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taraco	Watch movies on computer?	Lead	[-]
Mar 21 06 11:17 PM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here's a real generational divide: I know a lot of people download movies, even to iPods, but does anyone actually stick a DVD into their computers and watch it? As a movie? I don't mean scan through for screen shots or to check out a scene or special effect, or to manipulate the image digitally. But does anyone actually WATCH a movie on their computer screen? I could see -- maybe -- watching a mobie that way on a laptop while tarveling or something. But I mean at home, on a desktop monitor or laptop. Anyone...? david 'She will speak to you now through this electrical machine.'
RadiationTheater	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#1	[-]
Mar 22 06 4:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* But does anyone actually WATCH a movie on their computer screen? I do. I'm on my computer all day and I have a movie in there to watch/listen to at the same time. I have PowerDVD, so I just shrink the size of the screen to aobut 2 X 2, put it in "Always in front" mode or whatever the technical term is, and put it in the top right hand corner of my screen. Of course if you have a small computer screen it might not work as well as if you have a large one. Radiation Theater: 1950s Sci Fi Movies Discussion Board p098.ezboard.com/bradiationtheater
zogstar67	i do	#2	[-]
Mar 23 06 7:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I do sometimes. If the kids are watching something on the big tv or if it's late at night and I don't want to disturb my wife, I'll go in the computer room and watch what I want in there. The computer room is further away from our bedroom than the main tv set-up. So, I do it occasionally for practical purposes. Usually, it's something short and simple. No LAWRENCE OF ARABIA or REVENGE OF THE SITH. More likely an episode of SUPERMAN or a serial chapter or something. I have found though, that being able to put your face fairly close to the screen makes it a bit easier when I'm watching a film in "study" mode. If I really wanted to look at the sets or costumes for a film, for instance, I'd run it on the computer. I have really enjoyed watching the Fleischer SUPERMAN's this way. You can study each drawing almost as if you were looking at a book. I have watched full length films with the commentary on, though. Usually "serious" commentaries rather than just yack tracks. Again, makes it easy to study the picture closely.
JimPV	Re: Rarely	#3	[-]
Apr 1 06 10:42 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Funny you should ask this. I was watching my R4, PAL Gojira disc the other day on my 'puter (it handles the PAL encoding better than my stand-alone player) and it occurred to me: my computer monitor is the same size as the TV set I grew up with as a kid - 19". "The more things change..." There's no real reason for me to watch a movie on my computer, seeing as it's in the same room as my set. So except for the oddball example as the Gojira disc or the HD version of T2 that comes on the "Extreme Edition" (that must be watched on your computer, and that I never have sat down and watched all the way through), very rarely for me.
Dennis Hughes	Re: Rarely	#4	[-]
Apr 1 06 1:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I also watch many movies on my computer. In the winter it is generally too cold in my basement where I usually watch movies. My wife and kids have the TV in the living room tied up watching Nickelodeon or Disney videos. (Nothing against Disney films, but I tire easily after the 30th viewing of Sleeping Beauty in a week) I'll turn on my laptop in the kitchen and watch whatever I'm craving at the time.
catmandu7	Re: Rarely	#5	[-]
Apr 2 06 5:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i certainly do as my Computer is a lot newer than my TVS,the newest of which is about 9 years old. The Comuters Resolution is quite a bit better,and I have bought several Old TV Shows on DVD and the Universal Legacy Collection.
Jojo Lapin X	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#6	[-]
Jun 11 06 8:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I watch movies exclusively on computers. And newer television monitors are, for all intents and purposes, computer monitors. I am sure this is not a generational thing, since I doubt you can be said to belong to a generation different from mine. And actually my father, who is pushing 80, also watches movies exclusively on the computer.
taraco	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#7	[-]
Jun 11 06 9:39 PM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm not being a smart aleck, I'm seriously trying to get this. Do you sit on a chair like you would do working at a computer, or do you sit on the couch and watch the screen like you would a television?
Jojo Lapin X	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#8	[-]
Jun 12 06 5:29 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Frequently, I recline on the couch with my notebook computer resting on my lap.
taraco	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#9	[-]
Jun 12 06 10:31 PM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	And it feels like watching a movie? I dunno, I've tried a few times, and I never can get engrossed in the image on a computer screen the way I can on a TV. Maybe it's a tech (or age), bias or something, but just doesn't work for me. But if you can watch a film on a laptop, more power to you! david 'She will talk to you soon through this electrical device.'
