If I plug a Blu-Ray player into my HD monitor will it be HD?

Question

I have a Gateway FPD2275W
Its a 22 inch and it says HD display in the top left corner of the screen. The guy at Best Buy said it would work, but I didnt ask how good... 1080p...1080i...720p...
Can you please tell me how good it would be?
Also which Blu-Ray player should I get? I want one of the $500 ones.

Answer 1

The screen is 1680 by 1050.

HD comes in 1280 by 720, which will fit. Or 1920 by 1080, which will not.

I would hope that it would down-scale a 1080 signal, but the Gateway site is not very forthcoming with information.


The key thing is that you need HDCP support. Blu-Ray will either not play or produce standard definition images without HDCP encryption to protect against someone copying the signal on the cable.

Again the Gateway site is not much use. You can buy this for $380 as an accessory:
http://www.gateway.com/accessories/product/1540982R.php?seg=hm

and there is no mention of HDCP.

Or you can buy is for $350 as a product:
http://www.gateway.com/retail/fpd2275w.php

and it claims HDCP support.


Either way, I would be tempted to get a display that claims TCO'03 support. This includes a minimum range of colours that the display must be able to show. If I was watching a movie I would like my deep blues to be deep blue, rather than a baby blue, and my reds to be red, not pink. Most displays are not that bad, but TCO'03 actually has a requirement that the display should meet.

This Gateway has TCO'95 support, this does not include a colour requirement.

Answer 2

Lots of question on this one... O.K. Cool. Yhe guy was right. I don't know how good it will look, read the manual that comes with the player. I do know on my HD TV, the higher the number, the better the picture. I think a Blu-Ray player is that kind for the technology, not the quality of the picture, similar to a cd player. It's probaby O.K. to get the cheapo one if you like it's features.