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Steve · 04-23-2008, 12:02 PM

That's very unfortunate.

sRc · 04-27-2008, 02:14 PM

CyberLink finally put out a BD 2.0 patch for PowerDVD a couple days ago, so I can finally watch Across the Universe. They haven't put up the update package for MediaDirect as of yet, though.

sRc · 06-12-2008, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by The Anaconda

Used it to test out my friend's new HDTV yesterday over HDMI. We watched Independence Day Blu-ray, it looked pretty good, but the whole time it was looking a little off compared to watching it on the notebook's LCD. after it finished and I was trying to figure out why, we discovered it was running in 1080i mode.

I tried messing with it for a while to get it to switch into progressive mode, but to no avail. If I forced the resolution to run non-interleaved all I got was a blinking cursor. It seems, unfortunately, the maximum digital resolution for the 8600GT is 1600x1200, and it wont push 1080p.

I'm going to note that this might be just superfluous, it might support 1080p and I don't know it. under further experimentation, the TV we're using simply doesn't support 1080p

Yang88She · 06-13-2008, 01:43 PM

nice review, wow that blu ray burning speeding is sllllllooooowwwwww

mrsalty · 06-15-2008, 10:57 AM

Hi Anaconda! I am thinking about getting an XPS 1530. I read in another review somewhere that the hard drive makes a fair bit of noise...have you noticed this?

sRc · 06-17-2008, 03:03 PM

I haven't noticed any significant hard drive noise, no. I don't hardly hear it really.

jane2000 · 06-18-2008, 03:28 PM

Thank you for the great review you shared with us. How is the Dell XPS 1530 compared with Lenovo T61? I am hesitating on which model to buy. I was told Dell laptop's temperature is high, is it true?

Thank you very much.

sRc · 06-19-2008, 11:04 AM

well it gets warm at some times depending on what you're doing because it is pretty thin, and the palmrest is metal, so you get the heat from the graphics card dispersing into the palmrest. never gets too hot to work with though. at the moment I'm having mine on all the time using it as passthrough wireless to my desktop in my new apartment until I get my cable internet hooked up, so I have it resting on a cooling pad, which helps quite a bit

I don't know how that would compare to the Lenovo, I haven't used or seen that particular model.

jane2000 · 06-19-2008, 11:19 AM

Thank you very much for the sharing of your experience, which is very helpful.

wrosenbloom · 10-21-2008, 09:07 PM

will this laptop be able to play games like World in Conflict and Total war, no problems? also great review and good video.

04-23-2008, 12:02 PM	#16
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04-27-2008, 02:14 PM	#17
sRc We Do It Live! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 41,163 Reviews: 2 Benchmarks: 12 Credits: 16,455	CyberLink finally put out a BD 2.0 patch for PowerDVD a couple days ago, so I can finally watch Across the Universe. They haven't put up the update package for MediaDirect as of yet, though. __________________ 'Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for--because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.'- Peter Marshall 'I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.'William Wordsworth

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06-17-2008, 03:03 PM	#21
sRc We Do It Live! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 41,163 Reviews: 2 Benchmarks: 12 Credits: 16,455	I haven't noticed any significant hard drive noise, no. I don't hardly hear it really. __________________ 'Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for--because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.'- Peter Marshall 'I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.'William Wordsworth

06-19-2008, 11:04 AM	#23
sRc We Do It Live! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 41,163 Reviews: 2 Benchmarks: 12 Credits: 16,455	well it gets warm at some times depending on what you're doing because it is pretty thin, and the palmrest is metal, so you get the heat from the graphics card dispersing into the palmrest. never gets too hot to work with though. at the moment I'm having mine on all the time using it as passthrough wireless to my desktop in my new apartment until I get my cable internet hooked up, so I have it resting on a cooling pad, which helps quite a bit I don't know how that would compare to the Lenovo, I haven't used or seen that particular model. __________________ 'Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for--because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.'- Peter Marshall 'I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.'William Wordsworth

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06-15-2008, 10:57 AM	#20
mrsalty Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2 Credits: 236	Hi Anaconda! I am thinking about getting an XPS 1530. I read in another review somewhere that the hard drive makes a fair bit of noise...have you noticed this?

06-18-2008, 03:28 PM	#22
jane2000 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Credits: 238	Thank you for the great review you shared with us. How is the Dell XPS 1530 compared with Lenovo T61? I am hesitating on which model to buy. I was told Dell laptop's temperature is high, is it true? Thank you very much.

06-19-2008, 11:19 AM	#24
jane2000 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 Credits: 238	Thank you very much for the sharing of your experience, which is very helpful.

10-21-2008, 09:07 PM	#25
wrosenbloom Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 Credits: 221	will this laptop be able to play games like World in Conflict and Total war, no problems? also great review and good video.

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