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    Anyone using a Blue-ray dvd player on a 15" 1400x900 screen?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tim Konuch, Dec 30, 2008.

  1. Tim Konuch

    Tim Konuch Notebook Consultant

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    Is it worth getting a blue-ray dvd player with such a low screen resolution size? I am looking to order a new notebook and am considering this option.

    Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Best regards.
     
    Tim Konuch, Dec 30, 2008
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  2. narsnail

    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    it does look noticeably better I found on my 17inch screen, but thats all the input I have.
     
    narsnail, Dec 30, 2008
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  3. Phil

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    Even 720p (1280*720) looks a lot better than DVD. So 1080p on 1400*900 will look even better.

    Not as good as Full HD ofcourse, but you'll need to sit close to see the difference.
     
    Phil, Dec 30, 2008
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    It even looks better with my 13.3" 1280x800. Granted, the bigger the screen, the better but Blu-ray is more than just higher resolution. BD has richer color, less or no artifact, more detail etc.
     
    hendra, Dec 30, 2008
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    Yeah, i've got the Alienware in my Sig with a Blu-Ray Player, seems to fit the bill nicely... Videos look crisp and 'un-scaled' (that the term im looking for?)

    Could have gone for the 1900*1200 screen but i wanted a glossy screen :)

    Tom
     
    t2ppp124, Dec 30, 2008
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  6. Tim Konuch

    Tim Konuch Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks everyone. I guess I will get the Blue-ray dvd player.
     
    Tim Konuch, Dec 30, 2008
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    As others have said, there is a difference even on a 1440x900 screen, then again you can always connect it to a much larger HDTV or an external monitor to experience full resolution.
     
    PhoenixFx, Dec 30, 2008
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    Does BD technically have/support richer/more colours than DVDs or only higher resolution and newer codecs and whatnot? (sometimes I'm a colour freak :3).
     
    namaiki, Dec 30, 2008
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  9. tianxia

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    i don't think so, i mean the codecs are more or less the same AFAIK.
     
    tianxia, Dec 31, 2008
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    NO, the codes are very different ! Standard DVD is based on MPEG2 while Bluray is mainly based on H.264, which has more than twice the quality at the same bit rate compared to MPEG2.

    A Bluray video can have a maximum bitrate of 40Mbps Vs 9.8Mbps for a DVD. Since a DVD has roughly 1/5 the resolution of a bluray, 1080p resolution with MPEG2 at the same quality means around 48MBps, this is not exactly but roughly very close to the bluray bit rate, but given that H.264 has far superior quality compared to MPEG2 at the same bitrate, we can conclude that blurays should look much better than a DVD despite the resolution difference. This doesn't necessarily mean better colors, it means less artifacts = better quality ( numbers for the calculations taken from this page)
     
    PhoenixFx, Dec 31, 2008
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  11. tianxia

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    thanks for that.
     
    tianxia, Dec 31, 2008
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