bigD21
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Right, Ive got a couple of HD dvds saved on my HDD, got a 32" HD LCD TV connected to the PC. Running a nvidia geforce 7950 gfx card too. How do I go about watching it in HD from my HDD? Do I need a certain type of HDD?
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Mo
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change the screen resolution on your pc to minimum of 1024x768 (for normal HD) and that will give u output onto your tv.
If u want full HD change the resolution to 1920x1080 on your pc
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Mo
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just remember u said 32" so u won't be able to watch it in Full HD
[Edited on 05-10-2007 by Mo]
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Deadude
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some 32" can do full HD theyre just ridiculousy expensive 
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Mo
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only JUST come out
Sharp
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bigD21
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so effectively i can just watch them straight off? if i have the refresh rate any higher than 70fps however it seems to be abit glitchy, any way to fix this? does the HDD not make a difference then to the way HD movies are displayed?
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Mo
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the Hard Disk Drive just holds the data so it won't make a difference. U probably won't be able to put your refresh rate much higher than 70hz cause if you've got a standard LCD is will refresh at 55-65hz, so i would run it at that. Thats unless u got a 32" with 100hz fresh rate
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Steve
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whats the difference between full hd and 32" hd 
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Mo
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When watching HD your tv is made up of lines which run across the screen.
Full HD has a 1080 lines running on the screen at the same time when watching HD content. Where as normal HD has 720 lines running at the same time
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Mo
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Also the resolution will be higher on a Full HD screen. Usually 1920x 1080 (full HD) instead of 1366x768 (normal HD)
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Dom
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Mo, its 1080 or 720, wtf is full HD and half HD? 
1080 you need a resolution of 1920×1080 (usually its 1920x1200), whereas 720 you need a resolution of 1280x720.
If you are getting stuttering/jerkyness, chances are your pc hasn't got the processing power to decode the HD film quick enough, hence the stuttering of frames.
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
whats the difference between full hd and 32" hd
i understand what you mean mate ignore the clowns below.
32" only supports 1080i (untill sharp released there new aquos thingy)
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Mo
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quote:
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Originally posted by Dom
Mo, its 1080 or 720, wtf is full HD and half HD?
I didn't say 'half' HD.....i said 'normal' HD which is just 'HD ready' tv's 
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1080 you need a resolution of 1920×1080 (usually its 1920x1200), whereas 720 you need a resolution of 1280x720.
on a LCD you'll probably find that most resolution's will be 1366x768 whereas on a plasma you'll find it can be lower like 1024x 768.
If you are getting stuttering/jerkyness, chances are your pc hasn't got the processing power to decode the HD film quick enough, hence the stuttering of frames.
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Steve
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surely 720p on a smaller screen looks as good as 1080p on a larger screen.
1080p on a smaller screen would look better then 1080p on a large screen too. as the lines would be thinner
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Mo
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we'll find out soon Steve.... Sharp have made the first set.....so its very new to the market. IMO i think its a bit pointless cause u probably won't even see the different on a 32" cause your eyes can only pick up so much detail
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John
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I think people are still getting confused.
If a tv does not have a high enough res it isn't 1080 anything.
It will accept that signal but still display it in 720.
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Steve
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no but 1080 on a large screen wont look much better than 720 on a smaller screen due to the lines being bigger
basically it needs to have higher resolution to look equally as good as lower res on a smaller screen
[Edited on 06-10-2007 by Steve]
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John
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Yes, but people in here seem to be talking about 32" supporting 1080i and not p and thats the difference, 32" screens will accept the 1080i signal, it won't display it as 1080i though.
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ed
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IS that graphics card HD compatible? My graphics card has HD out, but it doesn't have an HD graphics processor so apparently it can't do HD. Thoroughly confusing as it would be able to produce an HD resolution and the graphics are fucking sharp on my Samsung 32" monitor.
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ed
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32" monitor 22" montor even.
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Steve
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how does the interlaced/progressive thing work from a pc output?
obviously a PC is more then capable of the resoultion, maybe not progressive scan though
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ed
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PC's can do both for images, not sure about videos.
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Yes, but people in here seem to be talking about 32" supporting 1080i and not p and thats the difference, 32" screens will accept the 1080i signal, it won't display it as 1080i though.
my 32" tv in master bedroom accepts 1080p but only displays 1080i
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John
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What is the resolution of your tv.
Graphics cards can output HD even if they do not process it using the onboard chip.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
how does the interlaced/progressive thing work from a pc output?
obviously a PC is more then capable of the resoultion, maybe not progressive scan though
Im 99% sure LCD monitors are progressive, in which case from what i gather, any video thats played is outputted progessive.
And ed, are you talking about HDCP? Any graphics card with a digital out (so DVI/HDMI) will be able to output a hidef signal (newer cards can support 1080p resolutions). The problem comes when using blue-ray/HD-DVD drives and playing filmes on Blue-ray/HDDVD, as HDCP has to be supported by the graphics card for the copy protection.
However, HiDef films brought from the "special" shops will be fine - just hook up your tv via DVI or HDMI cable 
[Edited on 06-10-2007 by Dom]
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