I've been spending lots of time researching about which combinaion of parts will gimme good value, good quality DVD experience on my machine and ultimately on TV-OUT.
I have 19" flat monitor. But Just about everything else is kinda.. very outdated.
What I would need are..
Region free DVD rom, Video card, Sound card, headphone or speaker that will gimme 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.. (or something like that..) and VGA-TV scan converter if TV-OUT on the video card is bad...
I don't want the very best. I want good value..
So far, I'm thinking of the following...
Sony, Toshiba or Pioneer DVD (not sure they are region free..)
Powercolor Radeon VE 64MB SDR or 32MB DDR with TV-OUT
I would love to get my hands on Game Theater XP,... but the price is out of my reach.. I'm hoping that the upcoming 6.1 version will gimme a chance to grab the current one at a bargain price..
Until then, I'll be coping with AC3 audio
The Audigy launch might help that too.
I don't know wehther I need special headphone to experience dolby digital with a headphone.. It's just that I don't like speakers lying around everywehre..
Can somebody help me to clarify?
I have 19" flat monitor. But Just about everything else is kinda.. very outdated.
What I would need are..
Region free DVD rom, Video card, Sound card, headphone or speaker that will gimme 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.. (or something like that..) and VGA-TV scan converter if TV-OUT on the video card is bad...
I don't want the very best. I want good value..
So far, I'm thinking of the following...
Sony, Toshiba or Pioneer DVD (not sure they are region free..)
Powercolor Radeon VE 64MB SDR or 32MB DDR with TV-OUT
I would love to get my hands on Game Theater XP,... but the price is out of my reach.. I'm hoping that the upcoming 6.1 version will gimme a chance to grab the current one at a bargain price..
I don't know wehther I need special headphone to experience dolby digital with a headphone.. It's just that I don't like speakers lying around everywehre..
Can somebody help me to clarify?