HP Pavilion dm1 and Sony Bravia

[christinaki19]

Hi everyone, i want your help because i am a 19 year old girl with very little knowledge on computers. So, i want to buy the Hp Pavilion DM1 Notebook which has an HDMI port with the purpose(among others) of watching movies in my Sony Bravia which also has an HDMI port. 1) is there a possibility that the tv is not compatible with the notebook and will not connect with it ??(the tv has the "hd ready" badge) and 2) if the notebook plays well 720p or 1080p videos it means that it will also play them well on the tv ??

This might be the dumbiest post ever but please help me because i really need to buy this notebook soon.Thanx in advance.

[edDV]

It is highly likely to work but we need more detailed definitions.

What model Sony Bravia?

What types of video files do you want to play? By that I mean camcorder video? DVD? Blu-Ray? TV captures? Internet downloaded files?

The more detail the better.

[christinaki19]

thanx for answering,right know i can't remember the exact model but i'm sure it goes like klv-32-... and this one(http://www.cnet.com.au/sony-bravia-klv-v32a10-lcd-television_images-240057162.htm) is the same at least from outside...As for the video files,i am interested in usual video computer files such as wmv,mpeg,avi,mkv...But does it really matter ?? i mean isn't the computer doing all the work and the tv is used like a standard computer monitor ??

[edDV]

thanx for answering,right know i can't remember the exact model but i'm sure it goes like klv-32-... and this one(http://www.cnet.com.au/sony-bravia-klv-v32a10-lcd-television_images-240057162.htm) is the same at least from outside...As for the video files,i am interested in usual video computer files such as wmv,mpeg,avi,mkv...But does it really matter ?? i mean isn't the computer doing all the work and the tv is used like a standard computer monitor ??

OK so it is an LCD-HDTV at approximately 1366x768 screen resolution and has an HDMI port.

In the most simple context, the HDTV is being used as a progressive computer monitor. In that mode all video file decoding/playback is being done in the computer software/display card and the TV plays the role of a dumb display.

The main setup issue is resolution matching. One can set display card output to 1920x1080 i or p but the TV must scale that down to the actual 1366x768 progressive screen resolution. This downscale will be lossy. Text will be blurred. Better to set the display card to match the TV set's native resolution (1366x768 in this case).

But there is one complicating factor. HDTV sets overscan the display by default. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overscan ). This will upscale and blur the image even if you send at native display resolution. To compensate, many HDTV sets have a non-overscan setting that can be applied per input. Some call this pixel-by-pixel mode or "Just Scan". The downside of using this mode is you may see noise or other garbage around the edges of the picture.

If the TV lacks a pixel by pixel mode, it is possible to de-zoom the image in the display card settings. The downside of display card zooming is a slight image blur.

There are other ways to send video to the HDTV other than progressive at native display resolution (e.g. 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p). These modes pass image processing from the display card to the HDTV. Optimization becomes more complicated.

[usually_quiet]

The other possible problem is if you bought the optional external Blu-Ray drive for playing movies. Playing commercial Blu-Ray discs using HDMI as the connection requires the video graphics adapter and the displaying device to be HDCP compliant. The video graphics adapter is HDCP compliant. I can't tell about your TV. There are older LCDs with HDMI ports don't properly implement HDCP. Some reviews for the TV on the link you provided date back to 2006, the same year Blu-Ray players came out. It's a Sony, so maybe it will be OK, but I can't be certain.

The laptop's display would also need to be HDCP compliant to use it for watching Blu-Ray discs instead of a TV, but I haven't found any thing in the specs that specifically says so.

[christinaki19]

Well,i will set the resolution to native and hope that everything goes ok or not as bad as to make a movie not enjoyable...I thought that as an HD Ready TV it would have 1280 x 1024 resolution...

[edDV]

Well,i will set the resolution to native and hope that everything goes ok or not as bad as to make a movie not enjoyable...I thought that as an HD Ready TV it would have 1280 x 1024 resolution...

Some older plasmas use 1280x1024 or more likely 1024x768 or 1280x768.

Most LCD HDTV sets and newer plasmas use 1366x768 or 1920x1080 screens.

Check your specific screen resolution spec in the manual or on the TV support website.