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13 inch MBP will it have trouble displaying an HD video file on a 50-60 inch HDTV?
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going to be purchasing a laptop soon and need to know about this
one of my current laptops cant stream youtube without lagging terribly while connected to the tv
I'm not totally sure about this, but I know that my external monitor is a 19inch, and it won't even display the native resolution of the 19 inch montior
I have a 13in macbook pro 2.53 c2duo and 4gb of ram. I watch HD content (d/led movies, tv shows, etc) off my 40in LCD at 1080p resolution all the time no problem. The content plays smooth as can be. I'm sure youtube content won't be a problem.
Youtube sometimes studders in general but that's flash's problem. Mine always works well at displaying HD video.
Really? thats odd
That sounds great. have you tried watching a BR file 4-8 gigs in size on the HDTV?
Yeah the problem is it would work fine when its not displaying on the HDTV, so im sure it isnt a youtube thing there
When I had my 2.0 Mac Mini (2 years ago model) hooked up to my 42" HDTV through VGA, it drove 1080P no problem. I do not see why a new MBP with a better (yes I know not that much) video card couldn't.
I have a newer mac mini with the same hardware as a 13" MacBook, it plays full resolution bluray rips on my 60" pioneer with no stutter or drop outs
you'll need a mini displayport to dvi adapter then dvi to hdmi
don't use VGA as the above poster did. It will not run at full 1920x1080 60hz
you'll need a mini displayport to dvi adapter then dvi to hdmi
don't use VGA as the above poster did. It will not run at full 1920x1080 60hz
Of course...!
Where on earth do people get this weird notion that because a screen is big their computer might have trouble "powering" it?! It is resolution, not size that will cause problems. The 13" MBP's GPU (9400M) can do 2560x1600 as a maximum resolution. Your TV is 1080p (1920x1080).
Your current laptop may be struggling because of poor video memory.. you didn't really tell us anything about it.. vague posts don't really get any answers.
Where on earth do people get this weird notion that because a screen is big their computer might have trouble "powering" it?! It is resolution, not size that will cause problems. The 13" MBP's GPU (9400M) can do 2560x1600 as a maximum resolution. Your TV is 1080p (1920x1080).
Your current laptop may be struggling because of poor video memory.. you didn't really tell us anything about it.. vague posts don't really get any answers.