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Skriven 2006-11-19 12:34:00 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MAURICE KINAL
Ärende: Re: compress.cfg
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-=> MAURICE KINAL wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-


 WC> I was operating mplayer the other day viewing a PAL video and was
 WC> rather
 WC> surprised
 WC> at the difference between it and NTSC video.

 MK> That is my understanding of that situation.  It seems that we have been
 MK> hoodwinked again.  Does it surprise you any?

 WC> Now I see where my video card may come up short whereas before I did
 WC> not.

 MK> Right.  That is one reason I prefer something more flexible and thus
 MK> tend to favour Matroxes, especially the pci based ones.  So far that
 MK> has been the best strategy whether we're talking old or new.  The only
 MK> problem is with some 486's but I have managed to get a pci G200 working
 MK> with some 486's although not for modern video formats seeing a 486
 MK> isn't fast enough to handle them.  Still it is worth it if for no other
 MK> reason then to have console graphics on ye ol' 486.
 MK>  It can and does work for me.  I don't often need graphical output but
 MK> it is nice to have it available.

 WC> No idea if that PAL video is typical but while the screen resolution
 WC> seemed
 WC> superior
 WC> to that of NTSC the color appeared to drift around a bit.

 MK> PAL is noticably better.

 WC> Care to offer an opinion here?

 MK> Nope.  I think your observations are bang on and match mine.  More
 MK> reason to use a vcr and/or dvd player and wire that into a proper
 MK> capture card even for local display but also for network streaming if
 MK> that is a desirable goal.  It is doable and keeps the main system clean
 MK> of any unneeded hardware.  Sometimes externalization is a better
 MK> strategy and sometimes a cheaper way to do whatever such as in the case
 MK> with modems.  I can cite some other examples.

Here's hoping I'm bang on with another opinion.
My mind kicked in for a moment and I realized my dramatic decline in cognitive
ability
happened just at the time Medicare Part D kicked in forcing me to switch
to a covered medication that doesn't work very well rather than the not covered

much cheaper medication that did work with no discernable side effcts.
Set an medical appointment for Dec. 28th, we'll see

Worst case tha ain't it.
Best case I may be foreced to repeatedly hospitalize myself at great expense
to obtain medication.
Not how it's supposed to work I think?

Normally you can't drag me kicking and screaming to a hospital however
when your sanity is at stake it's a bit more frightening to me
than mere issues of mortality.


Still haven't reeditted to recover partition hda1 menu.lst, quite frustrating.

As to Matrox video cards I've been looking for them at various vendors
with little luck except for CompUSA which had two.

Wish me luck, it's going to be a long 5 1/2 weeks.

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