[Gelinas23]

Hi,

I'm considering getting a netbook, for a number of reasons, one of which is to watch downloaded TV shows while on the road.

I recently poked my head into the local Future Shop and the guy there said there was "no way" I could play downloaded content on a netbook citing bitrate numbers, and he was kind of rude, so I got out of there, but I digress). This is where I become confused as I have read in different forums (including here) that it IS possible to play video files, just so long as they are not HD.

Now I download regular stuff like House and 24, and it plays fine on my desktop PC, but will I actually be able to play it on a netbook?

I suppose what I'm really asking is whether the video files that I watch are HD or SD, but how the heck would anyone else know what I downloaded. (They're .avi files about 350MB if that helps.)

Thanks in advance for your help.

(FYI, i'm considering a cheaper model netbook to save a few bucks, something along the lines of a N270 processor, 1G RAM, and 950 GMA.)