| Sooo, I'm going to be getting a new laptop somewhere in the near future, and was wondering what a good laptop for watching anime would be. It needs to be able to stream the anime without lagging at all, and a good screen would be nice. |
| Well, my opinion might be pretty biased, but who knows? Maybe it'll be helpful for you ^_^ I'm using Dell Vostro 1720. Here's the review of it.. It's pretty portable despite its size (the only problem I had was finding a good bag for it, as good bags for 17"s are rather rare, at least where I live), plays HD videos without any problems, has big (you won't have to plug in any external displays to watch something), matte display (I personally hate glossy ones, and with a matte you can use it anywhere you want - be it indoors or outdoors). Video streaming depends mainly on your internet connection, but from the laptop side, if it's able to play hd, then of course it'll handle streams (and the built-in wifi is good too). Oh, and it's not that noicy as they state in the review - I use it during classes (also for playing games from time to time) and it's hardly hearable. The heat becomes irritating only if you block the outlet of hot air for a longer time (which can happen only if you accidentally block it) - it's also placed on the left side of the laptop, which is a bliss for right-handed people ^_^ What else... with Dell you get a very good warranty, as it's (officially) the business model. And one thing, even if you decide to buy another laptop: try to buy one without the OS included (those included are usually preinstalled, so that means no install disc and lots of useless crap in the recovery files) and buy the OS independently (preferably Win 7 Pro; don't even get near the Vista). You might try to look for something with similar specs too. Or maybe you have something that caught your eye or some more specified questions? |
bakaratamataDec 3, 2010 8:49 PM
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| I don't know about what laptops are good for anime and whatnot, but lemme tell you one thing: don't stream ever. |
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Soundtrack said: I don't know about what laptops are good for anime and whatnot, but lemme tell you one thing: don't stream ever. Stream are evil, I agree on that, but when someone has shitty internet speed, then they have to compromise (I remember times how I had 5Gb/month limit, with 256kb/s dl speed, so streams were in most cases my only anime source; now I can't live without HDs, but then they were out of reach for me (technically too, as my previous machine couldn't hadle them)). |
| if it can run a media player you can watch anime on it. This is a pretty nonsensical question. any laptop made in the last 3 years should be able to play HD video just fine. |
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Confucius said: Every Apple laptop I have ever seen has had absolutely horrid cooling. Unless they've fixed that issue recently (doubtful), I have to recommend against Macbooks.MacBook I also hear that the VLC version for Mac is terrible, if you plan to use VLC. Plus, Macs are overpriced. On a completely trivial note, did you know that apparently prolonged exposure to the heat from laptops can cause detrimental effects on one's man-parts? True story. Specifically sterility, if memory serves. |
| I recommend something light so you can move it close to your tv and plug in some HDMI cables. that's the best way to watch anime |
| Just adding one thing; built-in HDMI/DVI is not completely necessary for plugging the tv into laptop, as it can be done via the usage of external devices (but that's just me saying... for most people this will just seem as unnecessary complicated). |
| What would be your budget though? Shame on those that suggested a MacBook. It has already been tested that a MacBook with the same specs as a Windows laptop from Toshiba and Fujitsu was more than 20C hotter. The MacBook reaches 100C, the Toshiba reaches 80C, Fujitsu reaches 78C. Same CPU (Core i7), same GPU (Nvidia). So if you want to cook your lap, as well as burn your wallet because of the price, go buy a MacBook. |
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| Macbook Air (13 inch). Pros are just too heavy and inconvenient - but the 17 inch would be pretty good to watch anime on. |
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| Do the amount of RAM and the core heavily affect it, i want to make sure I have something that will play the videos at as high a speed as possible, I can't stand it when the video lags and the subtitles get out of sink with the voices and what not. I don't know if that aspect is reliant on the laptop as much as the video source itself, but I just don't want to deal with laggy videos. The screen is also important, so something around 17" would be my preferance. As for the price, I supposed anything in the vicinity of $750 would be reasonable. |
