On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
5.1 sound is worth having if you are a movie fan. You can get a player that supports 5.1 sound for not much more. > > 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? Perhaps you didn't read the message about earlier cards not having TV Out supported in later versions of X? I don't think there is a lot of prospect. Someone would need to bring a TV as well.
