Dukes noob question of the day eSATA/HDMI

[Duke{CLR}]

I have just goggled these terms so I kind of know what they but what are the practical uses for these ports on my laptop?

[K PhaNTOM]

What ports?

oops, didnt read the rest of the thread name.. my bad... Sirex got it right

[Sirex]

esata - external hdds and the like (basicly)
hdmi - tv out/in combined with audio in the same line.

[juneau]

esata - external hdds and the like (basicly)
hdmi - tv out/in combined with audio in the same line.

Nothing i can add to that.

[Rand{CLR}]

HDMI is also the high definition port du jour. You could put a blu-ray player on that thing and export it via HDMI to an HDTV.

-Rand

[ryanbatc]

You are a n00b

JK

[Duke{CLR}]

OK so the Esata port could be handy for a speedier backup but I just don't see myself using the HDMI for anything.

Thanks