If you are playing off of an HD dvd or blu ray you should be able to play higher than 480 but not full HD (1080i or p) The hardware requirements to play full HD video is ridiculus.
I did a quick google search and it looks like you can replace it.
http://www.lcdpart.com/Products/ms20334.html
If I get some time tonight I'll check on how difficult it is to replace.
Yay, I found the guide. Here is the tweaking guide, it is very detailed and works great, I would follow every step
http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...ighlight=guide
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