HD Video Demos

[WatchTower]

Is there anywhere that hosts downloadable small HD videos purely for a Demo. When I get my HDTV I'd like to see what HD is like on it and I thought a good way to do this would be hook it up to my PC so I can get an idea of how good HD videos and TV will look.

 

[Goatboy]

http://www.highdefforum.com/showthread.php?t=6537

 

[WatchTower]

brilliant. Thanks a lot.

 

[Rotty]

great stuff

my 42 inch panny arrives tomorrow

what is the best way to play these on to my TV ( sorry for being dim )

I could move my main pc to the TV at a push but it would be tricky , also have a laptop if I could use that

 

[WatchTower]

Some of the trailers with DMR. Won't play as the requested videos have expired. So I'm downloading one without DMR now. (Just an heads uo)

 

[Goatboy]

What can your laptop do res-wise to a second monitor?

Basically you want to set your PC to output whatever the native res of your screen is then simply play those video clips full screen.

 

[peahead]

http://www.davestrailerpage.co.uk/

http://hdclips.net/index.php

 

[chaparral]

great stuff

my 42 inch panny arrives tomorrow

what is the best way to play these on to my TV ( sorry for being dim )

I could move my main pc to the TV at a push but it would be tricky , also have a laptop if I could use that

See this thread here
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=452543

 

[Pythonmann]

Is there anywhere that hosts downloadable small HD videos purely for a Demo. When I get my HDTV I'd like to see what HD is like on it and I thought a good way to do this would be hook it up to my PC so I can get an idea of how good HD videos and TV will look.

Why don't you copy the HD demo's onto a DVD disc or similar and view them on your TV via a DVD player?

 

[Goatboy]

Because it won't work.

You'll either have a) incompatible files or b) have to re-encode all the video to DVD format which would no longer be HD.

There are a few DVD players around that would let you burn stuff like those clips onto disc and play them back, if you had one you'd know.

 

[Rotty]

See this thread here
http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=452543

thanks , will take a look

 

[Tony Williams]

A lot of torrent sites stock demo videos. A quick seach for "720p", "1080i" or "1080p" should point you in the right direction.

 

[unknowndomain]

www.apple.com/quicktime theres loads of HD trailers and some HD random stuff as proof of technology on there too.