From: Vincent Poy (vince_at_mail.MCESTATE.COM)
Date: Tue May 11 1999 - 03:41:39 EDT
On Mon, 10 May 1999, Steven N. Fettig wrote:
Hello Steve,
> After looking at the specs for the 770Z at www.cdw.com, it appears to
> me that the hardware decoder comes with it like my 770ED - if someone else,
> however, knows better, please let us/me know :)
It seems like according to IBM's ThinkPad page at
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/, the Enhanced Video Apadpter is
optional for a few hundred dollars.
> As for the "window" question. Yes, SoftDVD plays DVDs in a full screen
> window. You should be aware, however, that all of the DVDs I have bought or
> rented are wide-screen version. This means that on a 13.7" or 14.1" screen
> the upper 2 and lower 2 inches of the screen are not used. I am completely
> satisfied with the playback quality and size - it is definitely not meant
> for a crowd, though. Then again, that is what the video and audio cable out
> is for (which is part of the decoder card)... I liked the looks of XingDVD
> Player, but like I said, I cannot get it to work properly and Xing was not
> any help. I wish someone could come up with a fix so it works on the 770x
> series USING the hardware decoder...
Yep, maybe there is a way to get Xing to write a patch or
something to support the 770x series.
> Also, Media player did not overwrite the device files already loaded
> from other devices on the 770. Hope this helps further...
Hmmm, is this the new Windows Media Player, formerly known as
NetShow that plays MPEG-1, MPEG-I Level 3 Audio (MP3), NetShow, and
RealMedia files?
Cheers,
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