From: sylme (sylme_at_free.fr)
Date: Wed Mar 07 2001 - 17:47:42 EST
>
> sylme wrote:
>
> > Hi List,
> >
> > I posted this a few days ago but no one answered. Maybe this is because
it
> > has already been discussed, but in that case I completely missed it.
> > So I thought I could repost it since I really need the info for a
> > presentation I'm doing in a few days.
> >
> > So here goes...
> >
> > Does anyone know how to display a DVD movie on a TV set AND on the LCD
> > screen ?
>
> I don't believe it is possible. The ATI chipset will only allow video on
the
> primary display.( at least on my a20p)
>
> >
> >
> > It was easy with the 770, but with the A21p, it seems to be either TV or
LCD
> > and not both.
> > Another good thing about the 770 was that you could display
> > the film on the full TV screen and still conduct other activities on the
> > LCD.
> > Is it still possible ? Maybe I need to update drivers ? Go to ATI's
website
> > ? IBM's ?
>
> It depends on the OS. I believe you can do this under 98 by having the TV
be the
> primary and the lcd be secondary with multiple monitors (where your
desktop
> spans the two displays) on. I'm not positive on this though because I have
never
> tried it...I mostly use Linux and Win2000.
>
I knew it... I knew IBM chose ATI's chipset to cut costs, NOT because it was
a good chipset.
I could do all of this on my 770ed (with EVA). It's always the same...
How naive of me to think that because it's IBM they're actually going to
care about quality and ease of use. And I'm not talking about anything
extraordinary here : I just need to display a DVD movie to a TV set and be
able to do something else on the LCD (actually go to specific PowerDVD
bookmarks). And now it seems I can't even do that...
So my presentation will be interrupted each time I need to go to a new
bookmark.
I mean, for a $4.000 machine THAT is a tad bit disapointing...
Aww, well...
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