derezzing to 1080 need advice

[SparkleDJackson]

sup gents. my monitor pretty much sucks balls. i got the hazro wc27. it was mis sold as having hdcp. they then removed it from their specs page. recently they re added it to the specs so i presume they have added the hardware that was missing before.

i recently bought a 17in 1080 laptop and the screen is far better.

i dont want to downsize from 27 inch i just want to down rez as said. if i do this hould i be able to increase aa to make up for the slighly lower pixel density. it should also free up some resources for other swanky effects.

this was the monitor is was thinking about

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-a...hdmi-displayport-mhl-vga-1920x1080-250cd-m2-8

this also means i will be able to record my display.

do you guys have any other solutions?

cheers

 

[Willock]

Why would you want to down res? There are plenty of GOOD 2560x1440 displays out there -the Dell U2713hm for example.

If you don't mind refurbs, there's a seller on eBay that I got my 2312hm from that's really reliable, and he has a U2713hm for £349.

Other than that I'm not sure I can recommend you spend £250 on a 27' 1080p monitor, the pixels are gonna be hella blurry, you'll regret it.

 

[SparkleDJackson]

i dont want to spend another 400 quid on another lump of crap. its not easy mate

i had a wee look at smaller screens and this here looked ok

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/238-...-mhl-dual-hdmi-vga-5ms-vivid-pixel-technology

its ips but i dont know about smaller. has anyone else ever dropped inches. i dont know what to do

 

[Willock]

i dont want to spend another 400 quid on another lump of crap. its not easy mate

i had a wee look at smaller screens and this here looked ok

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/238-...-mhl-dual-hdmi-vga-5ms-vivid-pixel-technology

its ips but i dont know about smaller. has anyone else ever dropped inches. i dont know what to do

Lol, if you think Asus is better at building monitors than Dell and Hazro... well then I'm afraid you're a no-hoper

EDIT: I tell you what, I'll buy you that Asus one and we can trade, I'd gladly take your Hazro xD

 

[SparkleDJackson]

haha mate. like i said my hazro doesnt have hdcp and it may be a small thing to some but i have bought a load of movies on itunes and it wont let me play them. which sucks a considerable amount. id like a dell but they are a bit expensive. the hazro only cost 300 and i dont really want to spend another 450 on a monitor unless i could unload a inferior product to someone that didnt give a monkeys about hdcp

 

[Xenomorphical]

I'd ay go for a samsung monitor but they don't seem to have it on that site?

 

[d3rrial]

haha mate. like i said my hazro doesnt have hdcp and it may be a small thing to some but i have bought a load of movies on itunes and it wont let me play them. which sucks a considerable amount. id like a dell but they are a bit expensive. the hazro only cost 300 and i dont really want to spend another 450 on a monitor unless i could unload a inferior product to someone that didnt give a monkeys about hdcp

Nobody cares about HDCP, there's plenty ways to get around it.

Also I'm enclined to believe that Willocks offer was serious.

Edit: Thought I'd leave an explaination about my size one comment here: You could either simply use "anydvd hd" and it works, another way to get around YOUR problem (not generally HDCP) you could just turn your resolution to 1920*1080 manually before you want to play a movie and then it'll work again.

 

[SparkleDJackson]

i have anydvd hd for making my rips but it still doenst allow it to be played. i think it must be because its apple store content but i think i will score the asus 27 in 1440 monitor. its 450 but it seems to have won a gold award wherever it has been tested. then when i get it i will put the hazro up on the fsw but thats all ill say about that as not to invoke the fury of the banhammer lol.

 

[d3rrial]

i have anydvd hd for making my rips but it still doenst allow it to be played. i think it must be because its apple store content but i think i will score the asus 27 in 1440 monitor. its 450 but it seems to have won a gold award wherever it has been tested. then when i get it i will put the hazro up on the fsw but thats all ill say about that as not to invoke the fury of the banhammer lol.

Try to set your resolution to 1080p in windows (or whatever OS you are using) manually first and try to play it.

HDCP isn't compatible with the resolution of 1440p in general, not displays that sport this resolution

 

[Willock]

Nobody cares about HDCP, there's plenty ways to get around it.

Also I'm enclined to believe that Willocks offer was serious.

A £400 monitor for £250? I think anyone would take that offer xD

That aside, I'd really recommend Dell to anyone just in terms of panel quality and build quality; if you dont want to pay thier premium, then LG are the next best, as they're the ones who make the panels for Dell anyway (though the build quality is not as good, I have my 22" LG here wobbling as I type -_-)

 

[SparkleDJackson]

just bought one of these.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-a...x1440-300cd-m-80m1-5ms-speakers-4-port-usb-hu

 

[Willock]

Well, let us know how you get on!

 

[Raphael]

just bought one of these.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-a...x1440-300cd-m-80m1-5ms-speakers-4-port-usb-hu

I think it will be a good monitor. It's the same tom uses for testing if I'm not mistaken.