HP Pavilion DV5-1111EA

stushine · 16 Dec 2008 at 21:46

can i link the above laptop to my 50" Plasma to watch HD movies from the hard drive? i believe the graphics card has HDTV out..

FirebarUK · 16 Dec 2008 at 21:49

It has HDMI - so yep

stushine · 17 Dec 2008 at 01:27

cool, so it wont have any problems producing a image thats a hell of a lot larger than its own screen? graphics card wont struggle?

also is it quite a good laptop?

Simian · 17 Dec 2008 at 06:59

The Graphics wll handle 1920x1080 easily!!... as thats what its designed for!... thats why theres a HDMI socket!!!

stushine · 17 Dec 2008 at 08:59

Simian said:
The Graphics wll handle 1920x1080 easily!!... as thats what its designed for!... thats why theres a HDMI socket!!!

excellent!

will this laptop work with wirless internet as it is or will i need to buy a wirless card?

FirebarUK · 17 Dec 2008 at 09:02

It has wireless inbuilt

stushine · 17 Dec 2008 at 14:48

my mate is letting me transfer a few High def movies off his external hard drive later, just wondering what will i need to play these? do they play in media player?

also he reckons a pc will struggle to play these HD movies.. im confused?

happy_2008 · 17 Dec 2008 at 15:19

Do you have a HDMI cable...........? That would be a start

FirebarUK · 17 Dec 2008 at 16:10

also he reckons a pc will struggle to play these HD movies.. im confused?

Doubt it very much, not with that spec.

Try using VLC (www.videolan.org) to play the files.

stushine · 17 Dec 2008 at 16:13

happy_2008 said:
Do you have a HDMI cable...........? That would be a start

yep, i was planning on running the lot through my amp which is also hdmi

FirebarUK

cheers for your help mate, i will try that player

ringo747 · 17 Dec 2008 at 16:43

sorry to hijack this thread but is this laptop good job? I can get it on special offer in work for £450 approx. Pavilion range seems good.

FirebarUK · 17 Dec 2008 at 18:35

cheers for your help mate, i will try that player

No problem

sorry to hijack this thread but is this laptop good job? I can get it on special offer in work for £450 approx. Pavilion range seems good.

They're very good in my opinion, look smart and are well built. I work for HP though, so maybe I'm biased

Simian · 17 Dec 2008 at 18:52

FirebarUK said:
No problem

They're very good in my opinion, look smart and are well built. I work for HP though, so maybe I'm biased

I'm just about to hit 'Buy' on a HDX16-1005EA, was looking at the HDX18 but the extra 2.4 inches arn't worth £200 to me!!.. :cool:

ringo747 · 17 Dec 2008 at 19:16

FirebarUK said:
No problem

They're very good in my opinion, look smart and are well built. I work for HP though, so maybe I'm biased

Ah so do I! Thats why the price is good!

stushine · 17 Dec 2008 at 22:29

another weird one, does it have optical out for sound or is that asking to much from a laptop of this price?

FirebarUK · 17 Dec 2008 at 23:00

another weird one, does it have optical out for sound or is that asking to much from a laptop of this price?

Don't think it does (not looking at specs), but HDMI carries the sound if that'll do.

Ah so do I! Thats why the price is good!

Yep, very good prices on EEP atm. What part of HP do you work in?

ringo747 · 17 Dec 2008 at 23:21

FirebarUK said:
Yep, very good prices on EEP atm. What part of HP do you work in?

HP S&S if you understand! New name for the group.

FirebarUK · 17 Dec 2008 at 23:23

Ah right, I know it. I'm in SIP

ringo747 · 17 Dec 2008 at 23:30

I can't think what that is! All the new names are confusing.

FirebarUK · 18 Dec 2008 at 07:26

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