ryan91236 said: Do the amount of RAM and the core heavily affect it, i want to make sure I have something that will play the videos at as high a speed as possible, I can't stand it when the video lags and the subtitles get out of sink with the voices and what not. I don't know if that aspect is reliant on the laptop as much as the video source itself, but I just don't want to deal with laggy videos. The screen is also important, so something around 17" would be my preferance. As for the price, I supposed anything in the vicinity of $750 would be reasonable. The actual size is not your only primary consideration. Laptops ranging from 14.1" to 17.3" can have the same resolution too. Here's a shortlist for you: Gateway NV5911UR size: 15.6" CPU: Intel Core i3 330M(2.13GHz) RAM: 4GB DDR3 HDD: 500GB 5400rpm DVD drive: DVD Super Multi GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 Resolution: 1366 x 768 OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ~$695 SAMSUNG R530-11 size: 15.6" CPU: Intel Core i3 350M(2.26GHz) RAM: 4GB DDR3 HDD: 500GB 5400rpm DVD drive: DVD Super Multi GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 310M Resolution: 1366 x 768 OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ~$600 TOSHIBA Satellite L655-S5111 size: 15.6" CPU: Intel Core i3 370M(2.40GHz) RAM: 4GB DDR3 HDD: 500GB 5400rpm DVD drive: DVD Super Multi GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 Resolution: 1366 x 768 OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ~$710 Acer Aspire AS5745G-7671 size: 15.6" CPU: Intel Core i3 370M(2.40GHz) RAM: 4GB DDR3 HDD: 500GB 5400rpm DVD drive: DVD Super Multi GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M Resolution: 1366 x 768 OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ~$730 Acer Aspire AS5742G-7200 size: 15.6" CPU: Intel Core i5 460M(2.53GHz) RAM: 4GB DDR3 HDD: 500GB 5400rpm DVD drive: DVD Super Multi GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M Resolution: 1366 x 768 OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ~$750 Acer Aspire AS7552G-6061 size: 17.3" CPU: AMD Phenom II Quad-Core N950(2.1GHz) RAM: 4GB DDR3 HDD: 500GB 5400rpm DVD drive: DVD Super Multi GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 Resolution: 1600 x 900 OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ~$750 |
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spupapi said: Macbook Air (13 inch). Pros are just too heavy and inconvenient - but the 17 inch would be pretty good to watch anime on. I am actually against the Macbook Air, it is ridiculously expensive and the specs that go with it just aren't that good. The 17inch ones are even heavier. I personally like to get my hands on the 15-inch or 13-inch ones one day, they aren't that heavy |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| people actually buy Macbooks? They must like spending money on an over priced piece of crap. |
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
| Any laptop with 15-17" monitor and a decent screen, you don't need any hardware to enjoy it, playing videos won't stress your processor/video card at all. |
Alexiell said: Any laptop with 15-17" monitor and a decent screen, you don't need any hardware to enjoy it, playing videos won't stress your processor/video card at all. Either you have a very strong laptop with over 3GHz processor, or you have never played over 9000(literally) bitrate video files. Oh well, if you're looking for online streaming, then anything's fine. Even my 5 years old PC have no problem. But if you're looking to play HD files, then my suggestion: CPU: At least 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo. VGA: Try to get nVIdia that suports CUDA, so in case your CPU is not strong enough, you can use CUDA or DXVA. At least 256MB discrete memory. RAM: Playing video doesn't take up much RAM space, unless you're using VGA with shared memory. 2GB should suffice. |
Jigero said: if it can run a media player you can watch anime on it. This is a pretty nonsensical question. Most people will want a computer powerful enough to at least play 1080p anime movies/shows, though. And I'm sure that's it's possible to still buy one accidentally that wouldn't be powerful enough to handle high resolution movies. I know that my old Laptop was hell for it and people eventually told me "it's not your software, your laptop simply isn't powerful enough for watching anime. Buy a new one, that thing is terrible. You shouldn't even be buying laptops in the first place. Desktops are better. Build your own computer like a worthy human being.". Of course, any .AVI anybody uploaded was just fine. But most .MKV uploads I came across were unworkable, no matter what player or codec pack I used. And apparently you're not allowed to call yourself an anime fan unless you watch it all on 1080p and up. I mean, 3 years, are you sure? Given, that old laptop of mine is about 4 or maybe even 5 years old now. But it was also $800. And it had problems. So I would worry about this "anything in the past 3 years" statement. Also, I'm sure anime fans want a good Blu-Ray player. Anyway, as far as laptop brands, I hear good things about Asus. |
