Quote Originally Posted by Munsu
This is my tv:
http://www.vizio.com/productDetails.aspx?id=2638

So, I ask again... assuming that the source is 1080p, like some Blu Ray rip for example, I have the TV connected via VGA to my laptop with a resolution of 1920x1080, once I play the video, it should be displaying it at 1080p right? Or is there some other setting I need to be aware of wether it is a tv setting or something I might need to change in my laptop?

I think I have everything setup correctly, but I just want to make sure that I'm not ignoring a step since I didn't change any setting regarding the display in my tv's settings... all I did was put the correct resolution in my laptop and that's it.
Page 31 of the manual:

Resolution (1920x1080) through RGB (15-Pin VGA)
Input
If your PC supports VESA Reduce Blanking timing via the VGA card drive program (usually offered by the
VGA Card Manufacturer), your TV set is equipped to have the 1920X1080 resolution display through this
connection using the following timing 136.5MHz. The following parameters are often the values required
by the software or programs to set up the display:
It's very nice of them to offer the precise settings for that resolution, as most other screens will simply reject resolutions over 1024*768 even if they are FullHD when connecting through VGA.

So technically this isn't as good as connecting with a hdmi video card, because you have analog signals in VGA, but this could be good. Be sure to have a very good VGA cable, because 1920*1080 pixels @ 60Hz makes a lot of data in analog and it all depends on connections and cable there.

Also, if you have a blu-ray encoded at 24Hz, the conversion to 60Hz may produce some judder (or is it jitter?) because 60 isn't a multiple of 24, and you can't select 48 or 72Hz through VGA as only 60 seems to be available.

That's all
Oh, and if your card has a dvi output, you might connect that screen through DVI with a DVI to Hdmi adapter (or cable if you can still find them)