Re: VGA, DVI, DVI-D, and HDMI

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

The right docking station does.  It's actually from the Latitude C series
but still works on the D series as the dock connector didn't change.  I use
it on my D830.  It appears Dell doesn't sell it any more but Googling for
"D830 docking station" revealed this one:
http://www.parts4nb.com/catalogue/product/dell-latitude-d830--docking-stationwhich
is what I have.  It has Gb Ethernet, VGA, DVI, power, 4 USB 2.0,
headphone, serial/parallel, ps/2 for mouse & kbd, the Dell proprietary TV
out connector (supports a pigtail with composite & S-video out as well as
audio out), and the ever popular Kensington lock slot (which locks the
laptop into the dock & to the cable).  The one I linked to is too expensive;
maybe it can be found cheaper elsewhere.

But even that likely won't solve the audio issue.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Lukas Beeler
<lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 21:48,  <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This is a Dell Latitude D830.  Actually, I didn't think about a solution
> > from Dell.
>
> Unfortunately, the D830 docking station doesn't seem to have DVI Out.
>
> > I did find this at Dell.  It costs a little more but I have more
> > confidence that it would work.
> http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Cables/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=04&sku=A0757959
>
> They're just reselling that. And it doesn't support 1080p.
>
> > I hadn't thought about audio in the HDMI cable.  I'm used to separate
> > audio/video cables.  If I did try to cable it together, if it did work
> > there probably wouldn't be any sound.
>
> You'll need a laptop which is capable of that - meaning a recent
> graphic card and an appropriate port. They're probably few and far
> between.
>
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