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    ExpressCard Video Out

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by TheRunaway, Mar 18, 2006.

  1. TheRunaway

    TheRunaway Notebook Consultant

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    After months of research, I am nearly convinced that the Asus V6J is for me. Unfortunately, it does not include an S-video out or DVI out, so there's no way to output to TV so I can use it as a portable video player, something that I would really like to do. I'm not looking for suggestions on a different laptop, but rather ExpressCards that have some sort of video output. I know it's a new technology, but are there any out there that would work? I would prefer ExpressCards, but I suppose I could use USB provided there's no performance hit.
     
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  2. Zak

    Zak Notebook Geek

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    Would the performance hit from using USB be very important? If you were just using it for movies and stuff it should make much, if any difference really.
     
    Zak, Mar 18, 2006
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    matt_h1 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    There isnt a expresscard with tv out at the moment, most laptops have vga out can you can buy a vga to s-video+RCA cable for like $5
     
    matt_h1, Mar 18, 2006
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  4. TheRunaway

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    I would like to be able to take advantage of higher resolution TVs, but anything that uses VGA gets knocked down to 640x480.
     
    TheRunaway, Mar 19, 2006
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    What do you mean? You should be able to use that VGA up to QXGA.
     
    Ice-Tea, Mar 19, 2006
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    So if I were to get something like this and hooked it up to an HDTV, then what kind of resolution can I expect?
     
    TheRunaway, Mar 19, 2006
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    Mine lets me go up to 1024x768
     
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    VGA is much like component. It supports HDTV resolutions, such as 1080i I am not sure about 1080p but I dont see why it wouldnt. Also, VGA is supperior to S-video as S is unable to carry HD video and is only marginally better then coaxial.
     
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