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..

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?

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?

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?

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

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?