From: Alban Gerd Kellerbauer (alban_at_hep.physics.mcgill.ca)
Date: Mon Sep 14 1998 - 04:59:28 EDT
How do you display full-screen from the video-in port?
On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> Hello list
> just wanted to tell you about a new product that I just bought that may be
> of some interest...
> Sony has out a portable DVD player. It has S-video and composit A/V
> outputs, AS well as PCM and Dolby. It weighs around one pound, and can run
> off of Sony CAMCORDER Li-Ion batteries!!!
> It plugs right into the video in port of a TP 760ED, 760XD, 765D, 755CDV,
> 75X with a TV tuner, and probably a bunch of 770's (don;t know which have
> an overlay). On my 760ED wtih the SVGA screen, it looks very good indeed!
> On the XGA screen of my Sony, just awesome! Of course, you can use a
> monitor and watch it on a larger screen (and obviously on a TV, as that is
> what this player is actually made for.
> Cost was $675 mail order, and the 2.5 hour Lithium battery was $75.00
> The player will automatically charge the battery. Considering the cost of
> the IBM DVD drive and adaptor, this should be a viable alternative. And
> since this is an actual hardware player, most of the issues that arise
> using laptop DVD palyback (which always involves some software) should not
> exist. The player can be seen on the Sony website.
>
A. Kellerbauer
McGill University Nuclear Physics
Montréal (Québec)
UIN 8141789
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