anyone know if the pmcia slot in the tr is a zv port.  i am considering trying this item on ebay:
 
and it requires a zv port, whatever that is.

i hate the current scan converter i do have.  not sure if items just outputs dvd signal, or can output powerpoint presos….does anyone here know?

thanks
jg

The Sony TR1 has a Ricoh RL5C475 Cardbus-to-PCI chipset. If you look up the chipset specifications then you’ll see that it does support Zoomed Video. However, it needs to be enabled. Chances are that it is enabled. I don’t see why it wouldn’t be.

If you’re wondering what exactly Zoomed Video is…it basically allows a Cardbus device to write data directly to the VGA controller. Normally it would need to go through the system bus which could cause buffering problems and offers higher performance.

More information about the Ricoh chipset can be found at: http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/specs/5C475E.pdf