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I haven't got a DVD drive, just a CD burner ( LG 40X12X40 = US$70), so I have no way to read a DVD (I have a DVD player, but no drive in the 'puter), so I can't copy a DVD using only my CDR drive :-( My GF is in Thailand at the moment, and I think she is going to geta few VCD's from there. Hopefully they have "The Day Of The Triffids" - I have found one copy and it was US$45!!! We usually pay US$17 - US$25 for popular stff, andas little as US$6 for "odd" stuff - which is good because I tend to like the odd stuff (like the Triffids:-) I'm going to try to use a laptop, and fit in into the console - a small amount of engineering will be needed :-) A CRT monitor uses as much as 10X the power of a LCD, so I think the laptop is the way to go. To get an LCD panel, and make up a controller costs more than buying a new LCD panel monitor and using the VGA port! I want it to be cheapish! Hehehe! Thanks, Allan ;0) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Clow" <volswaggen@yahoo.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 5:26 AM Subject: Re: [T3] ¡¡¡ Copy Any DVD with a CD Burn er_¡¡¡________________________________ --- Allan Williams <allanw@ihug.co.nz> wrote: > Uhhh doesn't a DVD have 6 magnetic adjusters to a > CD's 3... that's how the > laser is focussed finely enough to burn a DVD - > meaning the CD burners > cannot burn a DVD quality movie to one disc? Yeah, but you can compress about 40 minutes of near-DVD quality to a CD using MPEG2 (SVCD - 480x480 resolution), or I forget how much time with VCD (um, 352x240?). The bitrate is way lower on VCD -- 1150bps instead of up to 2520bps variable bitrate with SVCD. OK, enough of that. :) (I'm a big CD-video junkie)... > I'm having programmable injection in my type 3 (with > it's type 4 turbo > engine) and instead of just having a plug to plug in > a laptop for tuning, I > figured I may as well make the how system part of a > custom centre console. > The EFI tuner uses a screen which displays RPM, EGO, > "coolant" temp (head > temp), MAP, as well as a few other things I don't > need to see when driving > :-) I can have it as part of my gauges :-) Plus I > can watch movies and > listen to MP3's. Excellent! > > If I can get a cheap LCD monitor which runs on 12V, > I may even use desktop* > parts, just top make upgrades easier :-) That sounds totally awesome! If you don't want to go the touchscreen route (or just LCD in general), check out this webpage: http://www.classicgaming.com/vcsp/VCSpModels.htm The guy made a handheld atari vcs and used a television screen from a portable TV (9V)... I'm sure you could use a portable television screen as well if you could adapt it? You could still use standard components as long as you had TV-out on your videocard. You just might need to use larger fonts. :) But then, a sharp LCD screen would be way cool too... Aaron __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/