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89257 2002-10-14 21:48:00 i have a Pentium 550 128meg ram and am considering buying a cdwriter / dvd combo drive does anyone know if they will be fast enough to watch dvds hired from a video outlet on my tv through the tv out on my video card. My video card is a sniper2 nvidia riva tnt 2 true 128 bit 32mb on board memory. I can watch movies quite comfortably from my 20x cdrom drive. zip1nz (2251)
89258 2002-10-14 22:18:00 it should be fast enough tho to watch throught the tv out yu will need to disable the macrovision. that depends a bit on what tv out chip is used. tv tool is one program that should do that. tweak'e (174)
89259 2002-10-15 01:17:00 what is the macrovision ? and why do I need to disable it ? zip1nz (2251)
89260 2002-10-15 01:57:00 when you play a dvd the tv out from the video card gets disabled. which is why you need a tvtool to enable it so you can watch dvd on tv. tweak'e (174)
89261 2002-10-16 01:34:00 great thanks. tried out tv tool but it dosent work with any format might be doing something wrong but i dont think so, heard about detonator drivers but ther is too many to chose from at a quick glance. zip1nz (2251)
89262 2002-12-19 05:45:00 Just incase anyone is interested I now have a 16X samsung dvd drive and seperate cd writer in the hope that they will last longer than a single unit doing both jobs. 16x is way fast enough to watch movies through my tv out. i have almost managed to disable the macrovision to get it working on hired dvd. And just to round it off DVD is awesome quality !!!
Next step is a surround sound, sound card abd a wireless kybd & mouse set
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