watching HD videos on a CRT monitor

[FlippyKid]

this has been buging me for like ever, i watch videos that are HD and all that but when i watch them they always skip, and after about a week i ralisied that it was cuz of somthing and i thot mabe it was the monitor, or the comp, the sound still played and everything but when i tryed to watch the video part would just skip like every sec and it was really anoing,so im here asking if its my monitor or my comp ( im broke so i cant get anything like a new monitor or even buy 20 sofware, thats why im asking if there is also a way to fix my problem

[Gareth]

HD films look great on here, I'm on a CRT. They're very clear and crisp.

[fuflo]

depending of what you consider HD. 1080p won't ever go fine on the pc you have there. 720p MAY go fine. when watching a movie open task manager and look at how much cpu % is the player using

[Gareth]

When watching a film, my CPU is at 100%

[FlippyKid]

0_0 my cpu must be dead when i watching then ( look to the side, i dont think my comp will EVER be able to run them well)

[Gareth]

Your processor is comparable of an AMD AthlonXP 1800+. That is more than likely why it is slow on HD Films.

[FlippyKid]

:'( ok, i have another question now, is it bad if i force my screen resolution from 1024,768 to 1152,864, but there is more to it, i have an old CRT monitor like you already know, and i wana know if its bad to do that cuz i dont what my monitor to smoke up on me (btw the max resolution the monitor can go is 1024,768

[Gareth]

Right Click on desktop, properties, settings, and drag the slider to 1152*864. I recommend 1280*1024, its my favourite resolution. Its not bad at all to do. Wont smoke up because of a new screen resolution.

[FlippyKid]

DUDE YOU ROCK ty ty ty, wait when i did that, my screen whent way to big, and like part of my stuff wasnt shoing up at all

[Gareth]

Thanks for the nice comment Were always happy to help at Pureoverclock

Did you move the slider to the left or the right?

Left = Bigger
Right = Smaller

My recommendations for screen sizes are

13/14" CRT = 800*600 85Hz
15" CRT = 1024*768 85Hz
15" LCD = 1024*768 Default Refresh Rate
17" CRT = 1024*768 85Hz
17" LCD = 1280*1024 Default Refresh Rate
19" CRT = 1280*1024 85Hz
19" LCD = 1280*1024 Default Refresh Rate
20" LCD = 1600*1200 Default Refresh Rate
21/22" CRT = 1600*1200 85Hz
21/22" LCD = 1600*1200 Default Refresh Rate

[FlippyKid]

0_0 i dont even think i have a 15" monitor! mabe thats why i cant use that resolution T_T (why cant i get a better monitor and comp)