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No, the 760E did not have the enhanced video adapter that the 760XD does. The earlier models that did have the MPEG-2 decoder built in were the 760CD (I think) and the 760ED. Also, the MPEG-2 that is used in these models really isn't 'true' MPEG-2, it is IBM's MPEG-2 HHR. HHR stands for half height resolution, which is the way IBM could get good playback using the 4X CD-ROM that was available for these models when they came out. I don't think that this system can decode the current DVD movies (though I may be wrong). Eric Giles -----Original Message----- From: rdietric <ladybug@capecod.net> To: Tim Tyhurst <tim@dogmead.com> Cc: bigdaddy25@mindless.com <bigdaddy25@mindless.com>; thinkpad@cs.utk.edu <thinkpad@cs.utk.edu> Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 6:26 AM Subject: Re: TP 760XD and DVD >Thanks for the info. I curious as to why you needed the MPEG board. >Doesn't the 760E have built-in MPEG2 support like the 760XD? >Bob > >Tim Tyhurst wrote: >> >> > Has anyone tried to marry a TP760XD with a DVD, in or out of the Docking >> > station? >> >> I've installed a first-generation Toshiba DVD drive and a Sigma Designs >> Hollywood MPEG2 decoder board into a SelectaDock II, and tested it with >> my 120Mhz 760E. It worked OK, but 120Mhz isn't fast enough to avoid the >> occasional dropped frame from the decoder; this corresponds with Sigma >> Designs' claim that a 133Mhz or faster machine is required. >> >> An external monitor was required for this setup, since the MPEG board >> uses video overlay to display the decoded video stream.