Watching Blu ray rips 15" vs 17" mbp Glossy vs Matte

[dudc]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone here watches blu ray rips on their 17" macbook pro. Does the higher resolution of the 17" make a big difference vs the 15"?

Also, I don't want to start up another Glossy vs Matte war but do you guys prefer the glossy or matte screen when watching movies in the dark?

 

[NewMacbookPlz]

Mind you, you'd have to be running Windows under boot camp or VM to use Blu-Ray discs via an external drive.

 

[dudc]

I should have given more info. I am using anydvd hd under windows to rip the blurays. I then use tsmuxer to extract to a m2ts file. I'm using plex in mac os to view the blu-ray m2ts file rips on my 15" macbook pro "glassy".

1080 downconverted looks wonderful on my 15" and a world better than ordinary dvds. My question was if anyone here has had experience with viewing 1080p movies on a 17" macbook pro and also if they had an opinion of glossy vs matte for watching movies.

Thank you.

 

[RKpro]

Glossy is supposed to give you better contrast and better colours, but... it's glossy. If you're planning on watching the movie in a dark room, it shouldn't be a problem.

I also watch 1080p blueray rips on my 15", they look great.
But it has to leave out 1008000* pixels worth of detail to fit that full 1080p image on the lower resolution screen. I don't have a 17" but I'm sure it's noticeably sharper.


* 1920x1200-1440x900=1008000, not taking into account 16:9 aspect ratio, but whatever...