HD Software Question

[bloodstainedwings]

I have a question about Hi Def Video. If I go watch an HD trailer over at apple on my pc with LCD monitor. Is it actually Hi Def? My Video Card is not, Monitor is hooked up via VGA and not DVI.

[Derb]

Depends what your current resolution settings are on your PC

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by bloodstainedwings

I have a question about Hi Def Video. If I go watch an HD trailer over at apple on my pc with LCD monitor. Is it actually Hi Def? My Video Card is not, Monitor is hooked up via VGA and not DVI.

As Derb implies, all "HD" refers to is resolution, specifically 1280x720 or 1920x1080. It does not matter if you hookup via analog VGA or digital DVI, so long as minimum 1280x720 resolution is reached.

[bloodstainedwings]

1440x900 the max my monitor does thats a bit better then 720p right? So if i use 1024x768 with is the normal rez I use with my 19inch wide screen acer. The the HD trailer I am viewing is not in hd, or it is but its not its full potential??

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by bloodstainedwings

1440x900 the max my monitor does thats a bit better then 720p right? So if i use 1024x768 with is the normal rez I use with my 19inch wide screen acer. The the HD trailer I am viewing is not in hd, or it is but its not its full potential??

Well if you are going to get technical, at 1024x768 you are playing an HD file scaled to a resolution that is somewhere between SD and HD.

[brian]

Originally Posted by Ruined

Well if you are going to get technical, at 1024x768 you are playing an HD file scaled to a resolution that is somewhere between SD and HD.

A lot of "hi-def" plasma sets only do 1024x768 as well.