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RedSuisei said: Either you have a very strong laptop with over 3GHz processor, or you have never played over 9000(literally) bitrate video files. Oh well, if you're looking for online streaming, then anything's fine. Even my 5 years old PC have no problem. But if you're looking to play HD files, then my suggestion: CPU: At least 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo. VGA: Try to get nVIdia that suports CUDA, so in case your CPU is not strong enough, you can use CUDA or DXVA. At least 256MB discrete memory. RAM: Playing video doesn't take up much RAM space, unless you're using VGA with shared memory. 2GB should suffice. Good point, it's so hard to find any anime DVD here... (the ones I have I had to import from USA...) All my animes are downloaded rips. So if that's what he'll watch, the screen res and size is still the most important :P |
| Err, DVDs are much lighter to play than HD downloadable rips with H264 codecs. Try downloading THORA's Eden of the East OP and see if you can play it with low end hardware. |
| like some one mentioned b 4 , any laptop made in the last 2 years will run all that stuff fine, but id go with any new TOSHIBA laptop they have monster stats inside them and for very good prices,they put dell and all them other comps to super shame for the price. i got a toshiba 18.6 inch laptop with serious hardware inside for 1100 $ that i use for gaming online and its a beast no mac book, dell, sony or anything will go nowhere near it in stats and price. a wizzlle 15 inch dell or sony with no where near the stuff u can get in a toshiba will run u close or over 1000$ for crap. and macs sorry but unless u using it for graphics or work related projects when yes mac is best,other then that its a pile of useless shit that costs at least 1500$ or more. |
| i would hit you ,but i dont wanna get any douchbag on my hands :P |
| Acer Aspire AS7552G-6061 size: 17.3" CPU: AMD Phenom II Quad-Core N950(2.1GHz) RAM: 4GB DDR3 HDD: 500GB 5400rpm DVD drive: DVD Super Multi GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 Resolution: 1600 x 900 OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ~$750 Is what I'm using right now, its truly A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!! So fast with the internet connecting, nice HD screen, nice RAM space, and the always nice Windows 7 :) |
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| like some one mentioned b 4 any laptops made in the last 2 years should be able to do it, i would recomend any TOSHIBA laptop,they have monster stats in them for really low prices, they put dell and sony and all those other comps to shame none of thse will come nowhere near the hardware u can get in a toshiba for the same price, and mac dont get me started unless u using it for work like graphic design or somthing along those lines where its acctualy usefull, its a really expensive pile of shit that hardly works with anything and comes with nowhere near the sick hardware u canget with a windows laptop. |
| i would hit you ,but i dont wanna get any douchbag on my hands :P |
| Basically all you need to look for is that the GPU isn't one of those cheap integrated chipsets (especially not one of Intel ones), and if you're actually storing video on your computer and not on an external drive, hard drive size. Any current nVidia or ATI GPU would meet your needs. RAM is typically 4GB at this point, so it is not particularly a bottleneck anymore as far as video playback is concerned. Similarly, you don't need an insane processor for video, Core2 Duo is somewhat normal and would be fine for streaming video. Of course, your results will vary based on your internet connection. |
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| http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00400ORPU/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d4_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=07V1C3DMW50YE96QMAFG&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 You can't really get much better than this. It's $1200, but you'd pay double that for the same specs on a mac. |
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| Do NOT get a Macbook. I just bought a new PC laptop just because I couldn't handle the heat my Macbook got up to after a couple hours of watching anime in bed. Anime would start to lag, not of processor power (it has a C2D), but because after it got hot enough, the processor would get throttled to reduce heat. My new HP Envy 14", with a 1600x900 screen, is SO much cooler (and higher-res). Unfortunately the high-res screen is no longer sold. |
| The only advantage a Macbook has is how it looks; how it looks though, essentially becomes its own undoing. Being made of aluminum, THE WHOLE THING BECOMES ONE GIANT HEATSINK, making it more likely to overheat and cook your lap and balls. I wouldn't call OS X as an advantage because it's the "Fisher-Price" version of operating systems. |
