Kingmax Notebook DVD Decoder ZV-DVD...What does this do?

[LeftCoast]

Hi all,

I recently acquired an old Toshiba Tecra 510CDT notebook, and wondering exactly what would this card do for me? I believe this would make video (like video transferred to CD-Rs) less choppy on the old machine (it barely plays now, partly due to limited memory; 32mb, but working on getting a 128mb stick off Ebay) but also would it decode DVDs as well (the machine only has a cd-rom drive)? Info on this type of card is kind of spotty, as the "technology" (lol) is so old. Details from this link:
__________________________________________________ _
6000841 Kingmax ZV-DVD DVD Controller with Dangle (ZV-DVD)
FEATURES Card Type: Type-II PCMCIa Card 2.1 with Zoomed Video
Operating Voltage: 3.3V
Video Format: DVD/MPEG2 Program Stream VideoCD 2.0/MPEG1 Program Stream
Audio Format: 2 Channel Dolby Digital/AC3 (PCM format)
5.1 Channel Dolby Digital (SPDIF Compressed)
48.0KHz/41.1 KHz (PCM)
Video Output: NTSC, PAL, Composite and S-Video
Audio Output: SPDIF 6 Channel Output Analog Stereo, I2S for ZV Interface
ZV-DVD Dangle

Audio, Video, Dolby, S-Video Ports
__________________________________________________ _

Anyone have the 411 on this thing? What benefits can I expect?

Thanks in advance!

-LC

[LeftCoast]

bUmP

[EvilRick]

It would have to have a DVD-ROM in order to even recognize a DVD. I think that's just a breakout box to get the video to another display. I could be wrong though.