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Thanks Guys. That's given me something to try when i go there this morning.

Dell Optiplex 3011 All in One. Plays fine on PC and on my Thinkpad which is pointing me towards problems with the projector as it's not playing properly on the IWB.

Thanks for your quick replies. I'm running out of ideas :confused2:I did remove the adapters completely when connecting my laptop so it could connect vga to vga but the results were inconclusive. As far as i know the projectors have not been moved. The DVD played properly on my laptop and also when i played it on the PC. I've tried changing the setup on the projectors but there are very limited options. The situation is complicated by the fact that the new school PCs are running Windows 7 so staff have had to get used to this, but all the staff assure me "it was much better before", presumably under XP.

Hi Guys, I'm a newbie so apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this. A school i support has installed new Promethean Activ Boards in all the classrooms. They have noticed that the image displayed on them is very grainy and very hard to make out. When they try to play DVDs on the board they display very jerky images and the DVD pauses at intervals almost as if it's buffering. They use Hitachi projectors which i think are quite old. The computers are Dell AIO, connecting to the board with a Startech USB to VGA converter. I've checked the cables, connectors, projector leads, removing the converter and plugging the board into my laptop direct, changing the settings on the projector with no joy. I tried ringing Promethean who blamed the projector, Hitachi who blamed Promethean and Startech who were helpful but unable to help. Can anyone suggest anything i can try please?