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How can you tell if your monitor will support high definition files?
- Thread starter tecyoy
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Well, your monitor has a poor 1024x768 resolution. You can playback HD content it just won't display in HD.
True HD 1080P resolution is 1920x1080. Time for a new monitor!
True HD 1080P resolution is 1920x1080. Time for a new monitor!
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1024x768 will handle 720p content just fine, but not 1080p. You'll need a monitor that can do 1920x1080 if you want 1080p.
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once your hardware can support it is all that matters, i personally have watched a 4k movie on a 640x480 display, your pc scales the signal down to the screen size once you hit the full screen button, so basically you will be watching an hd source movie in sd quality, on an sd display but it works fine...