HD video - Is my laptop obsolete?

[J B L]

Hi all,

I have purchased my wife a Lumix TZ7 in order for her to take nice pictures of our new arrival. One of the feature that made me go for this camera is the HD movie facility. They look great on a screen when I plug the camera directly onto the TV but once downloaded onto the laptop, they become jerky. They sound fine though.

Could it be because my laptop has an old processor in it? It's a 5 year old Celeron M and I seem to have read that a dual core processor would sort it.

What would you guys in the know recommend? New laptop time?

Cheers.

[rottie102]

That's one option. Recommended!

Try playing it through Picasa editor. It made a difference in my case, videos were watchable.

[nick heppinstall]

Ouch yes I'm afraid so. The Celeron was a pretty slow processor when it was released. If you're just watching HD video then you need a laptop with at least duel core processor and preferably a half decent graphics chipset.

If you are going to start editing then a I would reccomend a fast quad core processor and a minimum of 4gb of ram.

[GetCarter]

J B L said:

Hi all,

I have purchased my wife a Lumix TZ7 in order for her to take nice pictures of our new arrival. One of the feature that made me go for this camera is the HD movie facility. They look great on a screen when I plug the camera directly onto the TV but once downloaded onto the laptop, they become jerky. They sound fine though.

Could it be because my laptop has an old processor in it? It's a 5 year old Celeron M and I seem to have read that a dual core processor would sort it.

What would you guys in the know recommend? New laptop time?

Cheers.

5 year old? Good God.

(It's sad but true - 5 years in CPU years is about 50)

[01101001]

Is it running windows 3.1?

[J B L]

01101001 said:

Is it running windows 3.1?

Yeah!

Solitaire, brilliant game isn't it?


Thanks for the replies gents. New toy time it is then.

Edited by J B L on Monday 5th April 20:46

[Busa_Rush]

I use an Acer 1810 TZ for general web browsing, skype, email etc, brilliant bit of kit and plays HD video fine. Never go back to a full size laptop except for work.

[tonyvid]

nick heppinstall said:

If you are going to start editing then a I would reccomend a fast quad core processor and a minimum of 4gb of ram.

Editing HD will really make your PC grunt.