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| Thread ID: 28616 | 2002-12-25 03:31:00 | Dvd players for laptop | ariel (2060) | Press F1 |
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| 108870 | 2002-12-25 03:31:00 | Hi , I have an IBM thinkpad, which I would like to put a dvd player in or get a small external dvd player I could carry with it. Does any one know if this is possible? thanks Ariel | ariel (2060) | ||
| 108871 | 2002-12-26 08:45:00 | i have a ibm too... check if u can take ultrbay internally .... the ones u can take the floppy/CD out and put in DVD. the TP 6XX/7XX and the A/T/R/X and some i series can too....... My X20 does internal DVD fine. Just add the software - i use PowerDVD XP. If u cannot take the drive out and put in a DVD - do this. U can use USB 2 with a PCMCIA 2.0 card and a external drive. USB 1.0 is far too slow. SCSI via PCMCIA too is also a solution. The easiest is prob .. PCMCIA IDE DVD card and the external drive. If ur system is not too fast ie... less than 400-500MHZ (since laptops are slower than the desktop counterparts even with the same specs). U can add a MPEG-2 card ) PCMCIA - one is called 'MARGI DVD to Go' which gives u tv out, audio out and even surround sound output and speeds DVD up when u have a slower laptop - its a DVD accelerator/DVD card. |
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| 108872 | 2002-12-26 08:47:00 | tell me ur laptop model number/series??? CPU?? RAM?? Raymond |
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| 108873 | 2002-12-26 19:58:00 | Hi Raymond, Thankyou for your answer. My thinkpad is a 600E , X2A8A4, 364meg, modem 56k,64ram, Tthanks again Ariel | ariel (2060) | ||
| 108874 | 2002-12-28 09:57:00 | that model definitely supports a internal DVD - take the floppy/CD out. if the picture is not smooth - u need a PCMCIA (PC CARD) for DVD decoding. the software u need as a player is WinDVD or PowerDVd - best 2. WinXP comes with a free one i think - less quicker and less features. Rayonline |
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