Why not just by a DVD player for the TV set.  This way you don't tie up the
computer just to watch DVD's.  Believe me, it's better just to buy the DVD
player.  You will be happier in the long run.

Regards,
Fred Hahnel


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Nussbaumer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:36 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] Upgrading: Piping DVD video out to TV


Hi all,

It's time for me to start thinking about upgrading and I'm looking for some
opinions and information.  First, I'm looking into new video. I use my
computer for numerous things, some of which take a fair amount of computing
power, but the main driver for me when deciding on hardware is gaming.
Because of this, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point that
I'll be going with a new GeForce2 GTS based card within the next month or
so.

I've noticed that several of the Geforce2 cards have video out
options.  Later on down the upgrade path I'd really like to add a DVD
player to my system and have the ability to pipe DVD movies out to my TV
set.  My question is, what's the best solution for achieving this?  Should
I focus now on a video card that has better video out and more video
playback software features included, or focus exclusively on the 3D gaming
aspects of the card and purchase a separate DVD decoder card with its own
"TV Out" capabilities later on?

I don't know much of anything about DVD playback and "TV Out" so any
information would be helpful.

TIA,

Bill Nussbaumer

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