On Friday 04 July 2008 08:00:44 Nick Rout wrote: > On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 03 July 2008 16:28:13 Barry Marchant wrote: > >> Nick Rout wrote: > >> > do you mean VGA to Composite? I thought you had S-Video. Now I am > >> > confused. > >> > > >> > Anyway this one seems to do both: > >> > http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/en/product/XH8624 > >> > >> xrandr -q tells me I have 3 ports... > >> > >> vga discollected > >> LVDS connected > >> TMDS discollected > >> > >> The last 1 is the s-video port. Dse item looks promising or i might get > >> a new tv with vga in > > > > Might be cheaper to get a digitor G1923 DVD player from DSE. > > Search on "Digitor 2 Channel DVD Player" > > > > $49 incl GST > > > > Ours goes well. > > Won't play everything that a computer will. And only 2 channel sound. > > If I was looking for a DVD player to also play avi files I would look > for something with 5.1 sound and a USB port that supported external > hard drives, or flash drives at a minimum.
All of which is all very true, but for many of us the $49 would be a pretty attractive feature. Note that the DVD player mentioned above will play CDs, vid. CDs, MP3s, JPEGs, as well as standard DVD discs. Just wondering if it would be a possible 'after-tea-break' activity during the meeting next Tue. to get Barry's S-Video port to work? -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
