Will blu-ray play on an HD monitor?

[jefferiestubes8]

I'd expect any monitor or video card labeled "HD" to also support HDCP over DVI, which older hardware doesn't. And you'd need that to play Bluray content.

I agree but some videocards have HDMI outputs which will connect directly to an HDTV or an HD monitor with HDMI imputs.
other monitor inputs are dependent on your videocard.

If you have a Blu ray player in your computer it will certainly display Blu ray movies, otherwise why would they put it in your computer?

FordSVT a computer has a BD-ROM drive. It happens to be able to also play BD-Video.

With the ability to add firmware updates to a standalone BR player I'd suggest saving up for one that has BD-Live Profile 2.0 as you can get a lot more content via the Internet and have less issues with new discs that have newer DRM software.

If you are purchasing a new computer monitor consider getting one with HDMI inputs.

 

[USS Mariner]

Well it's still somewhat true in terms of pure resolution. My memory is pretty fuzzy, but I'm pretty sure I remember running 1024x768 pretty commonly in the mid to late 90's, with 16x12 starting to show up a bunch at the very tail end.

But of course, as you said there's a lot more to graphics then just pure resolution. But if we're talking purely about the capabilities of the display device you'll still find people who will cling to their late 90's era ~22", 70lbs CRT monitor.

I was quite happy with my Avitron AV-7TF till it died last year. I still miss the color reproduction, though the RGBLED in my laptop is pretty good.

 

[FordSVT]

If you have a Blu ray player in your computer it will certainly display Blu ray movies, otherwise why would they put it in your computer?

FordSVT a computer has a BD-ROM drive. It happens to be able to also play BD-Video.

I don't get your point, I didn't say otherwise.