S-Video Out Resolution

[Auto University]

Okay, thinking of getting the Dell XPS M1210 laptop.

Question... on S-Video.

I have the Dell 20" Widescreen monitor as well. If I were to connect the laptop to the monitor using s-video (keeping desktop hooked up) what sort of resolution would be possible?

The resolution on the monitor is 1680x1050 - would that be possible using the laptop?

Thanks!
Shawn

 

[WraithETC]

The maximum Res for S-video is 1024 x 7XX

 

[Peter]

Not even that.

SVideo format is 480 lines for NTSC and 576 for PAL; the horizontal bandwidth is good for roughly 360 pixels. NTSC users will set to 640x480 to get square pixels on a 4:3 aspect ratio monitor, PAL users will choose 800x600.

If your graphics card lets you choose higher resolutions, then you'll get them scaled back down to these values for output. Your software will see the high resolution, but the actual output format won't (and can't) change.

The monitor will scale that low bandwidth signal back up. Yes this is going to look awful.

 

[keeleysam]

Your Dell LCD has dual inputs, DVI and VGA. Just use the VGA in for the laptop, you can have full 1680x1050.