Crisp and Bright .

Monitor
When buying TFT monitors consider parameters like response time brightness and c
ontract ratios and resolution for movies buy 19_ inch widescreen monitor.
Recommendation:-
Home and Office Basic 15- inch TFT monitor with 1024*768
Movies and gaming .17-inch or 19- inch TFT monitor
Designing and Imaging 3Dmobelling â 20- inch or 23- inch TFT monitor
TFT: - Thin Film Transistors: Active matrix.
This is a higher quality type of flat display. An active matrix is a matrix of t
iny switching transistor or diode called thin film transistors {TFT} on a glass
substrate which control the on\ off state of each pixel depending on the signal
applied. Itâ s currently the over whelming choice of notebook computer manufactures,
due to light weight .very good image quality. Wide color range and low response
time.
Contrast ratio:-
This is the ratio between the brightest whites and the darkest blacks a TFT. Can
display the higher the contrast ratio the greater the ability of the display to
show subtle color details, present a clearer picture and tolerate ambient light
.higher contrast ratios are important especially in home theater applications .
where is desirable to view the dark areas of movies clearly without washing out
the bright areas.
Optimal resolution:-
Resolution, the crispness of a monitorâ s image, is measured in pixels per inch {PPi}
or dots per inch {dpi}. Youâ ll see horizontal and vertical measurement, with higher
numbers offering greater detail.
Unlike conventional {CRT} monitors that can scale to a variety of resolutions. L
CDs are made for fixed resolution. This is because the number of TFT elements in
an LCD monitor is fixed cannot be changed or resized as in the case of CRT moni
tors. If the resolution is changed there is noticeable difference in image quali
ty as the monitor interpolates the pixels. Here is the list of optimal resolutio
ns :-
15- Inch: - 1024 x 768
17 inch: - 1280 x 1024
19 inch: - 1280 x 1024
19 inch {wide screen} :- 1440 x 900
20 inch :- 1400 x 1050
20 inch { wide screen }:- 1680 x 1050
23 inch { wide screen } :- 1680 x 1050.
Burn and watch.
The price difference between DVD writers and combo drivers is afew. But evaluate
your requirements carefully.
Recommendations:-
Movies & Multimedia :- DVD Combo Drive
Data backup copying Divx movies :- DVD writer.
High Definition movies :- Blu-Ray Drive
CD. A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store data digitally. The CD
was jointly developed by Philips and Sony way back in 1979 and was made availab
le in the market only in late 1982. Till date it remains the standard physicall
y medium for commercial audio recording. A CD is a disc made from pour polycarb
onate with a thin layer of super purity Aluminum coated on one of its sides. A s
tandard disc is 1.2 mm thick disc and has a diameter of 120 mm. a CD can store
up to 800 MB of data but normally discs of 700 MB capacity are available. The C
D was originally developed for storing music, but later due to its high storage
and better reliability it was adapted for use as a data storage device. CDs are
available as CD-R {write only } and CD-WR { can be written and erased many times
} .
DVD. A DVD commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc is an optical disc storage m
edia format that is capable of storing more data than a CD and provides much fas
ter data transfer rates. The physical dimeasiong of DVD is the same as the CD it
is used to store data including movies with high video and sound quality. A DVD
is capable of storing much more data than a CD as the encoding done on it is of
high density.
There are two DVD recording formats namely DVD-R {developed by Pioneer} and DVD+
R {developed by the DVD+R Alliance, a group of eight consortiums} The DVD â R and DVD
+R are two diver ant recording formats. However modern day DVD optical drivers
support both the formats. A regular single sided, single layer DVD is capable of
storing about 4.7 GB of data .where as there are DVDs of various capacities for
in stance single sided double layer stores 8.5GB