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HD over VGA?
I'm buying a 32" LCD 1080p television in a few weeks which has a VGA input socket. If I was to download HD content from the internet, such as a high definition episode of 24 or Lost, could I watch this in high definition on the TV simply by connecting my Laptop to the TV via VGA? Or would I need a video card with a HD output (such as HDMI or DVI) to watch the programme in HD?
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You can obviously watch it in HD, just as you could with a computer monitor (which is what it is).
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You can obviously watch it in HD, just as you could with a computer monitor (which is what it is).
So what is the point of DVI? |
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Fantastic.
So what is the point of DVI? A DVI socket on a PC will be used to feed the monitor with a digital signal not an analogue one which for me improves the picture. The use of HDMI (well HDCP) really on the modern graphics card is to allow the playback of genuine HD retail disks whose DRM block any analogue/non HDCP outputs (in theory). For playing back unprotected HD content (HD downloads) then VGA is fine as is DVI, HDMI and even Component which many cards provide for. |
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You can obviously watch it in HD, just as you could with a computer monitor (which is what it is).
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'HD' is just a definition for either 720p or 1080i/p. Most PC's graphics card can output at this resolution, so when you feed your LCD TV with any resolution above 720p then it will be 'HD'. Quote:
That's surely not correct! Most (all??) LCD TV sets put severe restrictions on the signal that the VGA socket will accept.
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Recent Sonys (KDL-40W2000) will only accept 1024x768 for example.
This is completely untrue. Read the manual for the supported resolution on VGA. It supports VGA, SVGA, XGA, and WXGA.
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'HD' is just a definition for either 720p or 1080i/p. Most PC's graphics card can output at this resolution, so when you feed your LCD TV with any resolution above 720p then it will be 'HD'.
Yes there are 'restrictions' on resolution inputs - i.e. called supported resolutions, but wouldn't you say that a HD LCD TV would at least support 720p? A Panasonic LCD I used was, at least, content with 1280x1024 (a very standard PC setting) and was, in this respect, better than the Sony! I guess that these sets will work at full resolution via a PC DVI output (if available) and a DVI->HDMI cable? |
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There a big difference from what he wrote and what you think he expects!
Also, my response was in reply to your response to Nigel's post.Anyway to put you straight, you can get 1080p (on the HDMI, i.e. DVI->HDMI) on the KDL-40W2000. Even though there is a message saying the resolution is not supported, dismissing it will allow you to view the picture! (So I am lead to believe as I don't have the set.) |
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This is completely untrue. Read the manual for the supported resolution on VGA. It supports VGA, SVGA, XGA, and WXGA.
From http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/Sony-KDL40W2000/Design.php for example- for HDMI, the Sony accepts up to 1080p signals but only 1080i in component and 1360x768 in VGA (PC input) |
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Follow the link to the PDF of the manual. Look at the first page, confirm that it is for the right model. Go to page GB39: PC Input Signal Reference Chart. Comfirm the supported modes...
Assuming the PC Input means the VGA input that is. |
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That's surely not correct! Most (all??) LCD TV sets put severe restrictions on the signal that the VGA socket will accept. Recent Sonys (KDL-40W2000) will only accept 1024x768 for example.
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Follow the link to the PDF of the manual. Look at the first page, confirm that it is for the right model. Go to page GB39: PC Input Signal Reference Chart. Comfirm the supported modes...
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As YOUR manual says - "maximim supported input 1360x768" - which most laptops won't do (its non-standard resolution) - leaving 1024x768 as the maximum it can usefully be used at (just as I said!)
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Recent Sonys (KDL-40W2000) will only accept 1024x768 for example.
![]() BTW the manual's from the Sony site: http://www.sony.co.uk/support/ShowEx...inkType=manual |
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Also, my response was in reply to your response to Nigel's post.
To quote you from above: