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Does the Aluminum iMac supports 1080p/i?
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Technically, yes. The current 24" iMac is 1920x1200 native, so should be able to view full 1080p (1920x1080) material without downscaling.
I think the OP was questioning the processing power of viewing 1080p compressed footage. Which yes, the 24" imac should be able to do.
download a 1080p trailer and watch it. If it doesn't drop frames, then you're good to go.
download a 1080p trailer and watch it. If it doesn't drop frames, then you're good to go.
As tested last year, white iMac 2.16 was able to play a few 1080 trailers concurrently (it was 3 or 4 at the same time), without stuttering.
Translation, more than enough power to play a few streams of 1080, yes it'll work for 1 1080p video.
Translation, more than enough power to play a few streams of 1080, yes it'll work for 1 1080p video.
see -- you don't have to take the word of ~Shard~'s, alphaod, or mine advice -- it's empirical
how are you bringing the content in anyway?
trailers? It certainly isn't DVD since the DVD drives are not Blue-Ray or HD-DVD
Slingbox? or some other device?
Apple hosts movie trailers, some of them in HD up to 1080p
http://www.apple.com/trailers
You can also rip with AnyDVD HD with windows than compress it.
You can also make your own...
http://www.apple.com/trailers
You can also rip with AnyDVD HD with windows than compress it.
You can also make your own...