Support for 1920x1080 resolution for external MacBook screen?

Got a MacBook 2Ghz (white model) with smashed LCD. For the time being, I use a 19" LCD as main screen with not-too-got result via the MiniDVI-VGA adaptor. I understand that using DVI all the way will give more options regarding external screen resolutions, so I wonder: Will a 1920x1080 FullHD screen be supported correctly when using the MiniDVI-DVI adaptor from this MacBook model (that unfortunately lacks a separate graphics card....)?
In advance - thank you.

I doubt it.
my x3100 machine only supports up to 1280x800. And HD monitors wernt standard kit when the 950 was around. Id say Find a larger monitor or Find out the optimal resolution of the monitor you are using and set it to that.
Start at 1024x768, if that does not look right try going down or up untill it looks better.

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I need a driver available to allow the 1920x1080 resolution.
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You could always check your drivers page.
Go to http://www.support.hp.com
Type in your Product Number (can be found by pressing CTRL + ALT + S)
Select your operating system, (can be found by pressing WINDOWS KEY + Pause/Break)
Click Next.
Download the display driver update if there is one.
If there isn't, right click the desktop and select Screen Resolution for Windows 7, or the personalized right click menu for your graphics card, and fumble around with the settings.
IMPORTANT: I highly suggest creating a System Restore Point before doing this.
Click Start, and click Control Panel. Select Classic View or Small icons view. Click System. On the left, click Advanced System Properties. Under the System Protection tab, click Create, near the bottom. Name it "Video Driver settings" or something similar to that so that you can remember.
A window will come up saying "Creating Restore Point."
After this completes, it should say:
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[Close]
---End of System restore point creation process---
I have more HP devices than you'd expect.
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1 Laptop (HP DV6253CL)
Have at least some experience in each of those devices, and i'll do my best to help you.
Kudos if I helped!

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Hi there,
I was currently thinking about buying the following external display:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-E2251VR-inch-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B0060LCBTG/ref=cm_ cr_pr_product_top
I have read mixed things about connecting macbooks to external displays so wanted to ask the following:
1. Firstly can the MacBook air 2012 handle an external monitor with resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz?
2. Secondly, I have heard some Macbooks, with some cables (predominantly HDMI), don't give the option of 1920x1080 when plugged in, instead cap it at around 1600 leaving the external screen blurry. Which connection is best to get the full 1080p resolution, DVI, VGA or HDMI?
Thanks for any help you guys can offer!
Rob

Thanks for your responses!
Captfred - I've tried plugging it into my friends screen now using my minidisplay to HDMI cable and the following options show up:
1080i
1080p
720p
1600x1400
1440x900
etc etc
Is the 1080p option 1920x1080? If I choose the 1080p option, the resolution looks nice and has large real estate on there, the only thing is if I full screen it the top and bottom are cut off? Is this a problem with the aspect ratio of the screen do you think?
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In our office we have a domain controller call it 'Office.com', all computers and corporate servers e.g. exchange, antivirus etc. are member of this 'office.com', it is also having a DNS. All users in office have there preferred DNS set to the corporate
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ok so the GPO setting doesn't apply in any case.
Clients machines use the first DNS server in the list of configured ones on the NIC. If that one is available search for additional DNS servers will stop.
What i can not really understand is your description about the second DNS server. This should normally either another DC with AD integrated DNS, so everything is replicatedwithin AD replication or you use a secondary DNS on domain member server that pulls
the informations from the Master.
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Best regards
Meinolf Weber
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Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
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This also happens if I'm connected to my TV and use VLC.
After this happens the only way for e to get my macbook screen working again is to unplug the adapter.
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Never had this problem before.
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in4time wrote:
I've actually tried that process and it doesn't work; I still get the same display qualities on both. Perhaps that process might work if one is not mirroring. Maybe there is a compatibility issue between my Macbook Pro and the Acer 223W. I'll persevere, but thanks for your help anyway.
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Hey there all, this is my first post here. It looks like some people have had similar issues—particularly with an incomplete/incorrect list of resolutions being provided for external displays.
I am shopping around for an external display for my MacBook (my specs are included) and I tested a few different ones today, but encountered problems.
- On a 22" ASUS monitor (sorry I don't have the model) using Mini-DVI to VGA, the native resolution (I assume 1680x1050) is not available, and most resolutions offered are 4:3 ratio (1600x1200 worked). The highest widescreen resolution listed was 1280x768.
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Wondering whether or not this was a problem with using VGA, I then bought a Mini-DVI to DVI adapter and tried again on the 19" and 24" (the 22" ASUS did not have a DVI-in) but the same flickering blue screen appeared, with nothing displayed on the monitor.
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2. Drivers are out of date. This does not seem likely as I am running OS X 10.5.7.
Other than that, I am at a loss! I haven't yet forked out the $49 to do phone support with Apple, that will be my next bet.
Has anyone had this problem, or have any ideas what I can try? Short of buying a new Unibody MacBook of course .
Thanks guys, hope you can help. Just let me know if you need more info about my computer.

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Is a 10.5.6 downgrade a possibility for you? For example, do you use Time Machine and can you in that case revert to a previous time when the MB was running 10.5.6? Perhaps that's not a great suggestion, but it would be something to try.
There is some remote chance, though somewhat unlikely given that three different monitors are involved, that the embedded display driver data (EDID) in each monitor is bad or incomplete. If you care to investigate that possibility, there is a program called SwitchRes X that allows you to snoop a monitor's EDID and turns it into a human readable text file.
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