if i own a full hd lcd tv, a radeon hd 5850 graphic card(hdmi connected to lcd), is it nessesary for me to get a HD player so i can watch movies in hd?
or i just play my movies from my pc and it will be displaying in hd??? or will the quality differ?

This post has been edited by robotizer: Mar 11 2010, 09:34 AM

Actually, those HD player are so overated that ppl. are starting to think in order to play HD materials, need to get a standalone HD player.

A PC should do better if it can output the same resolutions to a LCD screen. Only thing is if you wanna upgrade you system later than you need an additional Soundcard etc

yes, you can, quality wont differ much, given that your PC can support the resolution of the LCD (which i think not even a problem for HD5850)

Any LCD with 1080p supports HD play?

Actually its depend on you. I like use my pc as HTPC because i can play all type of file format. Quality is great.
HD player just support certain format only.

Me too, playing blu-ray on my HTPC so fascinating then having big home theater setup..

Instead of selling off for a mere RM150, I connect my old Pentium 4 PC to my LCD and of course PC is 10x more superior than stand alone media player ( except the form factor). With PC, you can play all type of files and watch youtube on TV.

This post has been edited by aeiou228: Mar 11 2010, 10:59 PM

I agree. PC can read whatever you want.Don't have to spent another hundred bugs to get HD player

yes, you can do that..however, it depends on your movie too..to watch movie in hd, your movie reso oso must be in hd..if ur movie in standard dvdrip(700MB), it's not HD..

what are the bluray rip files normaly are???? 1 question, bluray disc are around 50gb or more. if a bluray movie is around 25-50gb, y the rip files some are so small like 1gb ++ or 3-4gb???

smaller ripped files have been (further) compressed to DVD resolution (e.g 480p) or less

Old pentuim 4 can play 1080P smoothly???? I doubt it.

Nothing doing..Pentium 4 too low requirement..

You need a decent PC with a decent graphic cards to play high quality HD material and that itself can cost a lot.

On the other hand you can buy a very good standalone media player to play the highest bitrate HD movies without any lag for a little more than RM400. You do the math.

im downloading dark knight 1080p for 11gb. Y is that so??? while a bluray disc's space is a minimum of 25-50gb????'

sory noob here!

This post has been edited by robotizer: Mar 12 2010, 02:00 PM

dark knight 1080p for 11gb only has either dolby digital or dts 5.1 audio. for bluray disc, you may get HD audio.

Something to think about...
Your HD 5850 graphic card alone cost about RM900. A reasonable cheap HD media player is about RM400.
If your PC with HD 5850 graphic card can't play HD movies then you are throwing away good money!

lol. he should ask himself 1st before buying that expensive card.
-as a conclusion for ts, u can play hd movie using your pc, no need to use hd player anymore. save your money for something else.