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Post #325,205
by static
4/26/10 3:51:40 AM
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New I forgot to mention.
I've seen idiotic default settings numerous times before.

I have a portable DVD player. Typical flimsy plastic, top-loading thing. It seems to be imported through a small dealer on ebay who made a very cursory request for it to support region 4 DVDs by default. Unfortunately, it has a rather ironic bug: the LCD and it's controller chip were unashamedly designed for NTSC. PAL is so much of an afterthought that the scaler in the LCD controller is barely capable it. The support person for the importer did not understand my problem.

But there is a simple, albeit non-obvious solution. The DVD player's rendering chip can transcode from PAL to NTSC! And it does a *much* better job than the LCD's scaler at handling PAL... Urk.

Next time I want a portable DVD player, I'm going to try one out in a shop and pay twice the going rate on ebay. :-(

Wade.
Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers?
A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #325,211
by boxley
4/26/10 8:31:12 AM
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New next time you want a portable dvd player buy a macbook
If we torture the data long enough, it will confess. (Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, 1991)
Post #325,270
by static
4/26/10 7:57:10 PM
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New Two problems with that.
1. It's a lot larger than the conveninent 7" or 9" displays of the portable players.

2. It's a *lot* more expensive than a dedicated portable player from a mainstream electronics store. And I don't need another computer.

Oh, and it's an Apple. The fanboism by the employees in the Mac stores is a distinct putoff. Other than that, it's basically not a bad idea. Maybe for my next Linux laptop I'll get one with an optical drive.

Wade.
Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers?
A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
     How do widescreen TVs deal with widescreen DVDs? - (drook) - (26) - April 24, 2010, 02:17:18 AM EDT
         It may be something you have to live with. - (Another Scott) - (8) - April 24, 2010, 08:23:55 AM EDT
             None of those cases fit - (drook) - (7) - April 24, 2010, 08:29:49 AM EDT
                 Linky? - (Another Scott) - (6) - April 24, 2010, 09:08:02 AM EDT
                     Happens with every widescreen I've tried - (drook) - (5) - April 24, 2010, 09:15:37 AM EDT
                         Video of what it looks like - (drook) - (4) - April 24, 2010, 11:38:19 AM EDT
                             I think it's working as designed. - (Another Scott) - (2) - April 24, 2010, 12:17:26 PM EDT
                                 "Enhanced for widescreen" is worse - (drook) - (1) - April 24, 2010, 01:09:46 PM EDT
                                     I guess you're stuck. Sorry. -NT - (Another Scott) - April 24, 2010, 02:51:22 PM EDT
                             The 16 x 9 looked about right. -NT - (beepster) - April 24, 2010, 07:13:17 PM EDT
         Crap DVD player - (crazy) - April 24, 2010, 09:35:25 AM EDT
         What you should see - (beepster) - April 24, 2010, 10:05:22 AM EDT
         It looks like you've been got twice. - (static) - (11) - April 24, 2010, 10:44:26 PM EDT
             That's what I suspect too - (SpiceWare) - (10) - April 25, 2010, 11:51:17 AM EDT
                 It's a Coby something or other. No sign of an online manual. -NT - (Another Scott) - April 25, 2010, 12:00:13 PM EDT
                 Score! - (drook) - (8) - April 25, 2010, 07:02:55 PM EDT
                     Saw with it Video TVs years ago. - (static) - (7) - April 25, 2010, 08:27:45 PM EDT
                         This was a deal on Woot - (drook) - (6) - April 25, 2010, 09:07:15 PM EDT
                             wonder if that's why it was on Woot! - (SpiceWare) - (2) - April 25, 2010, 09:10:22 PM EDT
                                 Wouldn't surprise me - (drook) - (1) - April 25, 2010, 09:16:22 PM EDT
                                     :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - April 25, 2010, 11:07:42 PM EDT
                             I forgot to mention. - (static) - (2) - April 26, 2010, 03:51:40 AM EDT
                                 next time you want a portable dvd player buy a macbook -NT - (boxley) - (1) - April 26, 2010, 08:31:12 AM EDT
                                     Two problems with that. - (static) - April 26, 2010, 07:57:10 PM EDT
         Synchronicity - (drook) - (2) - April 26, 2010, 10:40:07 AM EDT
             Things I've learnt about HD TV. - (static) - (1) - April 26, 2010, 08:18:50 PM EDT
                 turned out the other way here - (SpiceWare) - April 26, 2010, 11:44:48 PM EDT

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