Requirement to play BD - Blu-ray Forum

w_tanoto · 09-24-2007, 06:21 AM

Hi!

Just want to know full requirement to play BD.... I'm buying Panasonic UJ-210 a.s.a.p

My computer specs:
HP Pavilion zd7377EA (I plan to use it for burner-only temporarily for this laptop, until I get my next, externally)
Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.2 GHz
2048GB RAM
100GB HDD
nVIDIA GeForce Go5700FX 128 MB

Future (will be installed internally):
HP Pavilion HDX
Intel Core 2 Duo T7500
2048GB RAM
400GB HDD
ATI Mobility Radeon XT2600 256MB (waiting wor nVIDIA model)

lch · 09-24-2007, 09:42 AM

P4 above 3ghz can play HD video, but i think your spec is abit max out.
so you will experience alot of drop frame esp with high bitrate avc and the cpu will be at 100% all the time.

c2d is nice and can fully support at around 50-80% cpu. best to buy those this gen nvidia 8 series, which help to offload processing needed to 20-50% cpu but they are suck at gaming.

w_tanoto · 09-24-2007, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lch

P4 above 3ghz can play HD video, but i think your spec is abit max out.
so you will experience alot of drop frame esp with high bitrate avc and the cpu will be at 100% all the time.

c2d is nice and can fully support at around 50-80% cpu. best to buy those this gen nvidia 8 series, which help to offload processing needed to 20-50% cpu but they are suck at gaming.

right, thanks...

w_tanoto · 09-24-2007, 06:02 PM

Already purchased Panasonic UJ-210. Case closed. Mods, you can close this thread

takezo · 09-25-2007, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lch

P4 above 3ghz can play HD video, but i think your spec is abit max out.
so you will experience alot of drop frame esp with high bitrate avc and the cpu will be at 100% all the time.

c2d is nice and can fully support at around 50-80% cpu. best to buy those this gen nvidia 8 series, which help to offload processing needed to 20-50% cpu but they are suck at gaming.

A 3.2 ghz P4 ain't fast enough for 1080P video, It's only sufficent for 720p.
Blu-ray is 1080p.

New rig should be more than efficent. ATI card are good too, they just are not keeping up with nvidia in terms of card releases. There will always be a faster one. It never ends. But mostly vdieo playback is CPU intensive rather than GPU intensive.

I would build myself a new rig too, but I got my PS3 to do HD games and Blu-ray, and my PC is still perfectly suited to browse web, and study for Microsoft certifications.

But if any component kicks the bucket, I will build a fairly decent PC.

lch · 09-25-2007, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by takezo

A 3.2 ghz P4 ain't fast enough for 1080P video, It's only sufficent for 720p.
Blu-ray is 1080p.

can be done.
my 2.5ghz p4 also can play 1080p but vc1.

basically, you need a fresh install of xp and install nothing else.

w_tanoto · 09-25-2007, 01:41 PM

guys.... forgot. it's 1440x900, not 1080p.
it should be fine. I use Vista as my main OS, while XP remains unused in other partition

09-24-2007, 06:21 AM	#1
w_tanoto Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Hatfield, UK / Jakarta, Indonesia Blu-ray collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:47	Requirement to play BD Hi! Just want to know full requirement to play BD.... I'm buying Panasonic UJ-210 a.s.a.p My computer specs: HP Pavilion zd7377EA (I plan to use it for burner-only temporarily for this laptop, until I get my next, externally) Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.2 GHz 2048GB RAM 100GB HDD nVIDIA GeForce Go5700FX 128 MB Future (will be installed internally): HP Pavilion HDX Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2048GB RAM 400GB HDD ATI Mobility Radeon XT2600 256MB (waiting wor nVIDIA model) Walt Disney's Fan Laptop/Main Blu-ray Disc Player: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz\| 12GB RAM \| 4TB HDD \| nVidia GeForce 465GTX \| 1920x1080 (32 inch and 27 inch 3D) \| 5.1 Logitech Z5500 and 2.0 Logitech R5 Speakers LG Blu-ray/HD DVD Drive \| LG Blu-ray Writer BH10 \| Samsung Blu-ray Drive

09-24-2007, 06:02 PM	#4
w_tanoto Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Hatfield, UK / Jakarta, Indonesia Blu-ray collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:47	Already purchased Panasonic UJ-210. Case closed. Mods, you can close this thread Walt Disney's Fan Laptop/Main Blu-ray Disc Player: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz\| 12GB RAM \| 4TB HDD \| nVidia GeForce 465GTX \| 1920x1080 (32 inch and 27 inch 3D) \| 5.1 Logitech Z5500 and 2.0 Logitech R5 Speakers LG Blu-ray/HD DVD Drive \| LG Blu-ray Writer BH10 \| Samsung Blu-ray Drive

09-25-2007, 01:41 PM	#7
w_tanoto Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Hatfield, UK / Jakarta, Indonesia Blu-ray collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:47	guys.... forgot. it's 1440x900, not 1080p. it should be fine. I use Vista as my main OS, while XP remains unused in other partition Walt Disney's Fan Laptop/Main Blu-ray Disc Player: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz\| 12GB RAM \| 4TB HDD \| nVidia GeForce 465GTX \| 1920x1080 (32 inch and 27 inch 3D) \| 5.1 Logitech Z5500 and 2.0 Logitech R5 Speakers LG Blu-ray/HD DVD Drive \| LG Blu-ray Writer BH10 \| Samsung Blu-ray Drive

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09-24-2007, 09:42 AM	#2
lch Senior Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:194 Blu-ray reviews:1	P4 above 3ghz can play HD video, but i think your spec is abit max out. so you will experience alot of drop frame esp with high bitrate avc and the cpu will be at 100% all the time. c2d is nice and can fully support at around 50-80% cpu. best to buy those this gen nvidia 8 series, which help to offload processing needed to 20-50% cpu but they are suck at gaming.