Jojo Lapin X	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#10	[-]
Jun 13 06 12:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	If you have an older, cathode-ray tube type of television set, any computer made in the last few years will be vastly superior as regards resolution, the number of colors that can be displayed, and, last but not least, the refresh rate. Old TVs flicker in a most un-movie-like manner. If you have a modern LCD TV, the technology is exactly the same as in a computer monitor, and the resolution you get from a DVD is, naturally, the same in both cases. Hence if you perceive any difference in the experience it is simply a psychological illusion, and one you should be able to shake off easily.
Wolfman Joe	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#11	[-]
Jun 14 06 7:30 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've watched a few films on the computer, but only when the wife has had the TV locked up with one of her programs. I have a laptop, so I'll usually lay on the bed with it & watch - haven't nodded off yet, amazingly.
WadeVC	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#12	[-]
Jun 19 06 1:50 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I quite often watch movies on my computer. As how we travel a bit on business and carry my laptop with me, I always throw in a couple of DVD's to watch as well.
R T C Tim	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#13	[-]
Aug 5 06 4:41 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think I win here with the 'watching movies via a computer' thing. Thanks to some audio and S-Video cables, my PC actually uses my TV as a second monitor. So I get all the advantages of watching a film on a TV, with all the advantages of a PC DVD player (loads more settings to play with). Plus since my PC is next to the TV, I can have an IMDB page open whenever I am watching a film (very useful during those "I recognise him from somewhere....." moments). --- Mondo-Esoterica.net - Cult DVD reviews from Hammer to Spaghetti Westerns.
Hu Phan	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#14	[-]
Aug 6 06 10:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The sad thing is that my computer monitor is bigger than my television screen. So, if I want detail or resolution, I am usually better off on the computer. At the moment I am working (or attempting it at least) whilst surfing the web and watching some appalling mini series I DVD-R'd at the weekend. Multitasking - aint it great?
Domenick Fraumeni	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#15	[-]
Aug 25 06 9:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I watch movies on PC. Sometime, I'll also copy a dvd I've rented to my hard drive when it's about to be overdue and I haven't had time to watch it, just yet. But, my PC has 7.1 surround sound on it and is optimized to play pretty much any audio/visual media known to mankind. My main reason is that I get a much better image on my pC, then on the television. I'll admit, I've gotten spoiled as while recently watching a movie on regular television, I kept noticing the scanlines. Something that NEVER happened to me until recently. It all depends, though. If it's an older film, with mono sound, like the Lugosi fest on TCM,then my standard television does fine. Eventually I'll get a HD setup with a 7.1 surround receiver. Then, I'll be able to just sit back and enjoy a movie on TV, like I've been doing over the past couple of decades.
vamplover	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#16	[-]
Dec 15 06 3:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	i would not be comfortable watching a whole movie, on computer.
catmandu7	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#17	[-]
Jan 18 07 6:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love to lie on the couch with the Found Cats snitching Potato Chips, and watch the Computer. I used to watch movies on our Old Black and White TV when I was young and this is like coming full circle, with different Cat Potato Chip Grabbers. They think I dont see them edging towrads the bowl being nonchalant and crafty. Thats so funny as they reach in and run ,thier prey in thier mouth.
abrovic	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#18	[-]
Jan 18 07 6:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I watch DVDs on my computer fairly often. My family isnt particularly wealthy. My dad has a DVD player that, for some reason, doesn't recognize anamorphic discs and plays them in full screen. We have a Playstation 2, but that's notorious for not playing a lot of DVDs (almost anything from Anchor Bay, for instance). And those are the only 2 DVD players we have. So for me, it's just more convenient to sit right here and watch them. Although, my monitor is fairly dark, but we have a 2nd computer with a flat screen, so I tend to use that one instead.
dhtreptow	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#19	[-]
Jan 18 07 9:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Not me, I don't know why but it would seem rather strange even though I edit video on my computer. I watch You-tube like stuff, but not full-on features.
japfeif	Re: Watch movies on computer?	#20	[-]
Jan 20 07 3:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Never. My monitor is smaller than my TV, my computer chair is not as comfy as my couch, and my computer speakers kinda suck. I prefer the good old regular TV and DVD player every time. I've never really gotten the "watch full-length movies on your computer" thing, although I know lots of folks do.

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