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Geek Culture / Blu Ray + Motherboard Q's

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heyufool1
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2010 22:06 Edited at: 2nd Dec 2010 22:07
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I figured I would consolidate my questions into one thread...

Blu Ray:
For Christmas I'm thinking of getting this PC blu ray player: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106326
The thing is I don't have a full HD monitor but a 1680x1050 monitor. So, will blu ray still look better on that resolution compared to a regular DVD?

Motherboard:
If I get the above blu ray reader then I may have used up all of my sata ports on my motherboard, so is this necessarily a bad thing? Could it cause damage to the motherboard?

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bitJericho
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2010 23:08
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Full 1080p is 1920×1080, so yes, you would see a substantial difference in quality, but you would lose the widescreen, or if you kept the widescreen, would lose a little bit of overall resolution. It would still be better than dvd's max resolution of 852x480

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heyufool1
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2010 23:30
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Thanks for the info! Didn't know DVD's were that low of a resolution

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Phaelax
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2010 06:25
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Why would using all your sata ports cause damage to the motherboard? What do you think they are there for?

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heyufool1
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2010 20:45
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Quote: "Why would using all your sata ports cause damage to the motherboard? What do you think they are there for?"

I didn't think it would but I don't know much about the amount of power the motherboard can handle so I thought that maybe they were there as a last resort type of thing.

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The power to the sata drives doesn't even go through the motherboard, theres a separate cable for that connected to the PSU.

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Posted: 5th Dec 2010 19:24
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Quote: "The power to the sata drives doesn't even go through the motherboard, theres a separate cable for that connected to the PSU."

Oh, I see. Well thanks.

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