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Old 29-08-2008, 01:36 PM
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I Have a Samsung HDTV which i can connect to my laptop via a VGA cable, Would like to know if i play a HD Video on the laptop will it actually be playing in HD quality on the LCD?

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No, it will play in the same resolution as it would on the laptop. You would need to connect the laptop to the tv via a HDMI cable, I don't think windows media player upscales to HD ?

My best advice if you want to watch videos in HD is to buy a Playstation 3, it upscales avi and divx files to HD
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