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    1810tz and external monitor

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by McAldo, Jun 24, 2010.

  1. McAldo

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    Hi, I have just got myself a 1810tz a I was planning on getting an external monitor for photography.
    I could not find on the net any specs for the max external resolution supported and I am worried I might get a display with a native resolution too high for the graphic card.

    Can anybody tell me if resolutions higher than HD 1920×1080 are supported?
    Does using the hdmi port or the VGA makes any difference in terms of max resolution?

    Thanks!
    Aldo
     
    McAldo, Jun 24, 2010
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  2. michael_recycled

    michael_recycled Notebook Deity

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    Hi,

    according to the chipset datasheet from Intel, the HDMI port is fed by a single link TDMS, which means a maximum resolution of 1920x1200.

    As for the VGA connector: you don't want to connect something larger than 1280x1024 to the VGA port. Laptops have a lousy VGA signal quality.

    Michael
     
    michael_recycled, Jun 25, 2010
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  3. McAldo

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    Hi Michael,

    Thank you very much for the info, just what needed to know, much appreciated!

    Aldo
     
    McAldo, Jun 26, 2010
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