[ltp] RE: svideo output on thinkpad z61e

Bryan Moore linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:23:23 -0400


On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:02:48 +0100
Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> > 
> > windows doesn't degrade my lcd to show-out on the tv... in fact,
> > the tv isn't even set at 800x600; windows sets it at 1024x768.
> 
> Is that actually possible? A TV has a (pretty much) fixed native 
> resolution. What you're probably seeing is a 1024x768 desktop which
> has been scaled down; the result will be a somewhat blurry image. Of
> course, since most TVs aren't watched up close, this is usually not
> noticeable.
> 
> Richard

my lcd is 1280x1024 (widescreen), so i don't think that's it...