Do current laptops in the market playback HD well ?

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plainman007

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Hi Guys,

I just want to know from you if present laptops play hd videos in wmv and hd avis well and without stuttering.

Im looking at buying a laptop for a specific application (Only to control event lighting, play back mp3s, and play short duration HD videos).

So i will install Windows XP Pro + Just the software that controls the event. Nothing else as i will dedicate this laptop to only using it for this purpose.

My personal laptop is 10 years old. Still plays HD 720p well and some types of 1080p also well. But 1 out of 20 times it may stutter. Hence i was wondering with all the tech advancements i think todays laptops should easily playback HD 1080p videos ? Are any of you using current medium spec laptops like a core i3 and playing back smooth 1080p hd videos without stuttering ? Im looking at buying the HP 630 or HP 430. Also please let me know for just playing back of HD 1080p files would i need a laptop with a 7200rpm drive or will 5400rpm suffice ? Because my HD videos wont be longer than 5 mins in duration. All videos will be played back from the machines inbuilt local HDD.

Do let me know guys. I hope i havent made the question sound too complicated. I just want to know how many of you with mild spec laptops are playing back smooth 1080p video. Your comments will really help me make a correct purchase decision.

Thanks a lot.
 
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Yes I'd say all modern laptops can play HD clips without issue. Streaming them should depend on your internet. But a file that's stored on your harddrive? No problem.
 
1080p video with current gen laptops is not a problem unless you are running a lot of other stuff at the same time. 5400 RPM drives are plenty fast. My 4 year old Toshiba Core2 Duo will play 1080p video MOV, AVI or WMV with no issues off of a USB2 flash drive too. It will play full 1080p to an external HDMI monitor on extended desktop while running 1400x900 laptop display for other apps. I use mine for testing and calibrating video and audio systems.
You want at least 4GB of ram and a 500GB drive if you want to store and play much video.
 
There will be absolutely no other application on the laptop. Nothing will even be installed. Imagine the laptop. Win XP Pro. And the application that plays the videos. Period. Thats it. Ill never ever even connect it to the internet. Im buying it solely for this technical purpose only. I have my own seperate personal system which i carry with my music, books and media when i travel.
 
I'd say anything beyond Intel on-board graphics will be more than enough for watching all HD clips from your hard drive. Internet will simply require bandwidth, and as long as you have bandwidth, there should be no problems there either.
 
plainman007 said:
There will be absolutely no other application on the laptop. Nothing will even be installed. Imagine the laptop. Win XP Pro. And the application that plays the videos. Period. Thats it. Ill never ever even connect it to the internet. Im buying it solely for this technical purpose only. I have my own seperate personal system which i carry with my music, books and media when i travel.
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Support for XP is ending next year. Get Windows 7. It is a far superior operating system. I doubt you can even buy a new laptop with XP unless you pay extra for the downgrade. Win 7 64 bit is the way to go. HD playback for WMV and AVI is built in with windows media player, no other software needed. You can download Quicktime for free from Apple to play MOV files too.
 
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