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Blu-ray player in computer versus standalone in terms of quality |
| canadianjameson posted 2009 Jun 29 11:52 |
| Hi all,
I just bought a new 46" tv and i'm wondering whether to buy a standalone Bluray player or put one in my computer tower (which can display to the screen) Am i going to get a massive loss of quality if I get one for my computer? Thanks, Jay |
| edDV posted 2009 Jun 29 12:30 |
| That would depend on the display card capability in your computer.
In general, a standalone player will offer better image quality. |
| canadianjameson posted 2009 Jun 29 12:48 |
| I have the Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX (http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7800.html) so the graphics capabilities are there.
I suppose my question is does the difference in performance justify the difference in costs? |
| rr6966 posted 2009 Jun 29 12:59 |
| I have a computer with Blu Ray and a couple of standalone units. The standalone option, in my opinion, is the way to go. If you are interested in the hi rez new audio formats, the computer really doesn't support these or not easily as pluging in a standalone into an HDMI receiver. |
| canadianjameson posted 2009 Jun 29 15:15 |
| perfect, i'll go standalone :)
last tangential question: I have a DVD player that is connected to the new TV by RCA cables, but it also has an HDMI port. will i get any better picture quality by switching from the RCA to HDMI (given that it's just a standard 39$ Phillips DVD player) Thanks so much! Jay |
| MOVIEGEEK posted 2009 Jun 29 15:23 |
| HDMI will look better. |
| canadianjameson posted 2009 Jun 29 15:35 |
| cool - i'll order them now.
While i have you here - and this is MAJORLY tangential so feel free to ask me to post somewhere else, but here's an issue i just came across: I don't quite know if this will work, but i currently have this connecting my PC to the computer: http://www.svideo.com/7svto3rca.html I'm upgrading to this: http://www.svideo.com/dvihdmi30.html now the question is... do i need to ALSO buy this: http://www.svideo.com/audioadapter30.html or can i a) just leave the current audio connections connected, but unplug the s-video plug and plug in the HDMI cord, OR b) do i need another type of wire? Thanks so much, and sorry for the tangent |
| MOVIEGEEK posted 2009 Jun 29 15:37 |
| I assume you are connecting the PC to the 46" tv, if so I would use the audio cables you already have.
If you're connecting a standalone player to a HDTV then all you need is HDMI. |
| canadianjameson posted 2009 Jun 29 15:42 |
| okay cool, so i can do that then... and how do i ensure that they are connected / in sync with that HDMI cable (i.e that the TV recognizes that THIS HDMI cable is paired with THESE audio inputs)? |
| MOVIEGEEK posted 2009 Jun 29 15:50 |
| That might be a problem, you could run the audio to your receiver.
Does your volume control in Windows have an option to enable HDMI audio? |
| canadianjameson posted 2009 Jun 29 15:53 |
| it seems to have something called 'realtek digital output'
would that be of help? i dont think it has an hdmi control because my video card is DVI out - the cord i'm getting is DVI to HDMI what to do? |
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