[H-GEN] Linux DVD

[Christopher Biggs]

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Paul Cornford <cbecwd at bigpond.com> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:

> On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 15:10, David Jericho wrote:
>
>     
>     Ooh, you could be out of luck to some extent. The 740 was a very limited
>     chipset with regards to features.
>     
> Then I will get myself a better one. Any recommendations? (Preferably
> under $100)

ATI Radeon with TV out.  They're available for around $70.  

I have a 500MHz laptop with an older ATI video chip and it plays
full-screen DVDs under linux quite well, and having TV out is a bonus
for this application.

If you play 3D games, you may want to listen to someone else; games
performance is not usually something I consider when I evaluate video
cards, and good 3D performance does not necessarily correlate with
good 2D video processing performance.

--cjb

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