BenQ s41 with HDMI output

I have got this laptop for several month already and didn't even test out the HDMI output, and now I finally have the time to do some testing with it.

It seem to be a trend this day for laptop and computer coming out with HDMI, I remember ppl telling me that HDMI is complete useless for PC or laptop! But now after i tried it out i feel that it is not true.

Link between Laptop and PC monitor and AV reveiver

First of all this HDMI thing can not only output video signal but also audio signal. For a Laptop like mine here which has small screen (14 inch screen) and crappy speaker (most laptop do come with crappy speaker), with a HDMI output built in is a good thing! When you wanted to have bigger graphics and better sound quality you can just connect your laptop with the TV (with HDMI input of course) or AV receiver.

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Monitor graphic (left) and Laptop graphic (right)

The graphics between a S-Video and HDMI is really a big different, and also the sound quality for using a HDMI from those normal Speaker output wire are different too! The graphic quality od HDMI is similar to DVI output and have digital audio output which support up to 7.1 channel HD Audio.

So i do think 1 day PC will have HDMI output, and 3D cards or sound card may have to combine together and make used of this HDMI output. By then monitor and speaker for PC can be replace by HDTV, which can then serve as a monitor and speaker!