I got myself a REALmagic Hollywood Plus PCI card OEM, 95$CAN (about 65$US), plus remote 30$CAN and Hitachi 8x DVD 119$CAN, added that to my old 200MMX and voilà! Slow down the fans (plug on 5V instead of 12V) and use foam padding around Western Digital (very silent) hard drives. SILENCE in my living room! Much better quality than Apex 600a!
Does NTSC/PAL/SECAM conversion to NTSC/PAL/SECAM (A multisystem DVD! A GREAT way to watch unapproved MPAA versions of movies!) Oh, and all the little apps to set region free or of your choice, Macrovision disabling, etc.
Only downside is I have to use Windows 98, but a Linux driver is in beta (altough Windows is amazingly stable when you only install the DVD software and Winamp on it...)
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Does NTSC/PAL/SECAM conversion to NTSC/PAL/SECAM (A multisystem DVD! A GREAT way to watch unapproved MPAA versions of movies!) Oh, and all the little apps to set region free or of your choice, Macrovision disabling, etc.
Only downside is I have to use Windows 98, but a Linux driver is in beta (altough Windows is amazingly stable when you only install the DVD software and Winamp on it...)