Using HDTV for laptop?

[Jeff_B]

is there a way to hook up my laptop to my hdtv?
I have a ati mobility radeon 9000 video card and the tv is a sharp aquos lc-26d40u says in the manual

"number of dots 1366x768x3 dots"

So I am not sure if this is the resolution and how this will look but it would be nice to be able to watch movies on the tv...

I have a dell 600m laptop
S-video output and vga

[Jeff_B]

anyone have any idea for this?
i mean is it going to look like crap?

[hedxcold]

if your tv has a vga input that would be the best way, it would look kind of crappy with s video, but fairly decent for movies/video
just use a vga to vga input like you would from a desktop/laptop to a monitor

[buckslayer80]

You usually need to create a custom resolution to match that of your HDTV. This can be done with free software apps. As said above, if you have a VGA or DVI port on your TV then that's the best way. But trust me, it's not going to be like looking into your monitor.

[Jeff_B]

yeah i have the vga component input any idea of where to get the vga to commponent vga hd cable? and cost?
will it really look that bad? i mean the resoultions should work just bigger pixel sizes? tv is 26 inch i use 12 inch laptop monitor