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    blu-ray

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bossier330, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. bossier330

    bossier330 Notebook Consultant

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    why does dell offer a blu-ray drive on the 1520s when there aren't 1080 livnes of resolution on a wsxga screen?
     
    bossier330, Jul 30, 2007
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    dc74 Notebook Consultant

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    Same reason why there are 720P HDTV's for sale (ie most LCD HDTV's).
     
    dc74, Jul 30, 2007
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    liquidplasma6 Notebook Evangelist

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    max 720p on the dell screen, but you can output 1080i with the VGA out to your TV

    too bad theres no HDMI...
     
    liquidplasma6, Jul 30, 2007
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    bossier330 Notebook Consultant

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    i know...im gonna miss integrated hdmi. but my point is that the whole revolution of blu-ray is that it supports 1080p right? anyways....thought it was interesting
     
    bossier330, Jul 30, 2007
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    sinfolmatt Notebook Geek

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    50gigs of storage on a disk is still useful for some people probably, albeit a small number dell probably still makes a profit on the blu-ray so they might as well offer it. plus offering it prevents losing potential customers who need/want it
     
    sinfolmatt, Jul 30, 2007
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    RogueThunder Notebook Consultant

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    Techicaly, 720, Is HDTV. Standard is 480/or whatever the heck PAL is. Its a older version of HDTV that was phased out before it was put to any large scale use really-but...(Although, abc, fox, and espn can be found on it...) I think I've seen one or two dvds that had HD 720 content... and maybe a few games though-i seem to recall some odd circumstances with them.

    That said ^.^ Blueray without 1080i... Lolz. Because they can ^.^... Really, with a slightly improved codec format, DVDs can handle 1080i, just fine... So its all a joke in my book.
     
    RogueThunder, Jul 30, 2007
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