RE: Anyone know about Matrox's range of graphics cards?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is from the help file on my Matrox Parhelia:

Use PureVideo/DVDMax
While playing video in one display, view the same video full-screen on
another display.

Note: This control is unavailable while Use video overlay is disabled.

To use this feature, the following conditions must be met: (1) Use
PureVideo/DVDMax is enabled. (2) The current display settings
(resolution and color palette) aren't too high. (3) Digital video is
played using the video overlay feature of your Matrox graphics hardware.
Programs that use the video overlay feature include Microsoft Media
Player and other programs that use ActiveMovie or DirectX Media.


Basically, DVD Max allows the video being played in Media Player etc to
be played full screen on the TV rather than the desktop or extended
desktop.

I'm not sure about the RGB output feature - my parhelia allows up to 3
displays, one of which could be a TV but only through S-Video or
composite.

If you want the full help files/guides, let me know.

Paul


-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 March 2004 10:04
To: UKHA_D (ukha_d)
Subject: [ukha_d] Anyone know about Matrox's range of graphics cards?


I'm trying to work out their range/features and finding it's confusing
me ... Not hard I know.

I understand that some of their cards have the facility to output
interlaced video standard RGB from the VGA port (they list a cable on
their online shop page for this) - is this what they refer to elsewhere
as "DVD Max"? Anyone know what Matrox cards support this?

Phil





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