Movie resolution....

Combusted · 27 Sep 2008 at 10:49

Hey there, So i bought the Samsung syncMaster 245BPlus, and i have no idea about watching HD movies, first of all i don't even know if this monitor supports HD movies?
If so, is there some kind of setting on the player or movie i have to change?
Or Do i just make it full screen size on the 1920x1200 (See this isn't the TrueHD Resolution... which is what confused me)
Or does the monitor need to have the HDMI? I thought that was only for playing HD from Xbox or PS3 or BluRay etc...

Thanks in Advance,
Combusted.

OCdude · 27 Sep 2008 at 12:38

Playing HD vids in 1920x1200 degrades the picture slightly as its being stretched. That's running at an aspect ratio of 16:10 (standard for widescreen monitors). However HD vids are usually 1920x1080 (aspect ratio of 16:9) or 1280x720 or less for DVDs.

Dell and BenQ have started to bring out some 16:9 screens... i guess it's up to you to decide what's more important: desktop "real estate" or HD video watching!

(Personally i plan to get a 30" 2560x1600 screen - so it's all kinda irrelevant for me

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Fanatic · 27 Sep 2008 at 12:48

As he has an 8800GTX I guess he can use the Nvidia Control Panel to set the 1:1 pixel mapping? Black bands at the top and bottom but no stretching.

OCdude · 27 Sep 2008 at 13:02

Yar. Personally i don't really think having 16:9 monitors is really worth it :/

Fanatic · 27 Sep 2008 at 13:55

I can see where the appeal is, and I guess it depends on what you are going to use it for. Though when I play movies on mine (16:10), even with the black bands there, they are much larger than the 60 pixel difference (top and bottom) between 1080 and 1200. So even with a 16:9 aspect, I still think you will get some black bands.

OCdude · 27 Sep 2008 at 14:38

AFAIA - you're only going to get rid of those black bars if you get a 2.35:1 monitor

lol

Fanatic · 27 Sep 2008 at 14:58

So if my shoddy maths is right.. You need a 2538x1080 res monitor to get fullscreen goodness.

Combusted · 27 Sep 2008 at 19:08

Well, i knew about the black lines, my main query was 'am i watching it in HD?' I was watching The Prestige earlier, and some of the text was almost pixelated around the edges?

Should i set VLC to play at 16:9 Aspect Ratio? will that clear the stretchiness? or will using the Nvidia option be better?

Thanks for all your replies.

OCdude · 27 Sep 2008 at 19:44

What was the source format?

In most cases you don't need to re-adjust the aspect ratio

Combusted · 27 Sep 2008 at 21:36

You lost me at Source format? I'm gonna go ahead and say it's just a normal DVd, not bluRay or anything.

OCdude · 27 Sep 2008 at 21:45

ah ok, well yeah you shouldn't need to make any adjustments really, i guess DVDs will look a bit poo when they're 'upscaled' to the resolution of your screen.

Just sit back a bit and you wont notice

Fanatic · 27 Sep 2008 at 21:56

To watch movies in HD you are going to need a Bue Ray or HD DVD player and then movies in the Blue Ray or HD DVD format.

turbotoaster · 29 Sep 2008 at 03:31

or do what a lot of us do and download them, saves buying a player as they arnt the cheapest things, even now