appear in the proper resolution, on both my tablet and my TV screen. The second I exit the app on my tablet? Back to the black screen. I'm absolutely confounded.
The other issue is Netflix and Amazon Video. I've been watching both on my PC ever since I built it, with no problems at all, but now suddenly both services cause my PC to stutter. I don't mean the video feed alone, but rather my entire PC lags every 2-3 seconds, and you can see it in my mouse movement. Two to three seconds, then lag for up to a second, then back to normal. It's not my connection speed, my graphics drivers are (always) 100% up to date(so please do not suggest I update them), and so I don't have any clue what's causing this. I've tried disabling multi-monitor and running both screens solely off of my GPU, and that doesn't work either. I've tried allocating more RAM to my IGPU, and still no luck.
But the thing is... if I switch to my lower monitor alone, the one connected via VGA and powered by the Intel chip... then I can watch videos on these services just fine. If I fire up VirtualBox, load up a Linux Distro and watch on there via Chrome or Firefox... THAT works just fine too, even on my upper screen.. So I don't know what the problem is. You'd think it would have something to do with my graphics card or HDMI, due to the fact that I can watch on my lower screen, but then why am I able to watch on the upper screen via VirtualBox? Truly, it's things like this that make me wonder if technology can be possessed by malicious spirits.
In any event... sorry for the long-winded post, but I've been putting up with these issues for at least two months, and I'm truly stumped. I have no idea what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance to anyone with help to offer.
Oh, and my specs, just in case;
OS: Windows 10 Home
CPU: Intel Core i5 4590
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 380
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz
EDIT:
I experimented a bit, and switched to using just my Intel GPU. I hooked my TV's HDMI directly into the mobo's HDMI port, and Netflix/Amazon videos play just fine... so this is clearly an issue with my graphics card. I just don't understand why sites like Crunchyroll, Youtube and pretty much all the others play videos just fine, but Netflix and Amazon Video are acting like this with my graphics card, over a year after I built this PC.