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    Use XPS for watching movies on TV w/HDMI?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jack53, Feb 11, 2008.

  1. jack53

    jack53 Dell XPS 9360 i7 Lover!

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    How would the quality be to use the XPS notebook hooked up via HHDMI hookup to watch DVD movies on a 52" LCD 1080p TV?
     
    jack53, Feb 11, 2008
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Just like if you hooked up a DVD/HDDVD/Bluray player.
     
    Lithus, Feb 11, 2008
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    ^^^
    yup, thread over ;)
     
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  4. jack53

    jack53 Dell XPS 9360 i7 Lover!

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    Have you actually tried it? Anybody else try it?
     
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    PhantomKills Notebook Enthusiast

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    I do this all the time on my laptop, it has a HDMI port and i connect it to my 42" plasma and you don't notice a difference in quality, i thought it would take the picture of the laptop and stretch it to fit the TV but it doesn't, it looks like if i put the dvd in a dvd player and hooked it up to the tv. I have a Toshiba x205 but i don't see why it would be any difference on a dell.
     
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    tayhadar1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I do all the time on my 32" Samsung 720p LCD. It looks really good, plus hdmi carrying sound is also a very nice feature :)
     
    tayhadar1, Feb 11, 2008
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    klas Notebook Deity

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    same here, I haven't tried with XPS but I bought Acer 5920G specifically for Media Center setup and been using it successfully for about 6 month. I wanted HD media center setup without the noise and buying a laptop was the only choice I had at that time. XPS with better specs should be fine as well.
     
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  8. jack53

    jack53 Dell XPS 9360 i7 Lover!

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    Hey klas... your not far from me! I live in Tacoma. Your in Microsoft country!
     
    jack53, Feb 11, 2008
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