1080p video on rMBP?

[Ghiggz]

This might be a dumb question, but it's been bugging me all day. The rMBP has a resolution of 2880x1800, right? And 1080p video is less than that. Does that mean the rMBP won't be able to fully utilize it's beautiful screen when watching 1080p videos on Netflix, iTunes, etc? Will it be somewhat like watching standard definition television on an HDTV? Or will it just look like standard 1080p video but no better?

 

[01mggt]

This might be a dumb question, but it's been bugging me all day. The rMBP has a resolution of 2880x1800, right? And 1080p video is less than that. Does that mean the rMBP won't be able to fully utilize it's beautiful screen when watching 1080p videos on Netflix, iTunes, etc? Will it be somewhat like watching standard definition television on an HDTV? Or will it just look like standard 1080p video but no better?

I would assume any 1080p internet media (compressed being the big thing) will possibly look slight less clear. But I haven't gotten mine yet so I can't say. there have been threads about it however. Now when 4k video becomes more popular it will be amazing

 

[PhaserFuzz]

It is slightly more fuzzy in full screen mode, but it's barely noticeable.

 

[doh123]

1080 in a window looks fantastic... and 1080 for movies fullscreen look fine to me too, you just have some black at the top and the bottom because the screen is too tall for 1080p

 

[Queen6]

Latest version of VLC is now Retina ready and it plays back superbly as long as the source is good quality.

 

[eagandale4114]

This might be a dumb question, but it's been bugging me all day. The rMBP has a resolution of 2880x1800, right? And 1080p video is less than that. Does that mean the rMBP won't be able to fully utilize it's beautiful screen when watching 1080p videos on Netflix, iTunes, etc? Will it be somewhat like watching standard definition television on an HDTV? Or will it just look like standard 1080p video but no better?

www.timescapes.org for native "Retina" resolution videos. Enjoy.