Re: Multi-room Movies Advise

[Dan Lane <d@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 04:03:10PM +0100, Tony T wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> just wondering if I could get the groups thoughts/comments on being
able to
> play my dvd's on any tv in the house?
> 
> My ideal solution would be to be able to have different movies playing
on
> different tv's at the same time. My first thought was:
> Replace HA server with a much more powerful pc with all my dvd's
ripped into
> divx.
> For each tv have a via motherboard pc to act as a video player (could
also
> play mp3's so I could use the rio's in rooms without a tv).
> Though i'm a bit concerned about how good the dvd's will rip quality
wise,
> and especiialy the time it will take to rip them all!
> 
> Alternatively, getting a Kenwood DVF-J6050, 400 disc player.
> Anyone got one of these? Any good?
> This option has the advantage of better quality image and is cheaper
(though
> I would need to find a cheap remote scart switching box to use with
KAT5,
> until the KAT5 switcher is available - any suggestions?).
> Also, I wouldnt need to waste time ripping my dvd's.
> The obvious disadvantage is only one movie can play at a time :-(
> 
> On the whole I'll probably go for the 2nd option as playing 2 or more
movies
> at once won't crop up too often, and it's cheaper overall. But is
the
> Kenwood OK?
> 
> Any advise/comments would be gratefully received.
> 
> Many thanks
> Tony T

We tend to have a PC lying around next to the TV so VideoLAN comes in
handy...

http://www.videolan.org

:)

-- 
Dan Lane - NaD

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