On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 01:08:35PM -0500, Brian Hicks wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 07:40:08PM +0200, Henrik Edlund wrote: > > On 23 Oct 2001, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > > > MD> It might be. On this good ol' PowerBook with a 400 Mhz G3, about a third > > MD> of the frames are skipped or dropped. And as the software seems to be > > MD> improving rather quickly in this area, the new iBooks might soon be well > > MD> enough for smooth DVD playback. > > MD> > > > > Wouldn't it though not be false marketing (and hence illegal) to claim > > that the iBook2-500 can play DVDs when it drop frames? I believe you could > > get a court to rule that DVD playback means 0 frame drops. > > > > How many frames does the apple DVD player drop, though? I'm almost > certain it's nonzero on my Pismo 400.
I didn't notice any dropped frames on my iBook2. Haven't tried the MacOS 10.1 player yet. As a side note, has anyone done the bus speed modification on the iBook2-500? Any pointers on moving the resisters? I've never actually soldered anything before.. I plan to try it when I order the 30gb IBM travelstar drive. I would be really annoyed at Apple's secrecy if I wasn't so happy with my older iBook2 (I bought the combo drive version about a month ago). As it is I'm just annoyed. -- Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://dxr3.sourceforge.net http://rsub.sourceforge.net I think the slogan of the fansubbers puts it best: "Cheaper than crack, and lots more fun."
