Requirements for FULL HD

[rudreshsj]

All this talk about HDCP/HDMI really baffles me. Please can somebody break it down into simple english for me so i know what i need to do to view content in full HD 1080p format.

1. I am using a Dell 2007WFP monitor. Does it natively support 1080p resolution?

2. Which graphics card(s) should i go for? What should i look for in a card? GDDR4?

3. Which cables should i be using? DVI-I ? DVI-D? VGA?

4. Is there any other hardware i will require?

Any help in the matter will be much appreciated. Thank you.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

1080p is considered an HDTV video mode. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal resolution of 1920 pixels. This creates a frame resolution of 1920×1080. The dell monitor however only supports 1680x1050. So no, it is just shy of 1080p.

The nvidia cards coupled with the purevideo decoder vastly increase the performance of your video plaback. Im not 100% but I think everything since the 6xxx series have this capability

Cablewise DVI is preferable over VGA

 

[imported_Baloo]

It's just video, not very taxing on a PC. Most onboard video solutions can handle it well enough. The HD standard is 720P, so anything more than that does not add any detail. Your monitor is adequate for HD content, but for 1080P, you'd need to upgrade.

 

[dclive]

HD can be either 720p or 1080p. Saying it's 720p leaves out half of that!

 

[rudreshsj]

so to view a full HD 1080p stream i will need a monitor that has HDCP keys and also a graphics card with the same right?

and am i safe to assume that digital (DVI) stream is more prefferable to analogue (VGA)?

so with the resolution my monitor supports, will i be viewing the 720p upsized, 1080 downsized or will i be viewing the stream with the adequate correction (that would make it a 1680x945 if you consider the ratios)

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: Baloo
It's just video, not very taxing on a PC. Most onboard video solutions can handle it well enough. The HD standard is 720P, so anything more than that does not add any detail. Your monitor is adequate for HD content, but for 1080P, you'd need to upgrade.

Try it with onboard and see how far you get. Great if you want to view a slideshow. HD is VERY taxing

 

[RadiclDreamer]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2890&p=4

 

[rudreshsj]

well? any takers? pls?