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| i would reccomend an asus gaming series laptop, im currently using the G60JX which is amazing, the LED displays are the ones to be looked for as they deliver some serious viewing quality.. |
YukyumiDec 6, 2010 2:45 PM
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beccca14 said: Macbook all the way. Macs are wonderful and they'll last longer. I dunno. My iBook (G4, white, 14 inch, circa 2005) lasted about four years, which I think is not that short but also not that long. And it had to be repaired twice in that time. Specifically because that model had an issue with the video card coming off the motherboard if you jolted it a bit too hard. The motherboard would then proceed to fry itself the next time you tried to start it up. Not a great advertisement for Apple hardware. :( It's nice owning a Mac... pretty interface, easy to use, UNIX-like which has its advantages if you ever have to do SSH or whatever... things with the Unix command line... and you don't really have to worry about viruses. But I'm not sure it's worth it when there are free OSes (mainly GNU/Linux) that do the same things (albeit with a little more mucking around). And when Windows has so many more options for games and stuff. But if your main interest is watching video (on the built-in screen) any modern OS should do fine, so it should be the hardware and price that make up your mind, I think. |
| the ones that are cheapest of course. then buy an external HD drive at least 1tb to store all the anime you download. |
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| Why would you stream? Join the IRC and Torrent master race already. Any laptop will do. Computers these days can display 1080p flawlessly. |
| I just use a netbook MSI Wind U100.. its okay for watching.. my problem is now the battery.. it discharges quickly now.. how about watching anime on tablets such as Ipad? how's the picture/video on those? |
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invalidlink said: entropy13 said: The only advantage a Macbook has is how it looks; how it looks though, essentially becomes its own undoing. Being made of aluminum, THE WHOLE THING BECOMES ONE GIANT HEATSINK, making it more likely to overheat and cook your lap and balls. I wouldn't call OS X as an advantage because it's the "Fisher-Price" version of operating systems. Wouldn't a giant heatsink make it EASIER to cool? rhetorical because it would in that comparison. A giant heatsink with a giant fan would make it easier to cool. Or with a lot of small fans. If it's a giant heatsink with just that one small fan, then its only recourse is a slow heat transfer to your lap, which wouldn't really be a very efficient way of cooling it. MaximumBatman said: Why would you stream? Join the IRC and Torrent master race already. Any laptop will do. Computers these days can display 1080p flawlessly. At the price range he said (up to $750) he can only do 720p at most; you have to reach beyond that for laptops with full HD (1920x1080, or 1080p). |
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entropy13 said: At the price range he said (up to $750) he can only do 720p at most; you have to reach beyond that for laptops with full HD (1920x1080, or 1080p). Well, aside from the fact that the screen's resolution is not large enough (just connect to an external monitor), I believe all laptop that you wrote in the previous page can play 1080p flawlessly, as long as it's set up properly. |
| I own a Macbook for two years now so as long as you have a good video program that lets you watch anime (unless if you download anime) but anything works actually. I can watch anime online just fine from my Dell PC. Honestly, anything works when you have high speed internet if watching anime online. |
invalidlink said: I didn't mean using a fan, I was suggesting that energy can travel outside of metalic objects more efficient than plastic, with a larger base for the energy to travel along the frame and escape. Which is pointless since the air immediately around the aluminum body is not moving (i.e. there is no airflow); thus heat would still be not transferred fast enough, and well enough, to the surrounding air. Heatsinks alone, whatever the size cannot cool the CPU efficiently; airflow is required. Look at "passive cooling" video cards; there are no fans on the card itself, but putting it in a case with no fan of its own would make it overheat. I was suggesting that energy can travel outside of metalic objects more efficient than plastic Eh? You're confusing metal's efficiency in absorbing and keeping heat as efficiency to transferring heat. invalidlink said: And I'm certain a laptop can output 1080p for under $750 o_o Of course laptops can output 1080p IF THEY ARE CONNECTED TO A MONITOR THAT HAS 1080p SUPPORT. If it's just the laptop, it's output would always be at the maximum resolution the laptop's monitor supports, usually 1366x768, and nearing $750 1600x900. I'm not disputing that those I listed can play 1080p. I'm saying is that you can't watch 1080p in those laptops' screens because of the maximum resolution they support. Playing 1080p movies/episodes in a laptop that supports 1366x768 max only means you're playing them at 1366x768, for obvious reasons, and NOT 1920x1080. |
