elecard decoder, how to register?

[JJarmoc]

Can anyone point me to where i can register the elecard decoder? My eval apparently expired, and it's being really annoying, but the moonlight/elecard site doesn't seem to make it real easy to find information on how to register.

THanks.

[SHS]

Buy there DVD Player

[JJarmoc]

Is that really the only way? I've already got more DVD players than I'd care to have installed, and WinDVD Platinum is the only one I really use.. it's an inexpensive player, but if it's possible to save a few bucks to get just the decoder, that'd be preferable..

[sshapiro63]

I bought the player because I could not figure out a way to buy just the decoders. I don't think you can buy just the filters. The player/filters didn't cost much; $20.

Nice feature with the Elecard decoders is that they work fine on the 3rd display on my main pc. My first two monitors, driven by a Radeon 9000 Pro (AGP), are used for general applications. My 3rd monitor, driven by a Radeon 7500 (PCI) is used just for SageTV.

I tried several other decoders with this setup, including PowerDVD XP, ATI Decoder (from Cyberlink), WinDVD 5 Platinum, and NVDVD. None of them worked as well as Elecard for displaying on the 3rd monitor. In fact, WinDVD would only display video if I set the last monitor up as Primary. The ATI Decoder would not work at all on any monitor other than the first.

I think Elecard is worth the money. I don't use the player, just the filters.

[JJarmoc]

Well, I suppose I'll throw a few bucks at Elecard then.

This HTPC business is getting more and more expensive every time I turn around.. But the quality is really pretty incredible.

Thanks for the responses!