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    Dell Inspiron 1525.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ronnieb, Dec 13, 2008.

  1. ronnieb

    ronnieb Representing the Canucks

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    So I was thinking of what to buy my girl as a gift, and lo and behold, her Inspiron has an HDMI port. Now, will the integrated graphics run things smoothly? and what kind of resolution/picture quality should I be expecting?
     
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    Unless you're playing wmv files downloaded onto your computer expect some serious tearing and framerate issues.
     
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Yes the integrated will be able to handle the output just fine. Of course don't expect to play games on it, but watching movies would be fine.
     
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    Is there a major difference between vga/hdmi on tvs?
     
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    A slight difference. VGA is analog and HDMI is digital. HDMI is the highest quality image.
     
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