I take issue with this line below: Your 450-MHz G4 is simply not fast enough, I think. AND that is still for the reason that DVD display is remarkable SO with that in mind I simply do not see the reasoning for the comment -- NOT to kill the horse again, but the unanswered question was and still is just this: If I could download the same exact file content via the web, would it play, once resident on my computer, so no processor time is being shared, every bit as good as the DVD does at 450 MHz!!!
And, tis the season for Santa to look for stocking stuffers. Right now I am looking to buy a TV, either a plasma or an LCD. Now I know that 1080p is overhyped, however, my questions is: Will there be a noticable difference between a 720p and 1080p TV if the TV is also used as a computer monitor? And will it show any different DVD than it does now? I would say, I would use the TV mostly for Mac use and for my blurays. So I guess what I am asking is, for Mac use is 1080p the way to go and would you guys buy a lcd or plasma? ------ JML --- On Wed, 11/24/10, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 11:55 AM At 7:26 AM -0800 11/24/2010, Jonas Lopez wrote: > Could a "good" server operator have done this processing for us and then > downloaded the worked on file, so that the video would play just as good as a > local DVD does? Yes, but... > Keep in mind that these new $9 per month movie services may have done just > this very thing, since no way will the consumer pay for a movie that is of > the general quality that is downloaded from the web and shown using Quicktime > or Real. MPEG-2 is often decoded in hardware. That hardware is either a special chip in the DVD drive or in your video card's GPU. Some newer video cards have the necessaries for decoding h.264 in hardware. Iffa your Mac no gots the required hardware, then QuickTime (or VLC etc) has to do ***all*** the decoding your main CPU. Now... That $9 service. They PAY thru the nose for their network bandwidth, so they have NO interest in streaming lower-compression data to you. They want to send you as little as possible, hence the use of advanced codecs such as h.264. So to view compressed stream smoothly, you need two things: 1) A fast CPU or some sort of hardware decoder and 2) A fast/smooth network connection. If either of the above isn't up to par, then will get pauses, stutters, etc. Your 450-MHz G4 is simply not fast enough, I think. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
