Inspiron to External Monitor maximum VGA output?

Basically im going to university at the end of the next school year, i am planning on getting a HD ready television which i can also use as an external monitor with my laptop. The tele has VGA, DVI + HDMI sockets but obviously my laptop only has a vga socket. Now i know that VGA is the older of the three types of connector, but i was unsure as to wether a VGA cable would be able to output at a 1680 x 1050 resolution.

Also would i be able to use a DVI cable from the monitor to my laptop and then have a DVI > VGA connector on the other end to my laptop?

I have had no difficulties running my laptop to my 32" hd tele in my lounge at 1368 x 768 but i dont know wether it would work on this resolution.

Thanks in advance.

-NeoVo-

 

Is anyone able to answer this for me?

much appreciated.

-NeoVo-

 

The 1520 has a 7pin S-Video, that allows you to hook up a s-to-component adapter sold by Dell. With the adapter you should be able to output up to 1080p.

With the VGA, I think the max resolution you can output is 640x480, so the school's TV may be zooming in the image to make it look like 1368x768.

Here is the adapter:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=310-8272

 

Regular VGA will drive to 1680 x 1050 no problems. my 2 year old Inps630m was doing this with a Dell 22 incher...