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>Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 09:53:43 -0600
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>Subject: Re: #6562 even more DVD questions
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What is PowerDVD?

Tom Browne

--On Wednesday, March 6, 2002 9:06 AM -0500 LLTI-Editor 
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>> Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 14:06:50 -0500
>> From: Carine Ullom <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Subject: even more DVD questions
>
> Hello,
> I've been following the DVD discussions on this list (both those of
> February '02 and Nov '00-April '01) and have
> learned a great deal from many of you.  However, I have a few more
> questions that I haven't seen addressed and for
> which I hope some of you have experiences that you can share.
>
> Background: We have 4 classrooms with instructor's stations (computers
> w/DVD drives) and ceiling mounted data
> projectors capable of playing PAL or NTSC.
>
> Fundamental question: Should we buy stand-alone DVD players or should we
> use software players?  Other than the
> obvious additional cost of the stand-alone players, what are the pros
> and cons?  What do your faculty prefer and why?
>
> Secondary questions:
> If you use software to play DVDs:
> 1) Do software driven DVD players play PAL DVDs (I don't have any to
> test with yet)?
> 1a) If yes, does it detect the format automatically or will the
> instructor have to change a setting?
> 2) We have PowerDVD installed all over campus.  My lab tech tells me
> that it ignores region codes so that I won't even
> have to worry about a software decoder or a hack to get it to work more
> than 5 times with non-region 1 DVDs.  Does
> anyone out there have experience with this?
> If you have a stand-alone player:
> I've collected the make/model of several DVD players that are
> region-free, play PAL and NTSC, and output an NTSC
> signal.  Now it comes down to price and ease of use/learning curve.
> Assuming we can afford the price (big assumption, I know), what can you
> tell me about ease of use?  I'm interested in high faculty adopt-ability
> and use factor rather than high geek factor.  Is the remote control easy
> to understand and use?  Are the buttons on the panel easy to get to?
> See?  Understand?
>
> Thanks in advance.  I so appreciate the breadth and depth of knowledge
> on this list and the fact that so many are willing to take the time to
> share what they know.
>
> Regards,
> Carine Ullom
> Director, Language Resource Center/
> Instructional Technology Specialist
> Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
> St. Lawrence University
> Canton, NY 13617
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> 315-229-5857 (tel)



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