1080p on 2560x1600 monitor

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Would playing a full HD film, game or whatever look worse on a 2560x1600 monitor as the content would be 'stretched' over the pixels?

I was having a conversation with a mate yesterday and he it would stretch the pixel and look worse. I said it would stretch, but it wouldnt look worse. I also said you could turn the resolution down to 1080p and it would be the same. He said it wouldnt be the same though

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Im 90% sure ur friend is right :( its one of the reasons i wouldnt get a higher rez monitor. It would render your/mine/any ones blue ray drive player pointless.
 
Guest2 said:
Would playing a full HD film, game or whatever look worse on a 2560x1600 monitor as the content would be 'stretched' over the pixels?

I was having a conversation with a mate yesterday and he it would stretch the pixel and look worse. I said it would stretch, but it wouldnt look worse. I also said you could turn the resolution down to 1080p and it would be the same. He said it wouldnt be the same though

:confused:
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Running an LCD monitor out of its native resolution will always produce a distorted and less clear image, your friend is 100% right.
 
it stretches on mine and looks fail

however depening on the type of monitor, you have, it might have an upscaler that sorts it out.

either way it will be in the wrong aspect ratio
 
Depends on whether you've got 1:1 mapping or not, a lot of monitors don't.

The real question you need to ask yourself of course is, how bothered are you by it looking sub-optimal? It may be that a distorted image on a 30" screen looks better to you than a "perfect" image on a 23" screen simply because it is bigger.
 
if its through a pc you can just put it in a 1080p window and itll be fine, but straight from a blu ray player I assume that it stretches it to the screen size and as such distorts it. so depends on source, and if your monitor has a built in upscaling device.
 
adamknox said:
Im 90% sure ur friend is right :( its one of the reasons i wouldnt get a higher rez monitor. It would render your/mine/any ones blue ray drive player pointless.
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Play back your HD content on the PC instead of a standalone player. Then you have the fun of going "oh yes, I've got Full HD... in a window...mwhahahahhahaa...:D"

If you want to watch films as on a tv, get a tv, and enjoy the large size...and low resolution.
 
This is interesting, i never thought about this before. i was just about to buy a new monitor. I think I'll find a a 1080 now.

Would the quality of a BluRay be worse if i have a 1600 monitor and GFX card?
 
If you have a bluray drive in the pc/laptop then surely with something like vlc, you can just set it in the options to run at 1080 with boarders
 
Richdog said:
Running an LCD monitor out of its native resolution will always produce a distorted and less clear image, your friend is 100% right.
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This ^


Also, I have a 2560x1440 screen. For a plus, the aspect ratio is right and in all honesty even though it's slightly stretched, having a far bigger resolution for general use outweighs having a slightly blurry film. I don't even think the stretch is that drastic. I never have my face up to the screen when watching a film anyway, i sit back and relax and it looks just as good.
 
I have the HPZR24W which is 1920x1200 and that will stretch 1080p video (i.e. if you do 720p or 1080p YouTube fullscreen) but in my case it doesn't matter since I watch films on the TV, or if it's an HD YouTube video I think warrants watching big I'll just use my Apple TV's YouTube thing and use the iPhone to write the name down with via Remote rather than the remote the ATV comes with.

If you only have a monitor as an 'all in one' then it's probably best to compromise and get a 16:9 1920x1080 one since you won't have any problems then.
 
As long as the picture remains in a 16:9 aspect ratio, the difference of 1080p source over 2560x1440 screen is so small there really isn't any point worrying about it. Bigger screen / sit further back / picture looks the same. If you're watching the film 2ft from your computer screen you're probably not getting the full movie experience anyway.
 
Surely this depends on your media player (software) and most I know of have decent upscalers which keep the aspect ratio the same, so on a 2560x1600 monitor, a 1080p movie will be upscaled to 2560x1440 and you'll just get black bars added to the top and bottom.

It won't look too bad unless you're sitting very close to the screen. You'll still see all the detail, but it won't look as sharp as it would on a 1920x1080 res screen because when upscaled to 2560x1440 resolution, each pixel is no longer a perfect square, but an approximation of a square.

Try playing a 720p movie on a 1920x1200 or 1920x1080 resolution screen, it doesn't look bad at all.
 
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