How to Watch HD Video On Your Netbook for $10
Watching HD video, even some streaming SD video, on most netbooks is an exercise in frustration. Unless your netbook has an HD accelerator in it attempts to watch HD movies are generally met with stuttering and audio sync issues but a $10 video codec has the power to get HD video running smoothly on your netbook.
This tips comes compliments of PC Pro which figured out that with Media Player Classic Home Cinema and the CoreAVC video codec netbooks can play HD video without complaining, stuttering or stopping!
PC Pro walks you through the entire installation process and even shows you where to find a free HD animated movie to test your netbook with. The comments section offers several alternative options if you are a bit more technical; including adding a Broadcom video accelerator to your netbook, installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix for better video streaming and alternative free codecs to help you play HD on your netbook.
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You’re right Josh, watching HD videos on your PC can be very frustrating, but there are some ways to improve HD playback on your machine. Although HD video playback can put significant stress on older PCs, laptops and slower netbooks, having the latest graphics driver and codecs for your videos will make a difference. I’d also suggest upgrading to Windows 7 if you haven’t done so already. Starting with Vista, Microsoft introduced “glitch resilience†and it improved massively in Windows 7—this feature prioritizes your running video and audio to prevent background programs from interfering. Compared to XP, you will notice a lot less stuttering in movies, especially when they’re in HD. Check out this blog post for a few more tips: http://bit.ly/afE3eS