Well, I can't answer this on a technical level, but I know we can play DVDs quite happily on my wife's Pismo 400. That's in OS X, however - we don't have a native OS 9 to install, we have a retail Jaguar which doesn't include it.
Tom Burke On Sunday, March 16, 2003, at 08:50 PM, Marc wrote: > Does the Pismo support hardware-dvd-decoding in OS X or also only in > 9.x? And does that also work for videocd's, or does the cpu does all > the > work? And is a g3/400 fast enough for that? > > Marc > > > On vrijdag, maart 14, 2003, at 10:20 , Eugene Lee wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 05:55:20PM +0000, Tom Burke wrote: >> : >> : I've just bought a 333 Mhz Lombard with CD drive. I'm interested in >> : fitting a DVD Rom drive instead, but I gather from the list archive >> : that I couldn't play DVD movies if I did so unless I get a PC card >> : hardware decoder. I'd be grateful if someone could confirm, or deny, >> : this. >> >> I'm pretty sure this is the case, because almost 333 MHz Lombards did >> not come with on-board DVD hardware decoder. Now if you are one of >> the >> lucky few who do have one of these, DVD playback should work like the >> 400 MHz Lombards. > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
