'Re: Problems playing DVD's'

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List:       computerguys-l
Subject:    Re: Problems playing DVD's
From:       Michael Drabick <m.drabick () HDHCCI ! COM>
Date:       2002-12-30 16:25:21
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I would concur with Mr Miller in that the video card is the bottle neck.  I have
Dell laptops 8200 series and they are 6 months apart and it is like night and
day when graphics are concerned.  One has a 32 bit card and the newer one has a
64 bit card.  You may find settings in windows that assist the graphics card by
using your RAM but I am not sure about how to tweak the settings for optimal DVD
playback. Another thought, his DVD read spead may be faster.

Mike

Jim and Paula Minor wrote:

> My apologies. I forgot to change the subject line when I sent this a few
> minutes ago.
> Paula
>
> At 01:10 AM 12/29/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Does anyone have any idea where the problem may lie when I am trying to
> >watch a DVD movie on my Toshiba laptop DVD player and the movie begins to
> >get very jerky and looks like it is in slow motion.  After a few seconds it
> >runs correctly again or if I push pause and then start, it will run
> >correctly for a little while.....and then go into slow motion again.  My
> >husband also has a Toshiba laptop, tho a different model, and his does not
> >do this when he plays DVD's on his.  It's very irritating to have to keep
> >pausing it to let it "catch up".
> >
> >I'm running WIN XP home with 512 mb ram, P IV 1.2 ghz and using Intervidio
> >WinDVD.  I tried the trial versions of a couple of other DVD software
> >players and they were even worse.
> >Thanks for your input1
> >Paula
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Jim and Paula Minor
> >raven880@yahoo.com
> >
> >Life is like a roll of toilet paper..........the closer you get to the end,
> >the faster it goes.
> >
> >
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