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September 24th, 2009, 12:07 PM
#1
Thinkpad connected to a widescreen
Hi. I have a thinkpad R60 laptop. It's display resolution options in windows xp only give me two options: 800x600, and 1024x768. I have the latter resolution.
I would like to connect this to my widescreen 32inch tv (i.e., as a monitor through a VGA cable) and watch my personal videos.
When I connect the vga cable, the laptop screen shows up on the tv, but in a 1024x768 resolution, which means there are black bars on the left and right of the screen.
How can I make my laptop show widescreen images?
Thanks!
Last edited by erick_p; September 24th, 2009 at 12:09 PM.
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September 24th, 2009, 08:59 PM
#2
What is the top resolution of your 32" tv?
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September 24th, 2009, 11:26 PM
#3
Don't know, but I connected a newer Dell which is itself a widescreen laptop and that showed up widescreen on the TV too, covering the whole screen. My Dell laptop was 1280xwhatever. I'm fine with that much from the Thinkpad too, but thinkpad doesn't seem to allow it. I think the TV supports higher res.
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September 25th, 2009, 12:49 AM
#4
Since your Thinkpad has an ATI X1400, it should have higher resolutions for it. Have you tried updating the driver?
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September 25th, 2009, 03:29 AM
#5
lenovo community > ThinkPads > R Series ThinkPad Laptops >
[Solved!] Supporting 1920x1080 external monitor on R60
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/R-Series...766476CBE7B894
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September 25th, 2009, 06:21 AM
#6
 Originally Posted by SpywareDr
THANKS so much! The bios update linked from that website has solved it!
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September 26th, 2009, 05:50 AM
#7
Excellent! 
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