Test your pc hardware with these HDTV videos:) with downloads 720p- 1080p!!! ;)

[0roo0roo]

stolen from a thread in hardware, but i thought it was neat.

good lord its stressful on cpu, but pretty

hats off to ya if u can playback 1080p smooth!

 

[0roo0roo]

btw its the coral one that will rape your system even at 720p

 

[Vic]

WMP9 required

 

[0roo0roo]

so install it, its free

 

[Kenny]

I'd install it, but I hate WM9. It'll just rape my system.

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: t60
I'd install it, but I hate WM9. It'll just rape my system.

Somebody is bitter...

 

[Kenny]

Originally posted by: Jugernot

Originally posted by: t60
I'd install it, but I hate WM9. It'll just rape my system.

Somebody is bitter...

Heh, well I don't really care about the new features WMP has...I've been using mplayer2 and it's been fine. Everytime I upgrade I wanna go back. I really wanna see these HDTV videos though...so maybe I'll install it.

 

[nicowju]

wow. That coral reef demo is stunning. imagine if more DVD's came out looking like these...

 

[0roo0roo]

yea the coral reef is the amazing one, the race and snowboard are kinda lame. those are easy to play, low bitrate compared to reef. high motion makes for blur instead of detail i so want a hdtv card

i didn't install wmp 9 till now, was using 8 or whatever before. it didn't rape my system so i'm fine with it. i just didn't choose to associate it with mp3 or dvd during install.

 

[Palek]

<rant>I despise Microsoft for their dirty tricks, a recent one of which is that even when you tell the WM9 installer not to associate itself with any files, it WILL still steal some of the associations. That is just revolting. Users are too stupid to make decisions for themselves, are they? After installing WM9 on my work machine and seeing it pull of this little feat, I refuse to install WM9 on my home computer. Who knows what else Microsoft chose to decide for me...</rant>

I sure would like to see these hi-res videos, though. Gnnnnnnhhhhh.... (head explodes after prolonged inner battle)

 

[0roo0roo]

what associations did it steal?

 

[0roo0roo]

and if you didn't know, 720p is 1280x720 i didn't know the horizontal res till now

 

[Palek]

I de-selected everything, and it still took wma, wmv, avi, mid and even mp3 (previously Winamp), I think...

 

[0roo0roo]

odd, maybe they've changed revisions since i just clicked on an mp3 and it played using winamp. avi's and wmv's i play with mediaplayer

 

[Jugernot]

Damn, that 1080p kicked my system's ass. I've got a 2.4GHz P4 with 1 gig of ram and it was fluid during each scene, but the beginnings were choppy as the codec showed new colors on the picture. Anyway, the quality is DAMN impressive to say the least!

 

[Maleficus]

Originally posted by: Jugernot
Damn, that 1080p kicked my system's ass. I've got a 2.4GHz P4 with 1 gig of ram and it was fluid during each scene, but the beginnings were choppy as the codec showed new colors on the picture. Anyway, the quality is DAMN impressive to say the least!

Hrm, maybe im a tough cookie or maybe i've got poor taste but the quality wasnt all that impressive to me ( so far only watched terminator 720 )

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Maleficus

Originally posted by: Jugernot
Damn, that 1080p kicked my system's ass. I've got a 2.4GHz P4 with 1 gig of ram and it was fluid during each scene, but the beginnings were choppy as the codec showed new colors on the picture. Anyway, the quality is DAMN impressive to say the least!

Hrm, maybe im a tough cookie or maybe i've got poor taste but the quality wasnt all that impressive to me ( so far only watched terminator 720 )

thats the low quality/low bitrate ones. the coral ones are the ones to get. resolutions probably more apparent the bigger your screen is.

 

[Deeko]

That just kicked my system's ass. I expected more out of an Athlon 2200.

 

[brtspears2]

My computer got its ass kicked on 1080p.

Thouhg 720p was plenty good.

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: Palek
<rant>I despise Microsoft for their dirty tricks, a recent one of which is that even when you tell the WM9 installer not to associate itself with any files, it WILL still steal some of the associations. That is just revolting. Users are too stupid to make decisions for themselves, are they? After installing WM9 on my work machine and seeing it pull of this little feat, I refuse to install WM9 on my home computer. Who knows what else Microsoft chose to decide for me...</rant>

I sure would like to see these hi-res videos, though. Gnnnnnnhhhhh.... (head explodes after prolonged inner battle)

OMG!! You'll have to reassociate a couple files! NOES!!

What associations, exactly, does it steal, aside from WMV which you need WMP9 to play anyway?

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: Maleficus

Originally posted by: Jugernot
Damn, that 1080p kicked my system's ass. I've got a 2.4GHz P4 with 1 gig of ram and it was fluid during each scene, but the beginnings were choppy as the codec showed new colors on the picture. Anyway, the quality is DAMN impressive to say the least!

Hrm, maybe im a tough cookie or maybe i've got poor taste but the quality wasnt all that impressive to me ( so far only watched terminator 720 )

Nope, terminator one wasn't up to snuff. You didn't want the 1080p that I was referring to...

 

[0roo0roo]

finally finished downloading the 1080p coral. 1920*1080 cripes! systems @ss was severely kicked

 

[FrustratedUser]

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It runs smooth as silk on my Celeron @ 500. 

 

[Palek]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
OMG!! You'll have to reassociate a couple files! NOES!!

What associations, exactly, does it steal, aside from WMV which you need WMP9 to play anyway?

You can find the answer to your question a few posts BEFORE your reply. And forgive me for being picky, but if I tell a program not to associate itself with anything, I kind of expect it to act accordingly. While you might not think it's that big a deal, this association-theft is part (albeit a small one) of Microsoft's strategy to subtly steal market share from other companies by pushing their software in your face against your will. Yeah, I can reset the associations without a problem, but why should I even have to? I have my favourite media player, and I want to stick with it until I decide to switch. Your average Joe will probably just give in and keep using WM9, and say good-bye to other, usually better alternatives.

<EDIT>Sorry, did not mean to hijack thread... </EDIT>
<EDIT2>Oh, yeah, and Windows Media Player often messes up DivX files with the .avi extension, it gets all choppy, even on an XP 2400+. Winamp 3 plays all video files (save for wmv of course) just fine.</EDIT>

 

[Czar]

you frigging bastards!
I downloaded the smallest video started it WITH wmp9 and black screen, and a minute later the system recovered from a device failure, please save your work and reboot.. and everything was in 640x480 and 16 colors