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TV Quality vs. PC Quality
Xtras:
--- Quote from: Lupin on August 23, 2009, 03:57:48 PM ---You can't play BDs in HD (correct me if I'm wrong) if your monitor, and video card are not HDCP compliant.
You may have a HDCP compliant monitor but if your video card doesn't then you can't play them.
--- End quote ---
I have the necessary graphics card (radeon 4770, yes the new model that smokes the 9800gt with only 80 watts). But my blu-ray drive is pretty lousy (I think I picked it refurbished for 70 bucks). It works fine when I am playing games and watching movies but I haven't tried it on a big screen (only the 22" computer monitor I have). Would it make a difference in quality if I improved the drive, or would the money be better spent on an improved GPU.
bloody000:
Why would it matter if it's reading discs just fine?
Xtras:
What would look better attached to a PC playing a encode at fullscreen, a 1080p TV, or a 1080p projector?
DigitalSteel:
Depends on a few things. I have a 1080p tv, but I tend to watch all movies on my projector which is actually only 800x600. Sometimes size is better if the quality is good enough.
Xtras:
So say I plugged in my computer which runs at 1680x1050 resolution into a 800x600 projector. Then say i were to play an anime encode that is 800x600 resolution in fullscreen. Does that mean that it wouldn't do any upscaling. In which case I can get the projector to project on an entire wall an image that really is only a small resolution? Sounds too good to be true. I know there is probably a flaw in this plan but do tell me of it.
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