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Hi Glen - completely agree about moving parts; haven't seen anything  
that meets that spec exactly, until the price of HD players comes down  
(e.g. http://www.mediasonic.com/el_products/hdfrend.html) but at the  
moment they're still hard disk based and still pricey in comparison.   
We did manage to strip computers down to nearly one-button operation,  
but still the moving parts...

best of luck!

Quoting Glen Moore <[log in to unmask]>:

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> Kevin
> We use a computer now now but I like the idea of the mpeg players   
> such as the DV68 where the only operation required is a button push   
> and there are no moving parts. My problem is that I want to use them  
>  in an pplication which requires XGA.
>
> Thanks
> Glen
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:13:02 -0700
>> From: Kevin Walker <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: video looping -  XGA?
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
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>> For slightly more you can get a small PC that can easily do the trick:
>>  http://www.logicsupply.com/index.php/cPath/80
>>
>> For a bit more (but much more stability) get a Mac Mini.  If size is
>> not an issue, an older Mac is a cheap alternative; we configured many
>> of these for high-res projections.
>>
>>
>> On 20 Aug 2006, at 02:07, Glen Moore wrote:
>>
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>> From: Glen Moore <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: 20 August 2006 02:06:14 BDT
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: video looping
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>> Hi Lath
>>
>> Do you know of any solid state mpeg players which can play XGA? We
>> have Dv68 and this is its greatest drawback (i.e. VGA only).
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Glen Moore
>> Scoience Centre and Planetarium
>> Wollongong, Australia
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>> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:55:40 -0400
>> From: Lath Carlson <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: video looping
>> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> Rea, for this type of installation we used to always burn the media to
>> DVD and play it back on an industrial DVD player such as a Pioneer
>> DVD-7400 or the newer/cheaper DVD-5000. Both have a simple repeat
>> selection, I do recommend burning as many copies of the segment to the
>> DVD back to back as possible. That way the disc is only restarting every
>> couple hours instead of every 6 minutes. This is easier on the player
>> and also minimizes the slight delay that occurs when the disc restarts.
>> Lately we have been using solid state MPEG playback engines instead. The
>> advantage to these is that they have no moving parts. They are basically
>> stripped down Linux machines which play MPEG video files from a compact
>> flash card or internal flash memory. Some more common ones include the
>> Sony NSP-1 and EBS-N200D or the Alcorn McBride 7400. Feel free to
>> contact me off line for any additional information.
>>
>> Lath Carlson
>>
>> Manager of Interactive Technology
>> Art Guild Inc.
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