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    Asus G51vx-Rx05 + Bluray

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by thebest, Oct 21, 2009.

  1. thebest

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    Have any of you guys put a Blu-ray drive in your G51vx-Rx05? I know the resolution is a bit low for bluray but half my movies are blu-ray so I need it and it looks better. I would like to know how good it looks with only 1366x768 and are there any problems with downscaling? I'm thinking of getting a refurb RX05 because of the awesome video card + price.
     
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    1920x1080 on a 1366x768 screen is ugly. Bilinear interpolation doesn't look good downscaling to native.
     
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    So its not feasible to put a bluray drive in a 1366x786 laptop? What about the option they have for bluray, in all laptops, at sites like xoticpc?
     
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    It's feasible, but it will look ugly. The option for Blu-ray doesn't encompass only people that like movies, rather people that want to read data Blu-ray's and whatnot.
     
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