Movies

[vervilledeb1]

Okay, I read that I can download movies onto my computer and then watch them from the comp on the TV. There is a S-Video cable I was told I could get. But in reading it says it doesn't transmit sound? I'm confused here. Any help is appreciated...TIA!

[mickst1]

Okay, I read that I can download movies onto my computer and then watch them from the comp on the TV. There is a S-Video cable I was told I could get. But in reading it says it doesn't transmit sound? I'm confused here. Any help is appreciated...TIA!

Hi Debby,

I must admit that I am in the dark about downloading movies onto a computer, although I am sure that it can be done. I would think that the file containing the movie would be incredibly large. I would also think that the movie industry would take a firm stance against downloading movies onto computers because of the copyright issues, especially since many of the movies one would want to download are available for sale on DVD.

Yes, you could use an S video cable to connect to your TV but in reading up on S-Video, ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video ) the cable would have to be of good quality and no longer than 5 meters long. As far as the audio portion is concerned, you would need a seperate audio connection if you wanted to hear the sound. You could use a 1/8" stereo jack to dual RCA phono jacks and connect to the audio input jacks on the back of your TV set or get a set of power amp speakers.

There may come a day when you will be able to download movies onto your computer, but I don't ever see that it will be offered free of charge. It will probably be something like downloading music. Unless you pay for it, it will most likely be illegal.

:)

[vervilledeb1]

Hi Debby,

I must admit that I am in the dark about downloading movies onto a computer, although I am sure that it can be done. I would think that the file containing the movie would be incredibly large. I would also think that the movie industry would take a firm stance against downloading movies onto computers because of the copyright issues, especially since many of the movies one would want to download are available for sale on DVD.

Yes, you could use an S video cable to connect to your TV but in reading up on S-Video, ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Video ) the cable would have to be of good quality and no longer than 5 meters long. As far as the audio portion is concerned, you would need a seperate audio connection if you wanted to hear the sound. You could use a 1/8" stereo jack to dual RCA phono jacks and connect to the audio input jacks on the back of your TV set or get a set of power amp speakers.

There may come a day when you will be able to download movies onto your computer, but I don't ever see that it will be offered free of charge. It will probably be something like downloading music. Unless you pay for it, it will most likely be illegal.

:)

Thanks! And I am 100 percent legal and staying out of trouble. I swear!

[NicoMoon]

Hi Debby,

This is emerging technology. The new Windows Media OS supports the ability to watch TV on your computer, or send audio and video files to your TV from your computer.

There's also hardware that you can buy. This is the one I've been looking at.
http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/PC-TV_GWB-4000.html

I would go for it, except that we already have too much technology in this house, and it's all starting to conflict! Right now I'm burning my audio and video files to DC-Rs with Nero software so I can dowload and then watch on TV.

What a thrill it was the first time I nabbed a video file from the internet and watched it on my TV! That was about 3 years ago, and it's now a way of life for us.

Anything can be downloaded these days, from first run movies to obscure old foreign television shows, it's amazing. But I'm not a supporter of the piracy of copyrighted materials. If I want something that can be purchased on DVD, I buy it from the store.

[mickst1]

Can anyone dispel the myth regarding laptop batteries?

I had heard that it is best to occassionally let your battery run down completely and then recharge is so as to prevent it from retaining a memory.
I also heard that older batteries did this and that the newer batteries could be recharged at any point or time during their discharge cycle.

Does anyone know? Does the fact that they are Lithium ion or Ni Cad's make a difference? Are there any battery experts out there?!!

[NicoMoon]

Oh boy Mick, you do ask the tough questions!

My guess is that the easiest way to find the answer is to google your laptop or battery info. Someone is talking about it somewhere! Please let us know if you find anything out! I constantly research this stuff, but forget what I discovered after about 5 minutes. Tag, you're it! Your turn to do the research!! :wave2:

We need a hard core tecchie member here to solve all our problems and answer all our questions for us, I'm afraid!! :worthy:

[mickst1]

Hi Nico,

After I asked the question I wanted to know the answer so I did go and do some reseach and was suprised at what I found out. Here is a web site that should help out if you have questions on recharging your laptop batteries.

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm

No, I am not any kind of techie, but I do love to take things apart and see how they work. I would find old computers that people had but out in the junk and take them apart and rebuild them with other spare parts. It is a great way to learn about computers and fix problems with them.

Hope that helps. :)

[Destiny]

Thanks for this post. I was wondering about that.