Re: Improving DVD playback
Agreed. BluRay movies are at 1080p, and even though the 27 iMac is a lot higher resolution then 1080p, it'll be way better then what's probably 480i or even 720i coming off of a DVD. Other then that... Sit farther away... ? There's not much you can do. It's the video quality burned on the DVD that's the limiting factor. -Elliott On Oct 7, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Ashgrove wrote: or get an external BlueRay player. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Improving DVD playback
Cheers I would tweek the res, but i am doing other things on the desktop at the same time. Maybe apple should tone down on the huge screens! I have VLC, but was hoping for a more integrated experience, but what the hell, i will try it. As far as Blu ray is concerned, I have read um's and ah's about it. Whats the craic with an external blu ray drive? Will this really give me 1080p, proper blu ray playback? Any catches? thanks again -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Improving DVD playback
On Oct 7, 4:01 pm, Jonathan jonathan.newcas...@googlemail.com wrote: I was wondering if there was a way of improving the quality of dvd playback on my 27 imac (long shot,I know) Sitting at the desk, the size of the screen doth result in a rather pixelated experience. I am using iDVD. In a word, no. The resolution of the DVD format is about 1/6 that of your iMac's screen. You cannot blow up an image that much without losing sharpness; the information needed simply isn't stored in the file. The best compromise is to play your material back at 200% of actual size. (This will leave big black bars on all four sides.) You CAN use high-definition in iMovie or Final Cut (if your source material is HD), but you lose the HD when you export to conventional DVD movie format. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
