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| Thread ID: 24377 | 2002-09-09 11:09:00 | Do I need a DVD-ROM? | Susan B (19) | Press F1 |
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| 77979 | 2002-09-09 23:33:00 | well a cheap pc dvd player is not much more than a cd rom. one of the things i do like about dvdroms is the ata66 interface. did i mention i love slot load drives? ;-) like bruce my 19" monitor is almost as big as my tv and has better sound (has a sub woofer). |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 77980 | 2002-09-09 23:45:00 | Yep - I purchased my PC setup for games - hence a decent monitor, video card and sound system (at the time). And that combo happens to provide a better picture/sound combo than I'd get in the lounge with my crap TV if I added a DVD. So really, I'd be up for the cost of a new TV too if I wanted to enjoy it. That said, I'd prefer to be lying on the couch than sitting in my chair by the PC. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 77981 | 2002-09-09 23:53:00 | Not all dvd's have subtitles. My partner is Deaf and I got in serious trouble when I assumed that a dvd I rented would automatically have subtitles (captioning is another term). I have also purchased several dvd's oseas and they also do not have subtitles. If you purchase oseas like me then ask the question first if dvd is cationed. On the back of dvd case will state captioned/subtitled with language version. If not stated then assume it doesn't. I agree with others that for pure movie watching then buy stand alone DVD machine. Prices are tumbling all the time. If you are into games then the new xbox also has dvd feature and (according to my brother in Australia) plays dvd's just as well as his stand alone dvd player. I think xbox release is not to far away. sam m |
sam m (517) | ||
| 77982 | 2002-09-10 00:03:00 | I think Scott Bartley and and Paul Stowers of PC World may have tried the DVD playback on the X-Box they've got. It is, apparently, very good. | Biggles (121) | ||
| 77983 | 2002-09-10 00:04:00 | My DVD-ROM (thanks PC World :) ) was set up with a hardware decoder with TV out and plugged into the TV and stereo to provide the "home-theatre" experience. I say "was" because everytime we'd hire a movie the disc would always seem to want to install its own player/drivers etc. and I would spend approx 30 mins getting the disc to play and the sound right etc. (The Fast and the Furious necessitated a trip back to the video shop to be swapped for a video :( ). I got sick of this and bought the Yukai/Mustek home-theatre package from Global Junxion which plays like a dream and is worth its weight in gold. :D :D :D :D :D :D Its biggest bonus for me is the playing of NTSC discs on a PAL only TV. Could this be why some here are having picture issues ?? or could it just be bad cables? |
antmannz (28) | ||
| 77984 | 2002-09-10 00:14:00 | when i installed suse 8, it was 7 CDs + DVD. With CD, there was the carry on of "Lets install star office > K > now insert disk 4!" etc etc Disk8 was a DVD, and if i had a DVD, everything would have been available on the one disk Unfortunatly i do not have a DVD, and the DVD disk had been removed by the european man who then sent the CDs and original factory packaging to CHCH. He had no use for the cumbersome CDs! |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 77985 | 2002-09-10 00:15:00 | That was because you were putting the DVD in a PC and the PC went to auto-install the PC-specific software. Some of the DVDs have "extra" add-ons for PCs that don't show up on the standard DVD players. You should have been able to kill that install, then just fire up your standard DVD player on the PC and play the DVD that way. Nowadays id DVD tries to launch a different DVD player on me, I just exit it, fire up WinDVD and off I go. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 77986 | 2002-09-10 00:42:00 | Yeah, I know Bruce, but even with autostart off & holding down the shift key, I'd still get the occasional one trying to do its own thing .... must've been user error ;) | antmannz (28) | ||
| 77987 | 2002-09-10 00:58:00 | It's cause media companies "over design" the DVDs, and remove user choice. They don't seem to know about keeping things simple and flexible. | Biggles (121) | ||
| 77988 | 2002-09-10 01:51:00 | The fact that almost all new systems these days comes with a DVD drive suggests that CDs are going to go out in preference of DVD. There are far more programs available on DVD than just Encarta - NZ shops just aren't selling many just yet. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
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