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    I would like to first thank all of you for helping me with the decision to get a 7D. I

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    The program you are using to view the video can be a problem. If you haven

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    Should Quicktime or Windows Media Player work?

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    I use quicktime on the mac and it works fine. You can record at smaller settings to. You might try that and see if it works better for you. All else fails a faster computer might be in order. Plus if your viewing off an external drive that may slow it down. It would be fastest off your hard drive.

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    What are the specs on your current computer? That would be helpful information, because perhaps there
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    I think I know what is wrong with viewing those videos,but not a hundred percent sure that it is the same problem for your case but I had encounter a similar problem viewing videos that is 1080p.


    When I view those videos on my laptop (a Lenovo Thinkpad) with a integrated video card the Intel HD graphics and it was like what you had described the video was displaying like one frame at a time it was so slow, it was un-viewable. Then I got the video to my older desktop with a five year old graphics card (7900 GS) and it started to play out a lot smoother although it has worst spec otherwise then my laptop (4 GB DDR3 vs 2 GB DDR2, i5 vs Core 2). Then I copied to my current desktop with some pretty modern graphics card (AMD HD6850) and it would play very smoothly. It was the graphics card all alone those integrated graphics just can

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    We purchased the computer 4 years ago. It

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    Looking up the HP a1740n on their website, I find this page of specs: HP a1740n Spec List


    Assuming that's what you have, I'm guessing your problem is that it only has an integrated graphics chipset. I'm willing to bet if you put in a dedicated graphics card you'd have no problems.


    Here's a ATI Radeon chipset that would probably work and is only $15 after a mail-in rebate:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127544. Or here's another GeForce chipset that's the same price after rebate:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130536.


    Otherwise if you feel it might be time for a new computer, just about any current computer (perhaps excluding some netbooks) should have no trouble with 1080p.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rusty
    We purchased the computer 4 years ago. It's a hp a1740n with 1.86ghz processor. I'm thinking we're overdue for an upgrade. Wondering if there is anything I can do what with I have? Maybe a new graphics card?

    I think it's indeed the onboard graphic adapter. If I searched correctly you have a Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 onboard graphics adapter. Which by my research doesn't support full HD 1080p videos.


    I personally like the VLC media player. It's free and plays everything and also remains a small no-nonsense package. You can find it here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/


    Anyway I don't know what slots you have available for upgrade? PCI/PCI-E/AGP? But even the cheapest cards support full-HD playback these days, so yes a new graphics card probably works magic. However I must say that editing at 1080p might take a while on an older pc.


    Quote Originally Posted by aloginame
    those integrated graphics just can't handle 1080p.

    The on-board graphic adapters that you buy these days....well it's hard to find one that doesn't support 1080p full HD playback [] So I disagree with you on this one. Technology improves every day..



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    Quote Originally Posted by Trowski
    Looking up the HP a1740n on their website, I find this page of specs: HP a1740n Spec List

    You were faster than me [] I see that the HP system has plenty of free expension slots, so a dedicated graphics cars shouldn't be a problem.


    Quote Originally Posted by Trowski
    Here's a ATI Radeon chipset that would probably work and is only $15 after a mail-in rebate:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127544. Or here's another GeForce chipset that's the same price after rebate:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130536.

    Those are the kind of which I was talking about. Low budget, but they do their job nicely.


    Quote Originally Posted by Trowski
    Otherwise if you feel it might be time for a new computer, just about any current computer (perhaps excluding some netbooks) should have no trouble with 1080p.

    Correct. With the current developments, you can buy a fast CPU with a dedicated integrated graphics chip in it!(even faster than onboard graphics!) However it's not really 15 dollar cheap [A] But it's a good thing to look forward to when you are ready to upgrade your pc.

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