Hi, Just wondered if anyone could give me advice on what kind of laptop i would need to get to play 1080p MKV files?? My budget is £350-£400 GBP. I would like to have a HDMI connection so i can connect direct to my plasma, also would i be able to get the multi channel surround sound 5.1, the only reason i ask is that laptops do not have optical digital connections! Any help appreciated. Cheers
for mkv 1080p movies you have to buy laptop with good graphics card with at least 512 Mb memory and ofcourse duo core intel processor
You hardly need a 512 card to play 1080. You'll certainly want a laptop with a dedicated video card instead of an integrated one, and you'll want a decent Core 2 Duo. The Celeron's are budget CPUs. HDMI ~can~ carry sound, you'll want to make sure that even if a laptop has an HDMI out, that it can carry sound. Surround sound would be dependant on the file format/container.
Thanks for yourhelp so far, what about the specs below, do you guys think it will be ok for 1080p MKV and 5.1 sound? Not sure if it has HDMI though!? Thanks
SORRY - HERE ARE THE SPECS Audio Features 3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated, Altec Lansing® speakers Bluetooth No Box Contents HP G60-115EM Notebook PC Brand HP Built-in Webcam No Card Reader Yes Features of Product Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 (32-bit version). Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T3200. 3072 MB. 160 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 5400 rpm. 15.6" Single channel LVDS HD BrightView. Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD Finger Print Reader No Firewire No Graphics Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD Up to 1277 MB Total Available Graphics Memory Hard Drive Size 160GB Hard Drive Type SATA Laptop Colour Black Memory Size 3GB Memory Type DDR2 Number of USB Ports 3x USB 2.0 Operating System Windows Vista™ Home Premium Optical Drive DVD Dual Layer Rewriter Optical Drive Bluray Compatible No Optical Drive HD Compatible No Optical Drive Lightscribe Compatible Yes Output 1 VGA port Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor Cache Level 2 Cache 1MB Processor Model Number T3200 Processor Speed 2GHz Product Depth 37.8 cm Product Height 4.4 cm Product Weight 2.75 Product Weight Units kg Product Width 25.2 cm Remote Control Included No Screen Type 15.6" Single channel LVDS HD BrightView Software Load Microsoft® Works and Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007, 60-Day Trial Version, Microsoft® Internet Explorer, Windows Mail, Adobe® Reader, Windows Media Player, Windows Photo Gallery, DVD Play, Windows Movie Maker, Windows DVD Maker, Cyberlink DVD Suite, Windows Media center, QuickPlay for Windows, HP Total Care Advisor User Model Entertainment Yes Wi-Fi 802.11b/g WLAN Wired Networking Port Yes
"Graphics Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD Up to 1277 MB Total Available Graphics Memory " is an integrated video card. Dedicated video cards will be described as having something along the lines of 128/256/512MB of dedicated memory. Having a dedicated video card will help offload a lot of decoding work from the CPU. I'm on the fence with the T3200 it probably will do the job well alongside a deidcated video card, but without one might struggle. I have a T5500 (Which is about 20% slower) with a crappy old GeForce Go 7600 with a gibbled 128Mb of memory. The highest output I've done with it is 1680x1050 and I didn't have any problems with that.
That will never play 1080p HD video. Look for a laptop with an ATI HD3450 or HD3650 Mobility graphics processor.
Great thanks, would the below mentioned laptop do it?? Acer Aspire Gemstone Design 15.4" Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 32Bit Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 Memory: 4GB RAM (2x2048MB configuration) Hard Drive: 250GB SATA HDD Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 Dedicated Graphics Optical Drive: DVD SuperMulti, CD/DVD reader/writer for all types of CD/DVD discs Connectivity: Wireless LAN ABG Audio: Dolby Home Theatre Digital surround sound Webcam: Integrated 0.3Mp Acer Crystal Eye webcam I/O Interfaces: 4 x USB Ports, 5-in-1 card reader (SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD) Software: Acer Empowering Technology Manufacturer Part Number: LX.AQB0X.611
