watching lost dvd on laptop

[metallidevils]

has anyone tried this? i have a 1440x900 monitor, and when watching LOST (or any other dvd) i notice the quality is not nearly as good as when I watch it on my tv. Why?

[BOBBY]

i have 1280x800 on my laptop, its flawless, what player are you using, i just use media player 10 , it could be your player? more info plz? :-)

[metallidevils]

hmm well i used the dell media center thing powered by cyberlink....media player 10? ill have to check that out, thanks

[diabolo237]

What kind of laptop do you have? D'oh you said Dell! Sorry! And are you using it unplugged? I have a Dell and the pic is better on it if the power is plugged in (it seems brighter) I have watched Lost on it and there should be a software that the DVD sets up? (will check on this tho) Not media center or Media player but it was pretty good. Cine-something or other, might have come with Sonic

[costanza007]

wow, thats a pretty big screen for a laptop. is it that everything is fuzzy? or the screen is dark? or it jumps around and isn't smooth or what?

[BOBBY]

no its widescreen, picture perfect

[SQT]

Forgive me for being totally technology impaired, but would I need to have any special video card in my laptop to view the DVDs? It never even crossed my mind to watch them on here. It would make my life wonderful if I could pop a Lost DVD in my laptop while my 8 yr old is watching Wrestling Mania DVDs on the television LOL

Jen

[toy plane]

Originally Posted by SQT

Forgive me for being totally technology impaired, but would I need to have any special video card in my laptop to view the DVDs? It never even crossed my mind to watch them on here. It would make my life wonderful if I could pop a Lost DVD in my laptop while my 8 yr old is watching Wrestling Mania DVDs on the television LOL

Jen

Yes, you do need a standard video card to see anything and all computers/laptops come with one... however you only need a special video card for games and gaming.. As long as you have a DVD player installed in your laptop... you're good to go.

[SQT]

Great, thanks for the quick reply!

[GloryQuest]

I watch mine on a HP Pavilion 1280x760 widescreen laptop and I love it! For me, it's superclear and better than watching it on my TV. I use InterVideo WinDVD that came installed, and includes an easy one-click button for screencaps!