| Re: Laptop with DVI , or docking station. need help. Asus F3Sv series and Dell 17" laptops have DVI.
The Asus laptops are 15.4 inch screens.
"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
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> Over G wrote:
>> Hi
>> I am thinking to buy a Laptop, but I saw that there is no models with
>> DVI.
>> since I want to use my laptop as a primery computer in the house, and
>> connect it to normal LCD this matter is very crucial to me.
>>
>> so :
>> 1) is there any laptop model with DVI output ?
>
> Never seen one.
>
>> 2( I understnad that most of the laptops have a docking station that
>> contain DVi
>
> Not most, but some.
>
>> but how the docking station get the DVI ? is it just an extension from
>> the regular VGA port to the DVi or it somehow connect to the graphic
>> card in the laptop and transmit a true DVi.
>
> The latter. The graphics chip puts out DVI, but no room for it on the
> laptop apparently. Some notebooks now have HDMI outputs built in.
>
> There are some other devices that plug into the CardBus or ExpressCard
> slot and are essentially another whole graphics card, that has DVI. Belkin
> makes these.
>
> I have a Dell dock for a D610 and D620, and it has DVI out. It was very
> inexpensive too, only $7.50.
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