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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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 Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:49 pm Post subject: Play HD Video on Atom Netbooks |
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2010/02/18/how-to-play-hd-video-on-a-netbook/
I found this last night, and it works pretty well. I have an MSI Wind U100, which is one of the first netbooks and it runs really well. (I have factory supported CPU over clocking, but I don't know if it makes much difference.)
I haven't watched a full movie yet, but it played the Ironman 2 trailer superbly. I wish it worked for youtube videos, though. |
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Gideon
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: Play HD Video on Atom Netbooks |
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| Senior wrote: |
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2010/02/18/how-to-play-hd-video-on-a-netbook/
I found this last night, and it works pretty well. I have an MSI Wind U100, which is one of the first netbooks and it runs really well. (I have factory supported CPU over clocking, but I don't know if it makes much difference.)
I haven't watched a full movie yet, but it played the Ironman 2 trailer superbly. I wish it worked for youtube videos, though. |
Yes but only on 720p movies.. forget about 1080p ones.. i have the exact same setup in the link above but i couldnt get 1080 to work. also u gotta make sure nothing else is running while u play those movies , otherwise not gonna be smooth |
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hagwonnewbie
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Asia
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:31 am Post subject: |
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I've got 2 laptops. The new one has no problem doing anything, but the old one couldn't even play the 720p movies I downloaded.
Is there any other player / codec combination that will help me do this?
I don't want to pay for some codec package and have to go through ten steps to get the old laptop to play the HD content. |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:37 am Post subject: |
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| hagwonnewbie wrote: |
I've got 2 laptops. The new one has no problem doing anything, but the old one couldn't even play the 720p movies I downloaded.
Is there any other player / codec combination that will help me do this?
I don't want to pay for some codec package and have to go through ten steps to get the old laptop to play the HD content. |
How old is the laptop? I'm pretty sure this is set up specifically for Atom netbooks. I downloaded the codec from a torrent site but it stopped working after 24 hours. I think the company worked out the serial number was cracked. You could use a torrent to work out whether it is for you and then pay the 10 bucks if it works.
1080 worked just fine for me. But I the quality of video is only about 20% of the experience for me. As long as it is standard DVD quality and the sound is good I'm happy. This thing didn't really end up being worth faffing about with, really. |
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