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Hi everyone, has anyone successfully managed to connect a x60/x60s to a HDTV LCD panel? Running resolutions of 1280x720 or 1366 x 768 or 1920x1080?

I've read the threads about high res monitors, the new bios etc.

After installing the new BIOS and updating presentation director, more resolutions appear, but no common TV ones.

Happy new year.

My X60s can output 1280x720 and 1920x1080 to my 24" LCD monitor (Dell 2407WFP).

pianowizard wrote:My X60s can output 1280x720 and 1920x1080 to my 24" LCD monitor (Dell 2407WFP).

Hi, can you tell me how/where you selected the resolutions, via presentation director or control panel?

david25 wrote: Hi, can you tell me how/where you selected the resolutions, via presentation director or control panel?

Presentation Director only makes certain resolutions available, even if Windows can display other resolutions. The only way to make Presentation Director display those resolutions is to manually edit the registry. If you want to do this...

Go to Fn-F7 => "manage schemes" => "new"

Set up a presentation manager setting for your external display and choose any resolution for the external monitor. Give it some wild name you'll remember. Don't run the test, just save the profile.

Now go to regedit.

Go to the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IBM\NPdirect\Data\Common\Presentation Schemes\{THE NAME OF YOUR PROFILE WILL BE HERE}\01

Go to the key named "Resolution"

for 1280 X 720 put in:
hex: 02D00500

for 1366 X 768 put in:
hex: 03000556

for 1920 X 1080 put in:
hex: 04380780

Close the registry editor

Fn-F7 => "manage schemes" => "edit"

Go to the scheme, select the "display" tab, and select the appropriate resolution for your monitor if it isn't already selected.

I think you should be able to apply the scheme now.

I'm not sure these resolutions will actually work, so let us know what happens.

david25 wrote:Hi, can you tell me how/where you selected the resolutions, via presentation director or control panel?

Monitor 2 under Display settings, and choose "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor".

I connected my x60s to a Samsung 40" 4095DX HDTV via VGA port. The system automatically switched to 1920x1080 wide screen mode. Very impressive! The video performance felt sluggish though. However, I am happy with this monsterous resolution from this small laptop.

pianowizard wrote:My X60s can output 1280x720 and 1920x1080 to my 24" LCD monitor (Dell 2407WFP).

The Dell's native resolution is 1920x1200, does it do that? I know that's not an HD resolution though.


1280x720 would be nice for my projector though. I'm glad it does that.

sxr71 wrote:

pianowizard wrote:My X60s can output 1280x720 and 1920x1080 to my 24" LCD monitor (Dell 2407WFP).

The Dell's native resolution is 1920x1200, does it do that? I know that's not an HD resolution though.

The Dell can support many different resolutions lower than 1920x1200.

Is the output to the Dell via DVI or VGA?

(I thought the ultrabase comes with VGA)

dclee012 wrote:Is the output to the Dell via DVI or VGA?

I used the X60s's VGA output. The Dell can support both DVI and VGA.

But standard ultrabase X6 doesn't come with the DVI or am i blind?

Is there any dock available for X60s that has the DVI output?

Thanks

PS: Anyone using X60s on Samsung 24" 244T ? What's the picture like?

here is a picture of an x60 docked in the ultrabase port:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/12047 ... ab.jpg?v=0

i don't have one yet, but it looks like there's no dvi.

i am hesitant to hook up a TFT via vga... i've used DVI connections for too long. i'm quite sure i'll be bothered by the downgrade.

dclee012 wrote: i've used DVI connections for too long. i'm quite sure i'll be bothered by the downgrade.

What are the biggest downgrades (differences) for a naked eye?

if you don't know... or you can't tell the difference between VGA and DVI on an LCD, then you're better off that way.

smvp6459 wrote: Presentation Director only makes certain resolutions available, even if Windows can display other resolutions. The only way to make Presentation Director display those resolutions is to manually edit the registry. If you want to do this...

(...)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IBM\NPdirect\Data\Common\Presentation Schemes\{THE NAME OF YOUR PROFILE WILL BE HERE}\01

Go to the key named "Resolution"

for 1280 X 720 put in:
hex: 02D00500

for 1366 X 768 put in:
hex: 03000556

for 1920 X 1080 put in:
hex: 04380780

(...)

I'm not sure these resolutions will actually work, so let us know what happens.

Hi, where did you get those hex codes for the resolution, and do you have the one for 1920x1200? My office screen is a nice 24'' Sun and I don't want to have to play with the Windows display setting each time I plug it in...

Thanks!

lindycogito wrote:
Hi, where did you get those hex codes for the resolution, and do you have the one for 1920x1200? My office screen is a nice 24'' Sun and I don't want to have to play with the Windows display setting each time I plug it in...

Thanks!

I think I googled my hex resolution setting and figured it out. The first four hex characters are resolution 2 (Y) and the last four hex characters are resolution 1 (X).

So...
1920 = 0780
1200 = 04B0
Setting = 04B00780

smvp6459 wrote:
I think I googled my hex resolution setting and figured it out. The first four hex characters are resolution 2 (Y) and the last four hex characters are resolution 1 (X).

So...
1920 = 0780
1200 = 04B0
Setting = 04B00780

Simple enough, thanks! It works like a charm on my X60 tablet!

What's the picture like, considering analog VGA output onto huge 1920px monitor?

cheers

jamess wrote:What's the picture like, considering analog VGA output onto huge 1920px monitor?

cheers

Well, good enough for me it seems... Now that you ask me and that I look carefully, the text is indeed a bit blurry. I walked in the cubicle next to me to compare with a colleague who has a PowerBook with a DVI output with the same screen size and resolution, and his image seems a bit crisper, but the difference doesn't seem drastic to my eye (but I don't have good eyes; -11 dioptries! ;o).

I assume you wear glasses/cont.lenses, so you should see just fine Since the difference you notice is not huge, I might give it a go with a 24" monitor I've been dreaming about.

thanks for your 1 on 1 comparison and comments.

bye.

well, some TVs support 1920*1080 via HDMI or DVI, but no such high resolution support via vga port.

As x6x series can not output dvi or hdmi, if you do want a high resolution output, it seems the only way is to change tv or pc