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    HDMI port question

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Lao, May 6, 2008.

  1. Lao

    Lao Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi all!

    I have the laptop in my sig. I recently bought a beautiful LG LCD TV with HDMI input.

    I was thinking about swapping my Vostro with a XPS just to get advantage of that HDMI port, watching movies.

    My question is: will I be able to see HD movies with this XPS -> LCD TV configurations ?
     
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  2. Kreeeee

    Kreeeee Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes.

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  3. ZZen

    ZZen Notebook Geek

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    Be sure you define HD movies. You won't be able to play HD discs such as Blu-Ray (or now dead HD-DVD) with a 1330 since it has no player for those discs. I believe the 1530 is available with a Blu-Ray option though so you could. Also, downlowded HD clips will play, along with normal DVD movies.

    I played some DVD's through my 1330 out to a Sony 1080p HDTV with the 1330 set to 1920x1080 and it worked.
     
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    onionring1988 Notebook Consultant

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    you could also download hd content. i use hdmi to hook my m1530 to a 42" toshiba rezga. its actually nice to have dual monitors as u can see if your TV screen needs to be calibrated (like if the colors don't really seem to match the colors on the laptop) and if you like to watch any sort of video then its good. sound on TV > sound on laptop
     
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  5. Lao

    Lao Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok, thanks.

    On every picture of a 1530 I saw "HDMI Audio port" and I thought it's only for audio.
     
    Lao, May 7, 2008
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    VinylPusher Notebook Consultant

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    "HDMI Audio" designates that, unlike most HDMI ports on PC's and laptops, it actually does carry audio.

    You will be able to watch HD content very easily. Your problem will be acquiring the HD content in the first place. Downloading it can be quite tedious, even at broadband speeds.

    However, I do note that there is a readily available supply of H.264 compressed content which has been re-compressed from a BluRay original. It usually comes in the form of 720p HD (rather than 1080i or 1080p) and fits on a single layer DVD-R.

    Quality will obviously not be as good as the original BluRay, but may be acceptable. I haven't seen any of it myself. All my HD content is old MPEG2 1080i and 1080p taken from HD tape masters. I did see a couple of Star Wars HD recodes at 1080p which fitted on a dual-layer DVD-R but blockiness was evident in action scenes (i.e., most of the film!).
     
    VinylPusher, May 7, 2008
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