You know what I hate... Watching DVD's

[BigToque]

Its so damn frustrating!

Seriously, I mean, sure I can watch it on my small ass 17" monitor, but that really blows. There isn't any way to watch a DVD movie and make it a good experience without buying some 40-60" High Definition 16x9 TV, and they cost thousands of dollars! I don't think there is a HD tv that is < 36"...

I wan't my own damn theatre!

 

[BatmanNate]

I watch them from across the room on my 19" TF and it's not so bad. I'm pretty blind too..

 

[Soccerman]

u can buy a good projector for a couple thousand.. capable of 1024x768 res.

 

[Rickten]

There are 32" flat screen HDTV's. I know I've been looking into getting one.

 

[RedShirt]

What's wrong with watching them on a normal TV? Still better than VHS.

 

[BigToque]

<< u can buy a good projector for a couple thousand.. capable of 1024x768 res. >>



key words being "couple" and "thousand"

I swear if I ever win the lottery, the first thing I'm doing after paying for my university tuition, buying a sweet ass car and getting a lifetime supply of booze, is to get myself some huge 100" high definition TV and get some 8.1 surround sound going with some huge ass subs. Then I'm gonna pay people to go buy DVD's and put them in the DVD player for me.

 

[BigToque]

<< What's wrong with watching them on a normal TV? Still better than VHS. >>



1) I've got an old TV that sucks
2) I don't have a Set-Top DVD player
3) If I did have a Set-Top player, I'd still get bars across the top and bottom

You need a 16x9 TV to watch DVD's correctly, there's no way around it.

 

[Katana]

<< u can buy a good projector for a couple thousand.. capable of 1024x768 res. >>



I was thinking about getting one of those DLP projectors that are 2-3 thousand, but the lightbulb on them doesn't last very long and to replace it is like $500.

I love watching dvds on my 32" tv, haven't tried it on a PC yet though. The picture and sound of dvds is so great, it is hard going back to vhs.

 

[fs5]

all you need is a little VGA to composite converter box which is probably less than $50. Run 3 RCAs the the biggest TV in the house and there ya go.

 

[Katana]

<<
1) I've got an old TV that sucks
2) I don't have a Set-Top DVD player
3) If I did have a Set-Top player, I'd still get bars across the top and bottom

You need a 16x9 TV to watch DVD's correctly, there's no way around it. >>



Even with a widescreen tv you'll get black bars on some movies, specifically movies shot in 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Also, there are a lot of newer tvs that have anamorphic squeeze, specifically all new Sony Wegas do.

 

[RedShirt]

Some discs have pan and scan versions. Air Force 1 for example is double sided.

You could pick up a hardware decoder for cheap, or get a videocard with TV out, then you could watch it on the TV. I'm used to widescreen on my regular TV. In fact, I really like it better than pan and scan. Watching the widescreen version of a movie and then pan and scan, it seems something is missing in the pan and scan version.

HDTV's are the way of the future, except not many people will buy one until they are the same price as normal TV's. Most people don't even understand the differance between the two.

 

[boyRacer]

What about using the TV-out on the video card? Never tried it though...so i don't know how that looks.

 

[Budman]

<< buying a sweet ass car and getting a lifetime supply of booze >>



hehehhe Count me in for one of those.