Is this monitor compatible with blu ray players?Can i watch cable tv on this monitor?
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If you use a cable box provided by your service provider that is compatible with HDMI, DVI or VGA connectors, yes. However this monitor doesn't have speakers. It's designed primarily for PC gaming with the idea or high grade headphones or speaker system to be connected to the PC or gaming system. Same answer for blu ray.
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No, you would need a converter from HDMI to RCA to be able to send the signal from your Blu-Ray player to your standard television. As mentioned in another response, you will be able to get a picture from the HDMI to RCA but it will not be high definition simply because you are using a standard television.
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Then what does it mean when a blu-ray player is input through HDMI and it says 24Hz? Then when I hooked the same BD player through my receiver (new Pioneer Elite) it's back to 60Hz. Never have seen 120 Hz.
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Yes, it will work, but you will need an alternate port on the Blu-ray player for audio (i.e. Optical audio output, or coaxial) because DVI doesn't carry audio through unlike HDMI does.
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Hello. To upscaling to UHD, the source must be 1080p (p, not i). Otherwise, the image has a little improvement, but not UHD. Cable TV normally uses 1080i, so, no upscaling. Blu-ray players with 1080p can be upscaled to UHD.
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I hook my PS3 to this monitor using one of the side hdmi ports. I believe you cannot use the DVI or the hdmi port that is on the rear of the panel. the PS3 will play 3D blu rays just fine. For a PC you should use the DVI port to get the 120hz refresh rate.
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it has only VGA, DVI and HDMI inputs, so if your cable box uses hdmi as its output, then you can watch TV on it but in most cases no it cant
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This TV does have 1080p over component as an input, but your player must also support this feature. The TVs response time is 8ms from what i've read. Blu-ray is absolutely amazing,and I love the HDMI-CEC features!
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Yes as long as the tv you buy has hdmi outlets to which you can connect the bd player to with an hdmi cord. These days pretty much all flat screens have hdmi outlets.
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Hmm, I have neve really experienced this issue with mine. Having said that, there may not be a SUb channel in the cable station you are listening to. But blu-ray should mostly have the Sub channel.
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you will need a media player that can do blu-ray. There are some free ones out there; however, PowerDVD14 by cyberlink runs specials all the time and you can get it relatively inexpensive. I think I paid like 80 dollars for mine and it runs fantastic. The player itself (the item on amazon) is stupendous. I highly recommend it. You also need to make sure your resolution on your screen can handle hi-def. If you have an HDMI output more than likely you do, if not check and make sure your resolution is at least 1024 by 728 Good luck
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Yes, though all of the movies won't take advantage of the resolution, as blu rays are limited to 1080p, while this monitor is 1440p.
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Yes, you can watch Cable, dish, etc on it through component, HDMI, SVGA, or standard Video. I highly recommend HD channels to fully utilize the 1080 resolution though.
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Hi Gary. I'm running two Sony blu-ray players to my Sony 4K 70". One has 4K upscaling, connected through a 4K upscaling Yamaha home media amp (model 1030) whereby I utilized two high priced Monster Black Premium HDMI cables. The other player is a few years older and does not have 4K upscaling. It is connected the same way with these Mediabridge cables and the difference is almost, if not entirely undetectable. I attribute any discrepancy, however minute, to the fact that it is a non-4K upscaling player. In fact, I just went through a whole stack of James Bond flicks on the older player. They are rated for 4K and you can trust these folks. They stand behind their product.
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The sound bar has TWO optical inputs, so just hook up the optical cable from your blu-ray player to the second input. And BTW, your blu-ray player will be connected to your HDTV via an 'HDMI' cable, NOT RCA cables. If you use RCA cables, you will only get standard definition video and audio!!
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Yes, you can connect your blu-ray player directly to the sound bar's receiver/subwoofer. But you will need an additional HDMI cable to go from the receiver to the TV. They supply the cable that goes from the sound bar's receiver to the actual speaker array (sound bar) so no expense required there.
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I assume you mean, what BluRay players have Component Video outputs? You'll have to get a fairly old BluRay player to do that, as BluRay players predominantly use HDMI for output. The Samsung BD-P1000 is one of the original players that does have component video outputs. We have a BD-P1000 and it's OK. It was very reliable (haven't used it in a couple of years), but it is pretty slow (e.g. loading a disc) compared to newer players. We mostly use a Playstation 3 (PS3) to play Blu-Ray in our home theater now. You *MIGHT* be able to use a newer player by running its HDMI output through converters, if you MUST hook it up to an ancient display device with component video but no HDMI inputs. Maybe HDMI-to-VGA plus a VGA-to-component video adapters? But of course you'd degrade the video, and if I recall correctly, the highest resolution you could possibly run over component video is 1080i; I don't think it supports 1080p. And any display without HDMI inputs almost *certainly* can't display 1080p, anyway. Another option -- it may be time to consider a new display device, one that supports 1080p and HDMI inputs.