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Watched any 1080p on a Mac?

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I just watched a few 1080p trailers of films from the Apple website. Even on my 1680 x 1050 20" monitor the quality is stunning! It must be mind-blowing through a good 1080p TV.

Can anyone share their 1080p experiences on different screens?

The great thing is my MBP 17" plays 1080p .mov files without dropping a frame! I'd like to see my windows machine do that!
 
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I have a PowerMac G5 connected to my 42" Westinghouse LVM-42w2 (1080p LCD) via a DVI cable.

I downloaded the 1080p trailer for 300, a movie coming out in March. It looked ridiculously good!
 
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I have a PowerMac G5 connected to my 42" Westinghouse LVM-42w2 (1080p LCD) via a DVI cable.

I downloaded the 1080p trailer for 300, a movie coming out in March. It looked ridiculously good!

What does normal OS X look like through a 1080p TV? Is it blurred? I put a PC through a 720p Dell TV and it didn't look good.
 
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My PowerMac connected through DVI looks exactly like it does connected to my 17" Apple Display, just bigger.

Perfectly sharp, colors pop brilliantly, text is small-but easy to read for me, and it's gigantic... :)

720p TVs are usually around 1400 x 768, which is not high enough res to look good if you're above 32".
 
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Excellent!

I don't think you can get those Westinghouse TVs in England yet . . . I've read a couple of reviews though and they came out on top! I hope something similar comes out here late next year as I should have the cash to buy one by then.
 

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