i got my x card yesterday

[keziah]

after a month of searcing for a method to run my computer based entertainment center. i settled for the xcard over the video cards with tv out. my system is a p3500 so idid not want 2 spend on a suped up video card.
i am new to this(hobby)???/3mths but thanks 2 this site i feel like a pro. i am posting this to make the your search esier than mine was.
i got the card yesterday. the hardware install was a breeze. i put in a new lg dvd rom in but didn't know i had 2 set a region code 2hrs lost.found the imformation here.
the software was a pain in the a.. follow the instructions in the attached pdf to the letter. 1.5 hrs lost
4 hrs later and i am up. upgrade the software as quickly as possible. the included one sucks and is ugly.
the first thing i trieied was a dvd9 no problem showed better than my ati on my main computer.sweet!!!
then i tried about 5 dvdrs no problem
then a svcd from a cdr no problem
next were about 3 mpegs on a dvdrw again no problem
next i tried a vcd mpeg that was fresh from isobuster. again sweet!!!
i have not tried avi's divx etc yet but if thre is interest in this post i will keep anyone interested up 2 date.

[The village idiot]

Years ago I use their DVD decoder card in an old Pentium 166, It was nice to have. Also had a cheap video card with TV out so I could see the computer on the TV, and so it would boot. Even used that old thing for streaming media to the TV. Full screen streaming media looks pretty good on a TV. It was about 2 years later I finally bought a "normal" DVD player.