From: Eric Giles (egiles_at_netpathway.com)
Date: Mon Mar 02 1998 - 09:50:28 EST
No, the 760E did not have the enhanced video adapter that the 760XD does.
The earlier models that did have the MPEG-2 decoder built in were the 760CD
(I think) and the 760ED.
Also, the MPEG-2 that is used in these models really isn't 'true' MPEG-2, it
is IBM's MPEG-2 HHR. HHR stands for half height resolution, which is the way
IBM could get good playback using the 4X CD-ROM that was available for these
models when they came out. I don't think that this system can decode the
current DVD movies (though I may be wrong).
Eric Giles
-----Original Message-----
From: rdietric <ladybug_at_capecod.net>
To: Tim Tyhurst <tim_at_dogmead.com>
Cc: bigdaddy25_at_mindless.com <bigdaddy25_at_mindless.com>; thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
<thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 6:26 AM
Subject: Re: TP 760XD and DVD
>Thanks for the info. I curious as to why you needed the MPEG board.
>Doesn't the 760E have built-in MPEG2 support like the 760XD?
>Bob
>
>Tim Tyhurst wrote:
>>
>> > Has anyone tried to marry a TP760XD with a DVD, in or out of the
Docking
>> > station?
>>
>> I've installed a first-generation Toshiba DVD drive and a Sigma Designs
>> Hollywood MPEG2 decoder board into a SelectaDock II, and tested it with
>> my 120Mhz 760E. It worked OK, but 120Mhz isn't fast enough to avoid the
>> occasional dropped frame from the decoder; this corresponds with Sigma
>> Designs' claim that a 133Mhz or faster machine is required.
>>
>> An external monitor was required for this setup, since the MPEG board
>> uses video overlay to display the decoded video stream.
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