The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    What is this "hdmi output problem" i keep hearing about?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by yehrulz, Nov 4, 2008.

  1. yehrulz

    yehrulz Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    97
    Messages:
    268
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I keep hearing about the controversy about output of hdmi. like, can you have video output from an hdmi port?

    For example, the hp dv4 has an hdmi port. can i get an hdmi cable and just hook it up to my tv?

    thanks!
     
    yehrulz, Nov 4, 2008
    #1
  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    6,092
    Messages:
    12,975
    Likes Received:
    201
    Trophy Points:
    481
    Video, yes for sure. The part where people debate about is the audio, which not all notebook has an output through the HDMI, it is due to the GPU and its drivers mainly.

    My HP8510p's ATI GPU does video and audio output fine.
     
    Johnny T, Nov 4, 2008
    #2
  3. Say Chi Sin Lo

    Say Chi Sin Lo Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    44
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    yeah you can with the dv4t. I hook it up to my tv and I get audio and video. I have the intel graphics chip
     
    Say Chi Sin Lo, Nov 4, 2008
    #3
  4. Harper2.0

    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

    Reputations:
    2,078
    Messages:
    3,108
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    mydv6700 can output both as well.
     
    Harper2.0, Nov 4, 2008
    #4
  5. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

    Reputations:
    5,504
    Messages:
    9,788
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    You can almost always output audio from HDMI. Most people just don't know that they have to change the sound settings and complains that audio's not working even though it's a PEBKAC.
     
    Lithus, Nov 4, 2008
    #5
  6. [SMAN]

    [SMAN] Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    14
    Messages:
    178
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    You can have audio output on the HDMI if you connect it to an HDCP compatable device. There are sound card drivers for the HDMI port on ATI laptops (drivers from realtek). However ATI has been reported as having alot of issues with recievers from Denon, Onkyo, and Yamahaa.
     
    [SMAN], Nov 4, 2008
    #6
  7. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

    Reputations:
    6,156
    Messages:
    11,214
    Likes Received:
    68
    Trophy Points:
    466
    There is no problems with output with HDMI. Not sure what your referring too.

    You can output to a HDTV or monitor, as long as they support the HDMI interface.
     
    flipfire, Nov 4, 2008
    #7
  8. cpu2k

    cpu2k Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    24
    Messages:
    116
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Been trying to figure out how to output multichannel audio via HDMI... and so far, I'm only able to get 2-channel sound... I don't have the HP Dock so I can't use SPDIF... was wondering if anyone was successful in outputting multichannel audio through HDMI?
     
    cpu2k, Nov 4, 2008
    #8