Hi def on pc

[vinrex7]

On some movie web sites i visit they have HD trailers. what do i need to do to my pc to be able to watch these? i have a HD monitor, what else do i need? cheers

[vehelpfulguy]

It all depends if your graphics card is capable of showing HD.

[vinrex7]

no it doesn't. but is that all i need? a hi def graphics card?

[fo3nix]

There's really no such as thing as a 'hi def' graphics card...

What you need to look at is monitor resolution.

Full-blown 1080p is 1920x1080 pixels. Right-click your desktop, and click properties to see what your resolution is set to. If it's below that, you won't be able to see the HD trailers full-screen.

A better graphics card generally will allow higher resolution, and you'll also need to make sure the monitor is capable of displaying that resolution.

[vinrex7]

my monitor is a 32" hd lcd tv so it will show them. its just when i click on the trailers it asks me to save them and i dont recognise the format they are.

[fo3nix]

Oh ok.

Are you getting them from Apple's site?

http://www.apple.com/trailers

Make sure you have the latest quicktime installed too, from Apple's site.

[vinrex7]

No i use yahoo.com/movies but like i say i don't know the format.

[fo3nix]

OK, grab VLC -- it plays all formats, just about:

http://www.videolan.org

[vinrex7]

got it, but it still wont play. when i download the file and try to play it asks to use the web to find a program but then say it does not recognise the format. if you go to www.yahoo.com/movies and try and watch 1 of the hd trailers. maybe i'm doing something wrong.

[fo3nix]

It's a qtl file. Works fine for me though -- opens in quicktime.

Bear in mind that it'll take a while to load since it's HD.

The Apple site is better, by the way. More of the 'official' trailers website.