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Article #332Re: Ideas needed for remote control of PC
From: Conor Turton
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:09
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:09
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In article <3cMh7.4653$V5.14988@news1.sunsh1.vic.optushome.com.au>, mka27@hotmail.com says... > Fair enough, but what about the DivX movies and games? What about those > overnight rentals that I didn't get time to watch so ripped em to the HDD > instead to watch the next night? What about getting overseas-bought DVD's > to watch on my crippled region-locked standalone? > > Besides, in a side by side comparison, in my opinion software decoding gives > noticeably better quality than a standalone DVD player anyway - I simply > don't see a standalone unit as a replacement for the PC equivalent. > 1) You can burn the rips to VideoCD. 2) I don't know many DVD players that don't have region free hacks. Some just require a certain key sequence using the remote. 3) Standalone DVD players piss all over software decoding. Perhaps you should try using a decent TV and DVD player. -- _________________________ Conor Turton conor.turton@bigfoot.com ICQ:31909763 _________________________
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