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Article #1643Re: The AC3 stories... [Hopefully Harvey has an answer]
From: Michael Habel
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 07:57
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 07:57
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LMFAO............. "Jamie Carl" <jamie.carl@clarent.com> wrote in message news:9igu6t$nji$1@news.creativelabs.com... > This post was originally rejected by Harvey Fong due to bad language. Lots > of ppl swear these days so it should be such a big deal, but to make harvey > happy, i've decided to repost the message replacing all swear words with the > work HARVEY. > > Sorry to pick on you Harvey, but someone has to be the focus of my > frustration... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > Exactly rite... I've got a Geforce2 and tried it with the TVout option for > my TV. It's looks HARVEY.. Besides, why on earth would i want software > decoded output like that on a 128cm flat screen TV? > > As for moving the output of the DXR3 and plugging it into the digital in of > my home theatre, well this isn't possible cause it only has analog 6 channel > input. Unfortunately AC3 decoders are far too expensive where I come from. > The audio sales guys see a cryptic reference and the word 'digital' and > whack $1000 ontop of the price. HARVEYing HARVEYs.. > > Really, fixing the PC-DVD player seems like the only solution. Can they > give me the source code and I'll do it myself!? But i mean geez, if they > don't know how to do it talk to the makers of PowerDVD cause they do! And > then rip off their code and attach it to the DXR3 code. Should be a simple > matter. One of their software engineers should be able to do it in no > time.. > > But alas the corporate heavies are obviously singing the usual song and > thinking that just cause we've already bought it they shouldn't need to > spend any more money developing a solution to make it work. > > Well, i've vented my frustration... > > J > > "Nightwing" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message > news:9ieos0$35f$1@news.creativelabs.com... > > I'm kind of in the same boat, except I have a DXR2. I don't know about > the > > Dxr3, but I like the Dxr2 because I output to the TV...it's kind of tough > on > > these eyes watching a 17 inch monitor from across the room :). At any > > rate - the Svideo out on the Dxr2 is a lot better than the Svideo out on > my > > GeForce and Power DVD. > > > > It's not a terrible picture just not as nice as the Dxr2. The left and > > right edges seem to be cropped for some reason no matter what mode/aspect > > ratio I use...and it's almost like there's a pincushioning effect or > > trapezoid or something on my TV, when I'm using the Svideo out on the > > Geforce and PowerDVD. Not so with the Dxr2 card. It could be the output > > chip on the Geforce..it's a Chrontel and I've heard there not as nice as > > some of the others out there. At any rate...that's a possible reason why > he > > might want to continue using the Dxr3 as opposed to PowerDVD. > > > > > > "Keyan" <fall_of_stars@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:9ie6ma$r67$1@news.creativelabs.com... > > > If you have powerDVD working fine..why do you even use the DXR3 anymore? > > > > > > I doubt creative will bother to upgrade the DXR3, espcially now that > > > software DVD players are the wave of the future. There is no way that I > > > know of to get it to work properly either...you could always connect the > > > digital audio out from the DXR3 to the digital in on your home theater > > > system..that should work fine. But I don't think the live will decode > it > > > for you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b5d6,15bcd317953da3a1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5d6,public X-Google-Thread: f7822,15bcd317953da3a1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7822,public X-Google-Thread: ffc7f,15bcd317953da3a1 X-Google-Attributes: gidffc7f,public X-Google-Thread: 10e134,15bcd317953da3a1 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e134,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-12 00:58:57 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.creativelabs.com!not-for-mail From: "Michael Habel" <4wefx@gmx.net> Newsgroups: creative.misc,creative.products.dvd.misc,creative.products.misc,creative.products.sound_blaster.live Subject: Re: The AC3 stories... [Hopefully Harvey has an answer] Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 09:57:10 +0200 Organization: Creative Labs, Inc. Lines: 116 Message-ID: <9ihhsg$t40$1@news.creativelabs.com> References: <9ie3ou$q35$1@news.creativelabs.com> <9ie6ma$r67$1@news.creativelabs.com> <9ieos0$35f$1@news.creativelabs.com> <9igu6t$nji$1@news.creativelabs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pd905532b.dip.t-dialin.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2462.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2462.0000