Re: OT - video display software

Good thoughts - thanks.

WT

"Michael" <mbush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3ONCe.34681$e%5.17909@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> If's he's even a somewhat serious game player, the lag introduced by the
> multiple code/decode steps associated with using your laptop are probably
> going to drive him crazy--the video display may lag by as much as 1/4 to
> 1/2 second--makes it hard to avoid crashing
>
> I suggest you ditch the laptop and go with something more like this:
> http://www.supercircuits.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3984
>
> If you're determined to use the laptop, the solution to your screen size
> problem is to set the display to it's lowest possible resolution. TV
> signals are ~640x480; any resolution higher than that involves
> interpolating the signal. Generally speaking, the video capture software
> available for computers avoids the interpolation step because it's a
> significant computational overhead. If you can get your laptop to run at
> 640x480, the captured signal should fill the screen.
>
>
>
> "Wayne Tiffany" <wayne.tiffanyRMVJUNK@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:b9NCe.2$rC1.290873@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I posted this to alt.games.video and didn't get a single reply. Any
>>thoughts here?
>>
>>
>> My son had a good idea and I am trying to make it happen.
>>
>> When we take a road trip, he wants to take his Xbox to play in the van.
>> We plug it into an inverter that can handle the power requirements, but I
>> don't want to take a TV along. Instead we want to use the laptop as the
>> video display for the game.
>>
>> I have a Pinnacle Linx video input cable that we have installed on the
>> computer, and with the bundled Studio software, we can, in fact, play
>> Xbox on the computer. However, the window that displays the input is
>> mighty small as it's intended to be only a preview window.
>>
>> Thus my question - does anyone know of a small, simple viewer program
>> that will take the input and display it full screen on the computer
>> screen? I downloaded a demo copy of a program called TimeShifter ( I
>> think) and it did display it full screen. However, it's neither small or
>> simple, as it's designed to take input from a TV tuner and record your
>> shows. Any thoughts?
>>
>>
>>
>> WT
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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