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Place to download HD demos to test new TV

  • 04-01-2009 1:48pm
    #1
    christo82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 737 ✭✭✭


    Looking for reasonably short HD demos that can be put on a DVD to show what my new TV is capable of. Any kind of wildlife/landscape or anything really.

    Cheers


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  • #2
    zAbbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    http://www.google.ie/search?q=hd+demos


  • #3
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    So you want to put HD content onto a SD video DVD to to test HD playback?...


  • #4
    christo82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 737 ✭✭✭christo82


    I know, it does sound dumb but I was thinking would a short(5-10mins) really high quality(HD) piece of footage not fit on to a normal DVD? Is this not the case? This probably makes no sense.
    Plus my TV is only HD ready, not full HD.


  • #5
    Sparky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    You would be better off at this stage getting some HD trailers from various places:
    http://www.apple.com/trailers/
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/musicandvideo/hdvideo/contentshowcase.aspx
    Coral reef adventure I would recommend - http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/9/3/a9327df4-aeb5-46de-b438-d0f60da6fb54/Coral_Reef_Adventure_720.exe
    Use your PC to output the video to your TV

    You wont get HD playback from a DVD source as it wont be 720p. The PC input on your TV is the best option for now, otherwise buy/borrow a bluray player and a bluray movie to showcase it in future.


  • #6
    christo82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 737 ✭✭✭christo82


    Cheers mate. I'll do that


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  • #7
    Conor108
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Conor108


    But what if he played a DVD with say 5 minutes of 720p content on a DVD player with HDMI output? Would the TV not display 720p content?


  • #8
    The Ritz
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, RicherSounds.ie Moderator Posts: 2,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Ritz


    Conor108,

    You can't play "720p content" on a dvd player, whether it has hdmi output or not. If you had a hidef clip from the internet, say for instance, a wmvhd clip from the Microsoft site, or a transport stream (".ts" file extension), neither of these will play on a dvd player, nor will any of the other common formats in which hd material is encoded for downloading from the net. The only way to play that material is using a pc with the appropriate media player and codecs installed. Upscaling dvd players just upscale the material from a dvd, which for PAL is 576 lines resolution, NTSC 480 lines resolution, MPEG2 format, iirc.


    Ritz.


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