hottyson
Headphoneus Supremus
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I have been trying to get my HTPC/Infocus X1 projector system together. I spent the entire day yesterday installing a faster larger hard drive, fresh Windows XP Pro/SP2 install, latest audio and video drivers etc.
My system:
motherboard - MSI KT266PRO2-RU
ram – 512MB
hard drive – IBM Deskstar 60 gigs -> now 160 gigs
processor – AMD XP1700+
sound card – Soundblaster LIVE! Value
video card – ATI Radeon 7500 AGP 64MB
ethernet card – Microsoft MN-130
When I was finished it worked quite well using PowerDVD 5. The picture was fantastic and everything worked smoothly. As you may well know Dolby Headphone processing is a very good feature of PowerDVD.
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Then…. I tried switching over to S/PDIF. I can get both Dolby Digital and DTS this way but as it had always done prior to my fresh install, it began to stutter and choke every few moments.
This problem also happens on my Athlon 900 PC that plays PowerDVD 5 through an M-audio Sonica when switched to S/PDIF. So I then went back to my HTPC and tried Microsoft Media Player 9 since it came with my fresh install. But again the problem is still there when I switch it to S/PDIF output.
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I would like to get my HTPC working problem free using the digital output. However while I get through the frustrations of getting it to work I need a dvd player with decent video quality. The Zenith DVB-318 is the only inexpensive player that has decent video quality. It uses Genesis' Faroudja DCDi FLI2301 chip and outputs DCDi 1080i through its component video outputs. So partly due to frustration I got out my VISA and placed an order for this dvd player through Amazon.com. It is on sale for $160, free shipping, and no tax in my state. A pretty good deal and comes within 90% performance of a computer according many users.
Zenith DVB318 FAQ