| From: | Alan Buxey |
| Date: | 14 May 2000 at 14:25:16 |
| Subject: | Re: DVD on the Amiga - sort of :) |
hi,
> and WarpUp say it's 175MHz, which I believe it is since it has a 50MHz bus
> and 3.5x clock multiplier) be able to play back DVDs at full MPEG-II res at
> an acceptable rate? I'm inclined to say, unfortunately, no, but am i wrong?
> :)
Should be able to do the video, but not audio, to keep a sync'ed signal.
> Two: How much are simply DVD-ROM drives for a computer? Cheapest ones are
> what exactly?
about 80-100 ukp depending on make
> This is what I shall probably do. I am looking at a nice cheapish DVD
> player at £180 (nice :) which is an external unit which has nothing to do
the grundig one? should go for a decent model for best results... the
Samguns arent too abd but the Toshibe at 220 ukp is very nice. multiregion
available for 250 ukp
> with the Amiga. My idea is using the SVHS output on it, which it has. I
> own a TV Amazing which can accept SVGA, Composite, RF and SVHS input and
I have one of those - bought it at WOA 99 for 35 ukp. good deal!! I bought
it so i could watch TV on my 17" monitor...at the time I only had a 14" TV.
I now have a 21" TV so mainly watch my CableTV on that.
> take the DVD players output. This means that I can play DVD movies on my
> Amiga with no overhead to the Amiga what so ever, yet it'll be integrated to
> the same monitor allowing for pseudo-integration.
:-) you'll only miss out on PiP stuff.
alan
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