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  1. bgils bgils is offline

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    Feb 3rd, 2006 (2/3/2006 2:02pm)

    i have asmall Dell 600m laptop, but just got a 32 LCD w/pc port. I connected laptop to tv but settings still only allow me to go as high as my laptop resolution, which is not enough to get non overlapping tables. Is there a way to change this??
  2. soko20 soko20 is offline

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    Feb 3rd, 2006 (2/3/2006 2:34pm) in reply to bgils

    you can hook your laptop up to a tv?......teach me!
  3. Simm0nS777 Simm0nS777 is offline

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    Feb 3rd, 2006 (2/3/2006 2:38pm) in reply to soko20

    S-Video cord
     
  4. Nato76 Nato76 is offline

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    Feb 3rd, 2006 (2/3/2006 2:38pm) in reply to bgils

    No because TVs dont have as high resolution as your laptop monitor. Nothing you can do about it.
  5. cjm cjm is offline

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    Feb 3rd, 2006 (2/3/2006 3:01pm) in reply to bgils

    yea tv resolution is usually around 800x600 depending on the demensions of it.
  6. BigMarley4 BigMarley4 is offline

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    Feb 3rd, 2006 (2/3/2006 3:02pm) in reply to bgils

    Sure you can. Get an s-video cable and plug it in. You'll then have to go through your display settings and basically treat the TV as a second monitor. Make sure you say its a TV and not a computer monitor though or it won't work. Also, you may want to get a Y-cable to get sounds to play on whatever speakers you have set up...now that's livin.
  7. CoderMan1 CoderMan1 is offline

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    Feb 3rd, 2006 (2/3/2006 3:04pm) in reply to BigMarley4

    I hook my laptop up to my LCD Tv all the time.
  8. mrbluesman mrbluesman is offline

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    Feb 3rd, 2006 (2/3/2006 3:17pm) in reply to bgils

    size of the display has nothing to do with resolution coming out of the video card. it is impossible to get a higher resolution on the tv than what your laptop can put out. time for a new laptop with better video.
  9. gamblingfun gamblingfun is offline

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    Feb 3rd, 2006 (2/3/2006 3:24pm) in reply to mrbluesman

    ok.. another question..

    I have an Apple iBook laptop. It doesnt have an s-video connector on it. I can plug an external monitor via a cord that came w/ my computer(one end is a reg monitor connector and the other goes into the computer.. no clue what its called). Does anyone out there have an iBook? And if so is there an adapter I can buy that connects to an s-video cord?

    Edit: LOL nevermind.. found it. GG google
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