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>From: "Steve & Laura Spinella" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7388.9 Laptops that don't project? (!)
>Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:36:31 +0800

There is a technical issue. Producing full-motion video is a demanding task
for the computer video and cpu processors and memory. That may be why you
can sometimes get it to work on either monitor or output, but not both.
Lowering the screen resolution may also help (less pixels to process). My
toshiba laptops will do either, but not both (on the correct 800x600 256
color resolution). Tapping alt+[monitor] multiple times will cycle through
the options. You should either get video out on one or more than one,
depending.

Steve

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: #7388.9 Laptops that don't project? (!)
...>I've just learned that the Toshiba laptops we check out to faculty will
>not project video (from a DVD or web-based video). Apparently they are
>missing some kind of special software that will allow that. One of our
>instructors has a less expensive Computerland laptop that will project
>video just fine. Does anyone know the generic name of the software
>and/or a brand name that will help us track down what we need? (Imagine
>the wrath of the instructor, having checked out the laptop expressly for
>showing a DVD or some other video clip, having schlepped the laptop to
>the newly wired classroom, made sure the projector cart was there, etc.
>etc, and then not being able to make the video visible for the class? )
>
>Thank you!