1280x800 1080p support?

[der3wuste3fuchs]

hey guys, Im looking to purchase a laptop that has a WXGA 1280x800 screen and it says it supports 1080 full.

I just wanted to know if when I pop in a blu-ray movie (there is a full blu-ray player on the laptop), will it fully show at 1080p? by the way, the screen is 15.4"

I know 1920x1200 WUXGA fully supports up to 1080p, but I wanted to be sure this did as well.


thanks guys, and the forums look great.

by the way, here is the laptop I am talking about: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834117578

and here is the laptop I was originally going to get (the one that has WUXGA and full1080p), but I found the above laptop was much lighter and a lot less.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=002

[dadkins]

A 1080p picture is 1920x1080 progressive.
Their statement is that it will play the Blu-ray and output in 1080p to an external HDTV/screen via the HDMI port.
Playing on the laptop's screen will not be 1080p, but it will play.

I have an AR... great machine!

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by dadkins

A 1080p picture is 1920x1080 progressive.
Their statement is that it will play the Blu-ray and output in 1080p to an external HDTV/screen via the HDMI port.
Playing on the laptop's screen will not be 1080p, but it will play.

I have an AR... great machine!

What this individual said is completely true. I'd just like to further elaborate and clarify that the laptop will not produce a 1080p picture on its own monitor, BUT WHO NEEDS IT ON SUCH A SMALL MONITOR? The only time an HD image will look any better is on a screen above 40". A DVD and Blu-ray side by side on that laptop monitor would look nearly identical. The only flaw would be a very slight difference in colour.

[Lord_Phan]

Originally Posted by Petra_Kalbrain

What this individual said is completely true. I'd just like to further elaborate and clarify that the laptop will not produce a 1080p picture on its own monitor, BUT WHO NEEDS IT ON SUCH A SMALL MONITOR? The only time an HD image will look any better is on a screen above 40". A DVD and Blu-ray side by side on that laptop monitor would look nearly identical. The only flaw would be a very slight difference in colour.

The statement about not being able to tell the difference between 1080p and 480p on anything lower then 40" is complete FUD. You'd have to be sitting outside the optimal viewing range of both specs. The HD image range would be greater however. A monitor of 15 inches isn't capable of having 1080p in the first place, but greater resolution will always be noticed at the optimum viewing range. I watch Blu-rays and DVD's on a 24" 1900*1200 Samsung 245BW and the difference is noticable from up close(extremely noticable) to 10 feet(DVD won't look as bad, but the detail of the Blu-ray will still be greater)

[Lord_Phan]

Originally Posted by der3wuste3fuchs

hey guys, Im looking to purchase a laptop that has a WXGA 1280x800 screen and it says it supports 1080 full.

I just wanted to know if when I pop in a blu-ray movie (there is a full blu-ray player on the laptop), will it fully show at 1080p? by the way, the screen is 15.4"

I know 1920x1200 WUXGA fully supports up to 1080p, but I wanted to be sure this did as well.


thanks guys, and the forums look great.

by the way, here is the laptop I am talking about: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834117578

and here is the laptop I was originally going to get (the one that has WUXGA and full1080p), but I found the above laptop was much lighter and a lot less.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=002

You'll get 720p on the screen, hook it up to a 1080p HDTV and you'll get 1080p.

[jfanning]

Originally Posted by Lord_Phan

A monitor of 15 inches isn't capable of having 1080p in the first place, but greater resolution will always be noticed at the optimum viewing range.

Yes it is, Dell sell 15.4" screens that do 1920x1200

[Lord_Phan]

I stand corrected they do have a screen that size.