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Article #65Re: DVD decoder card
From: Michael Culley
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 06:02
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 06:02
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I have one, it's a hollywood plus in good condition, how much are you willing to pay? BTW, I'm in melbourne. -- Michael Culley "Joe in Bendigo" <abuse@asio.gov.au> wrote in message news:EYk4b.74888$bo1.61109@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > I need to enable my aging Gateway PII-400 to run its DVD drive properly. > With its original video card it used to work nicely with its software > decoder. but now I need to have TV out and the software decoder won't run > with the TNT2-64 card that I have in it now, and newer software decoders are > too processor hungry to run stutter-free. > I believe the only option I have is to use an old hardware decoder card that > were common when CPUs were less competent then they are now. > I don't understand what software is required to run a hardware decoder but > am willing to learn - and if someone has a card to sell me at a reasonable > price with some advice on how to use it, I'd be very happy! > > PS: Updating MB and/or processor is not an option at this point.... > > -- > Joe in Bendigo > jhovel AT gmx DOT net > >
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