Screen Resolution and Size Advice

[aviwil]

This is for laptops , but is a video question , so I'm posting here .
I am interested in watching "True HD" Blu-ray 1080p movies on a laptop , no interest in gaming .
1. I'd imagine that a 1920*1080 screen is best or this ?
2. Would a 17.3 " or a 15.6" be better for this ( with the 1920*1080 ) ?
3. My current 15" 1280*800 laptop displays these movies with a large black stripe on top and bottom.i.e. I lose about 40% of the display area . Would either of the 17.3" or 15.6" with 1920*1080 improve/solve this problem ?
4. If I do go for either of these , so the 17" would probably have an i5 processor and weaker GPU , and the 15" an i7 and stronger GPU . Is this significant for this sort of thing ?
Thanks .

 

[SonicIce]

I am interested in watching "True HD" Blu-ray 1080p movies on a laptop , no interest in gaming .
1. I'd imagine that a 1920*1080 screen is best or this ?

yes. or anything larger too.

2. Would a 17.3 " or a 15.6" be better for this ( with the 1920*1080 ) ?

depends how big you personally prefer the screen to be.

3. My current 15" 1280*800 laptop displays these movies with a large black stripe on top and bottom.i.e. I lose about 40% of the display area . Would either of the 17.3" or 15.6" with 1920*1080 improve/solve this problem ?

no. hollywood films are usually shot at a ratio wider than 16:9, around 2.35:1 sometimes more or less. there will almost always be bars on top and bottom on a widescreen movie.

4. If I do go for either of these , so the 17" would probably have an i5 processor and weaker GPU , and the 15" an i7 and stronger GPU . Is this significant for this sort of thing ?

not sure what your question is lol

 

[aviwil]

Thanks SonicIce .
What I meant in no. 4 is , whether a difference like that in the 2 systems would have any noticeable/significant effect on watching these sorts of movies . Or would it make no difference at all , in that respect .

 

[SonicIce]

im not up to speed on current hardware or requirements for playing blu ray discs. maybe someone could answer better. but i believe either system could play blu ray. also i assume if a laptop comes with a BR drive installed, it would at least be capable of playing 1080p movies but you never know.

 

[aviwil]

Thanks SonicIce . You have a point - still , there are different blu ray movies - some have higher Video Bitrates , and it appears that these may require more power ( CPU and GPU ) .