Netbook with HDMI

[fozy]

My 15 inch laptop is now 6 years old and needs to be replaced (40gb). My lifestyle is very much travelling at the moment and for the whole of next year and part of 2012 i will be on the road.

 

Therefor i want to purchase a netbook which will suit my lifestyle and will no doubt be better than my current laptop.

 

Here's my problem, when at home i would like to connect it to my TV, not to watch films or gaming just for browzing the internet and simple WORD/EXCELL documents. Though watching a movie from an exturnal hard drive would be a bonus i suppose but not essential.

 

Do i need to get a Netbook with a HDMI socket or will the VGA do? HDMI is hard to find on a Netbook and i don't know if i am sacrificing quality in the search for a HDMI.

Will VGA still put a good quality picture on my TV?

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Plastic Nev]

Hi and welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help Fozy.

A lot depends on what inputs your TV has, though most modern sets do have HDMI I am not sure if VGA will be available so you may need to buy a VGA to whatever input is available adapter, Let us know what inputs are available on the TV.

I will add that although HDMI is going to give you the best picture, for most things an adapter from the VGA output of the netbook will be perfectly acceptable.

[Dalo Harkin]

You can get DVI to HDMI adapters, so if you can find a netbook with HDMI then you can just use one of those and get the best of both worlds...

 

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