T61 with a mini dock to large LCD display

I am in the process of building out a showroom for customer interface. I do a lot of intense graphic renderings that I want to display in a larger format on the wall. I am going to go with LCD technology but I need help figuring out how to push the signal from my lenovo mini-dock to the LCD. I am talking issues like DVI-D to HDMI and what kind of obstacles I need to look out for.
Any advise

I have never tried to use HDMI on my setup but I can say with certainty that the Quadro card on the laptop can easily output 1920x1600 through the pass-thru DVI on the advanced mini-dock. If u want to go further with a 30" display, I am not sure. However, u can get the advanced full dock, which supports an add-on for low profile PCI express cards, which should come in dual link flavor for 30"+ LCD's (unless your LCD does not require dual link, at which point, I'm not sure of the max output via DVI). However, the advanced full dock only takes half height/low profile cards, which are exceedingly difficult to find if u are looking for a high end and high quality card.
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