DVD Questions!

[Dr. Matrox]

Hello Guys...
I have few question concern with dvd playback
the first one is what's the best resolution for dvd play back? 400X600/640X480/800X600/1024X768/1152X864/1280X960/1280X1024/1600X1200.... or what ever?
what's give the best quality? and why?

Secondly, not exacly conect to matrox but still...
I'm using Power DVD 2.56 and sound blaster live x-gamer and i wanted to know what audio output interface to use...
WaveOut- Dolby Surround/Stereo
Or
DirectSound- A3D/DirectSound 3D/Dolby Surround/Stereo
Or
4 Speakers OutPut

What will give me the best quality...

here is my sys config.. 9Including all you'll need i think...
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System Specs:

Operation System: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Final Release)

Case (chassis): Moded Antec Gemstone Case

CPU: Intel P3 800e@922 (Slot) (cb0)

Memory: 256Mb Sd-Ram PC133

Motherboard: Asus P3V4X (bios 1005)

Video card: Matrox Millenium G400 Max (Drivers 6.11)

Sound card: Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer (LiveWare3, Updated)

Hard drive: IBM Deskstar 75GXP (15gb)

DVD-ROM drive: Aopen DVD-1640-PRO (Slot version)

Mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer (With EverGlide GIGANTA)

Keyboard: Compact Generic

Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 700IFT

Speakers: Encore XP200 (For the front)
Sony Sound System (For the back)

Soft: DirectX 7.1 & PowerDVD 2.56

[This message has been edited by Dr. Matrox (edited 03 September 2000).]

[Maggi]

1. DVD Max to feed you TV
2. four speakers

[Bixler]

800X600 resolution will work fine for monitor display. Any more than that is just making everything work harder.

800X600 because that's all the quality encoded in the MPG2 stream on the disk.

You can, of course play in higher resolutions, I often do when multitasking, and keep the picture on my monitor minimized, but with that cpu and the g400 you shouldn't have too much problem keeping your desktop at higher resolutions just for convenience sake.