entropy13Dec 8, 2010 6:42 AM
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| 1: Efficient at absorbing heat, not transferring heat away from itself. In simpler terms, it does gets the heat away from the CPU itself. Thus it warms itself up even more. But where is the CPU located? Within the aluminum unibody. So the surroundings of the CPU itself is also warm, where would the heat produced by the CPU go? To the aluminum unibody, which is already warm. Then it would be hot. Yet it can't cool itself down because there is no airflow around the whole unibody. 2: See above 3: And I quoted him? No, I quoted you, who specifically said "laptops". It "becomes" the laptop's screen yes, but firstly you have to 1) have an external monitor with 1920x1080 support 2) connect your laptop to the monitor. Which then defeats the purpose of having a laptop in the first place. Why buy a portable device and connect it to an external monitor? When you can still buy(or build) a cheap HTPC if you don't have to bring it around with you most of the time? During our review of the new 17in Macbook Pro we noticed that the chassis became very hot. Further testing shows that the Core i7 CPU is hitting temperatures over 100 Degrees Celsius Laptop design is largely governed by heat management. There are a few key components inside a laptop that run quite hot. The CPU and GPU are perhaps the most important of these, as they focus huge energy output into a tiny square of silicon. One way that notebook designers have faced this challenge is through the use of metal laptop bodies. This works to a degree, but the unfortunate side effect is that when things run really hot the entire laptop body heats up to an uncomfortable level., rather than being pleasantly warm in one's lap. Such situations are why product marketers made a concerted effort in the early half of this decade to shift the naming of such devices from laptop to notebook. http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/172791,macbook-pro-helps-core-i7-hit-100-degrees.aspx |
entropy13Dec 8, 2010 6:54 AM
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| I never thought there was a laptop 'good for anime watching'.... every laptop I have used to watch anime has been fine just as long as the thing isn't slow then we're good to go in my opinion. |
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| If you want a laptop that can display 1080p flawlessly for under $750, you're going to have to use CoreAVC. |
| I have a netbook that can play HD anime. It has played 1080p (doesn't always), but as it was already noted in this thread (especially since I have a netbook), 1080 doesn't really matter so much on it. It does require CoreAVC for everything to go smoothly, but once I got that up and running my laptop functions just fine. It doesn't matter to me, because I have a really nice iMac desktop (so I rarely watch on my netbook).. but when I travel it's really really useful. As ukonkivi pointed out, others pointed out to him that "blah blah laptops suck, get a desktop" (true story, I think people should always have a desktop as their primary), so I'm not really sure why you want a LAPTOP. But anyways, if your budget is around 750 I cannot believe you'd be able to buy something that didn't play HD or blu-ray (:@@@@ GET A DESKTOP)... What I have is a HP mini 311, which costs a bit under 400 USD and came with windows 7. It can play anime without lag, and all is well. It is also portable, which is why I want it. (The track pad sucks shit though, plug in mouse ftw). I'm sure what people have listed here would be a really good start, so go ahead and research them up and enjoy your new laptop. /this thread has been created so many times I swear. |
SY_IS_DEAD_IRLDec 10, 2010 11:17 PM
| Doesn't really need CoreAVC; multi-threaded ffdshow should be enough. |
| As long as it is not a cheap netbook you should be fine. I have had a bad experience trying to watch streams on a netbook. |
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| would this be okay if i connected it to a 1080p TV or just a larger screen in general? http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/gateway-gateway-15-6-intel-core-i3-370m-laptop-nv5942u-black-nv5942u/10158890.aspx?path=6a5efa7947207a3bb2ef75edfff9929cen02 thx in advance edit: nope, it's not you, it's just a huge lag we've been experiencing since forever. posting once is enough, and then all you need is patience. removed triple posts. |
desolatoFeb 13, 2011 10:02 AM
| Just thinking since 720p anime is 1280x720 and most laptops are 1366x768, the image is actually upscaled. So if i watch it in 1080p which is 1920x1080 it will get downscaled to 1366x768 which will be better quality than 1280x720 upscaled to 1366x768. Just wondering if that difference is worth getting 1080p |
| Good laptop for doing anything? MacBook (Pro) If you have the money, I think it's worth it. |
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