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HaRd5TeR

HaRd5TeR

HaRd5TeR

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ok, so i got a HD samsung TV


firstly i need a sample to test my TV as i have never used HD on it yet!!
software needed on laptop to play said sample?


basically what im sayin is, what do u guys do to watch HD stuff?
u all got bluray players???

thx in advance.
p.s i have no sky.
 
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scrap the 1st post.

if i play one of the links from that site (wmv 9)
and i play a blu-ray movie via my laptop (20gig?)

is the quality same?

or is wmv9 not as good?

im all confused regarding HD.

dvd to divx was easy to understand, divx not as good!

blu-ray, hddvd, wmv9, x.264 etc etc!!
argh!!!
 
HaRd5TeR said:
scrap the 1st post.

if i play one of the links from that site (wmv 9)
and i play a blu-ray movie via my laptop (20gig?)

is the quality same?

or is wmv9 not as good?

im all confused regarding HD.

dvd to divx was easy to understand, divx not as good!

blu-ray, hddvd, wmv9, x.264 etc etc!!
argh!!!
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There is no legally downloadable HD content apart from trailers.

You'll have to use Blueray/HDDVD for movies with a dedicated player/ps3 etc.

sid
 
blu-ray
hddvd
wmv9


lets say there all 720p

is 1 better than the other?
IS wmv9 identical to watching a blu-ray movie thai is 720p?

i thought wmv9 is like a form of divx.


its awfully hard to get just the answer on here today.
 
HaRd5TeR said:
blu-ray
hddvd
wmv9


lets say there all 720p

is 1 better than the other?
IS wmv9 identical to watching a blu-ray movie thai is 720p?

i thought wmv9 is like a form of divx.


its awfully hard to get just the answer on here today.
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Quality varies. It depends on what kind of codec is used on the HD-DVD / Blu-Ray disc and wmv9. I think HD-DVD and Blu-Ray use either MPEG, VC1 or some other, not sure about wmv9. They all use codecs like DivX, just as there's so much space on the disks, you can use better codecs where the compression stuff suits space on the disk.

At the end of the day, you'll probably not be able to tell the difference between quality of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray stuff unless you're completely anal about things like that.

That's my take on it anyway.
 
DaveyD said:
Quality varies. It depends on what kind of codec is used on the HD-DVD / Blu-Ray disc and wmv9. I think HD-DVD and Blu-Ray use either MPEG, VC1 or some other, not sure about wmv9. They all use codecs like DivX, just as there's so much space on the disks, you can use better codecs where the compression stuff suits space on the disk.

At the end of the day, you'll probably not be able to tell the difference between quality of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray stuff unless you're completely anal about things like that.

That's my take on it anyway.
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Yup quality of codec ( mostly H264 and VC-1) and bitrate matter the most.

Having said that I've seen HD footage in WMV9 and Xvids which are equally stunning.

sid
 
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