Posts by Stellus

Looks better. Thanks Machina

The set up for the Dell forum boards is making me go crazy. Please for the love of all that is sacred and holy, fix it. It's too general: The 17" Notebook forums and the Solo/Duo Core Laptops could potentially be the SAME THING. New...

Woops.

I know they discontinued the coupons for the XPS Gen 2/M170's, but I have a mint condition lappy that I'm looking to sell. You can find all the specs here: http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=134395 I'm putting this here...

It's now for sale - $2500+ shipping. Send PM or email if interested: stellus04@msn.com

It flickers at every resolution including 720p. I've even forced 1366x768. I'm going to assume it's the cable and try a better one.

Quote: Originally Posted by Hazridi Did you totally miss my post? DVI/HDMI supports ANY resolution. Your TV MOST LIKELY DOES NOT. DVI and HDMI are the SAME protocol, which is why you can use a simple cable to switch...

I think what's happening is that HDMI only allows specific resolutions and either downconverts or upconverts resolutions that don't fit its criteria. For example, HDMI probably only supports HDTV resolutions - 480p, 720p, and 1080i. My...

Interesting... Can anyone else confirm this?

After a lot of research I found out that HDMI supports 1270x720, not my TV's native 1360x768. This was causing some bad conversions to take place and the TV wasn't handling it very well. VGA is more flexible and accepts a wide range...