Hey, everyone!
I have received a Sony Vaio VGN-NR498E laptop from my brother. The history of this laptop is that it had a mechanically dead hard drive in it. So, I have put in a new hard drive and a few months later, I have purchased and installed Windows 7 Pro on it (so far, it's been the best Windows I have seen, and it has been running rather smooth).
Anyways, I have recently moved out from my dad's place and I am finally back out on my own. I have very little furniture, and I am getting what ever I can once every few months. Along with the furniture, I am thinking about purchasing a TV (don't have one at the moment)... a 32" to 37" HDTV with VGA and HDMI input. I would like to buy one so I can watch the news and have NetFlix and Hulu stream to it through my laptop. In addition to the TV, I would like to buy a wireless keyboard and mouse so I can put my laptop next to the TV and be able to sit on the couch and work on my laptop still.
Now, I know that you can connect it through the VGA port, but I am concerned about not being able to set the resolution high enough for the HDTV. Currently, the largest monitor that I have is a 15" monitor that can only go to 1024x768 and I don't have anything larger than that to test with.
I would imagine that I can go to 1920x1080 (for 1080p) with the Sony Vaio, but I would like to see if somebody already did it.
Is there anybody out there that have their Vaio connected to a HDTV? If so, how is the quality of the video? Overall, would be it worth it to purchase a HDTV for my laptop?
I know that this sounds like a noobie question, but I just want to make sure that this purchase would be well worth it, and I would like to set a priority on this purchase. Thanks!
I have received a Sony Vaio VGN-NR498E laptop from my brother. The history of this laptop is that it had a mechanically dead hard drive in it. So, I have put in a new hard drive and a few months later, I have purchased and installed Windows 7 Pro on it (so far, it's been the best Windows I have seen, and it has been running rather smooth).
Anyways, I have recently moved out from my dad's place and I am finally back out on my own. I have very little furniture, and I am getting what ever I can once every few months. Along with the furniture, I am thinking about purchasing a TV (don't have one at the moment)... a 32" to 37" HDTV with VGA and HDMI input. I would like to buy one so I can watch the news and have NetFlix and Hulu stream to it through my laptop. In addition to the TV, I would like to buy a wireless keyboard and mouse so I can put my laptop next to the TV and be able to sit on the couch and work on my laptop still.
Now, I know that you can connect it through the VGA port, but I am concerned about not being able to set the resolution high enough for the HDTV. Currently, the largest monitor that I have is a 15" monitor that can only go to 1024x768 and I don't have anything larger than that to test with.
I would imagine that I can go to 1920x1080 (for 1080p) with the Sony Vaio, but I would like to see if somebody already did it.
Is there anybody out there that have their Vaio connected to a HDTV? If so, how is the quality of the video? Overall, would be it worth it to purchase a HDTV for my laptop?
I know that this sounds like a noobie question, but I just want to make sure that this purchase would be well worth it, and I would like to set a priority on this purchase. Thanks!
