HARDWARE

[Ken Cox]

I will post my DVD message here for starters

just an fyi, i just purchased a Toshiba model SD2815 5 disc changer that will read jpegs. am still playing - tis not the same as p2e but will show them -- no sound etc

ken

so far am having probs playing a cd-rw

and

mp3's and jpgs can be mixed but not in folders

[Ken Cox]

solved my cdrw prob -- to play a cdrw it must not be formatted -- and jpgs and or mp3's just dragged to an unformatted cd rw -- works fine

today i purchased

tv 27A42

see

http://www.toshiba.ca/web/group.grp?lg=en§ion=2

at present have a cd-r disk in the sd-2815 dvd with 105 jpgs -- that were used to make my Automobile Calendar show

-- these picts were saved at +- 640/480 at 80 % compression using Irfanview

the dvd player is connected to the colourstream component connectors of the tv.

the jpgs are being shown perfectly c/w the description of each slide -- i am viewing approx 15 ft from tv

the only thing lacking is music and the resolution of the computer monitor.

the dvd player has a resolution of 500 lines -- the tv 560

I will likely have to change some cabling to the other tv's in the room -- they are showing b/w pictures -- tis likely the colourstream component feature -- enough for the day

ken

[Ken Cox]

resolved problem of b/w picts on other tv's by plugging into the standard video output jack on dvd player to the standard video input on the tv. so when playing jpgs i will just use the regular tv video in/out to my distibution system -