Re: Media Receivers for TV Display of Photos and Videos

Scott Meyers wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:18:19 -0400, Marvin wrote:
> > In that case, the only way I see to do it is to get a video card for your
> > PC and a box that will let you set up a WiFi network to your TV. That
> > isn't free, of course. If you don't mind burning a CD, many DVD players
> > will show a slide show of .jpg files from a CD. Zooming on the TV is
> > another matter. I can zoom to a selected portion of the screen on my PC,
> > but I've never seen a TV that will do that.
>
> There are special network devices that do this kind of thing, e.g., the
> Roku Photobridge HD1000, but the more I look into these devices, the more I
> find that zooming/panning is unlikely to be supported. I have now found
> out that neither the D-Link MediaLounge DSM-320 or the Hauppauge MediaMVP
> supporting zooming, which I find very disappointing.
>
> I had hoped that others had experience with these kinds of devices for
> displaying photos and showing video. Apparently not many do. Sigh.
>
> Scott

Both ATI and NVIDIA make graphics cards with DVI TV Out. I actually
have one in my PC, but I have not hook it up to my TV. My laptop does
have a S-video output that I can hook up to the TV, but I do not like
the quality of the video when hooked up to the TV.

Actually, thinking this through... I was able to play jpg's on the
DVD player.

I dumped the jpg files to a dvd using k3b in linux, and it played on
the dvd player. When I dumped them using the windows burners it would
not play.

Also, when I was in Scotland, I dumped jpg's to a CD using Roxio, and
they played on the CD player in the B&B we stayed at.

If you have a CD burner - try dumping your jpg's to a cd and seeing if
they play in your dvd player. This was with out music.

roland

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