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Yes, that's right. Christmas came early for us this year (literally!) and we know have a whole new PC to play around with. Wireless mouse and keyboard; flat-screen monitor; everything's so much smoother than it was ever on that TiNY crap... Beautiful. :)
Yet, I still need a few things to make it all the better.
For one, while it comes with a CD-RW drive, for some strange reason, this is one that CANNOT even read DVDs!(?)
So, I'm after a new CD-RW Drive that also plays DVDs.
After browsing through SRs catalogue yesterday, I noticed DVD-RWs are an awful lot cheaper than they used to be - so, for all the extra benefits (and money-making oppurtunities! ;D ), I figured I may as well just go for one of them - AT THOSE PRICES.
(No, I don't work for them! :P )
So, which DVD-RW Drive could you reccomend I take a closer look at?
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On the software side of things, I'm looking to download a FREE program that allows you to covert files into MP3s. On the old PC, I was using this Microsoft MusicMatch Jukebox thing, which I got, like, three-years ago... However, that was one of the things I forgot to save onto my CD-RW, before the PC was wiped.
Is it still worth me downloading that one again, or are there some even better ones I can get my hands on? - once again, they must be FOR FREE.
I'll probably think up some other things I'd like advice on after I've posted this, but I'd be grateful for any help on what I've mentioned just now.
Oh. And before I forget, how do you get around the problem of using headphones on your PC when the sound comes out through the monitor?
Connecting 'old' speakers into the PC itself and then diverting the output to there, or something?
There's a heaphone/micrphone jack-thing on the front of my PC now - yet, that doesn't seem to work (and the bloke who installed it all legged it with the boxes and manuals - GIT! :P )
Yet, I still need a few things to make it all the better.
For one, while it comes with a CD-RW drive, for some strange reason, this is one that CANNOT even read DVDs!(?)
So, I'm after a new CD-RW Drive that also plays DVDs.
After browsing through SRs catalogue yesterday, I noticed DVD-RWs are an awful lot cheaper than they used to be - so, for all the extra benefits (and money-making oppurtunities! ;D ), I figured I may as well just go for one of them - AT THOSE PRICES.
(No, I don't work for them! :P )
So, which DVD-RW Drive could you reccomend I take a closer look at?
---
On the software side of things, I'm looking to download a FREE program that allows you to covert files into MP3s. On the old PC, I was using this Microsoft MusicMatch Jukebox thing, which I got, like, three-years ago... However, that was one of the things I forgot to save onto my CD-RW, before the PC was wiped.
Is it still worth me downloading that one again, or are there some even better ones I can get my hands on? - once again, they must be FOR FREE.
I'll probably think up some other things I'd like advice on after I've posted this, but I'd be grateful for any help on what I've mentioned just now.
Oh. And before I forget, how do you get around the problem of using headphones on your PC when the sound comes out through the monitor?
Connecting 'old' speakers into the PC itself and then diverting the output to there, or something?
There's a heaphone/micrphone jack-thing on the front of my PC now - yet, that doesn't seem to work (and the bloke who installed it all legged it with the boxes and manuals - GIT! :P )
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MoJoJoJo wrote:
> Solskjær wrote:
> For one, while it comes with a CD-RW drive, for some strange reason,
> this is one that CANNOT even DVDs!
>
> --------
>
> You say that like it's a surprise... surely the whole point of a
> CD-RW is to read and write CDs. DVDs are a whole other kettle of
> fish. Although a DVD-RW can read both, obviously, asking a CD player
> to play DVDs is like trying to force a tape into a CD drive.
Actually, a CD-RW that can't read dvd's is really bad, they all do it.
> Solskjær wrote:
> For one, while it comes with a CD-RW drive, for some strange reason,
> this is one that CANNOT even DVDs!
>
> --------
>
> You say that like it's a surprise... surely the whole point of a
> CD-RW is to read and write CDs. DVDs are a whole other kettle of
> fish. Although a DVD-RW can read both, obviously, asking a CD player
> to play DVDs is like trying to force a tape into a CD drive.
Actually, a CD-RW that can't read dvd's is really bad, they all do it.
[URL]http://www.dbpoweramp.com/[/URL]
dBpowerAmp is really good for ripping CDs (or WMAs, or whatever) to mp3. Uses Lame for the best compression and is pretty fast too - and free!
If you're looking at DVD writers consider a dual layer burner. The discs aren't readily available at teh moment but they will be soon and you'll kick yourself later on if you go single layer.
dBpowerAmp is really good for ripping CDs (or WMAs, or whatever) to mp3. Uses Lame for the best compression and is pretty fast too - and free!
If you're looking at DVD writers consider a dual layer burner. The discs aren't readily available at teh moment but they will be soon and you'll kick yourself later on if you go single layer.
Solskjær wrote:
> For one, while it comes with a CD-RW drive, for some strange reason,
> this is one that CANNOT even DVDs!
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You say that like it's a surprise... surely the whole point of a CD-RW is to read and write CDs. DVDs are a whole other kettle of fish. Although a DVD-RW can read both, obviously, asking a CD player to play DVDs is like trying to force a tape into a CD drive.
> For one, while it comes with a CD-RW drive, for some strange reason,
> this is one that CANNOT even DVDs!
--------
You say that like it's a surprise... surely the whole point of a CD-RW is to read and write CDs. DVDs are a whole other kettle of fish. Although a DVD-RW can read both, obviously, asking a CD player to play DVDs is like trying to force a tape into a CD drive.
[URL]http://ukchatforums.reserve.co.uk/display_threads.php?forumid=206[/URL]
If you want a CD-RW, DVD combo I know a company thats much cheaper than SR. If you like I'll post the link and run (they don't like you doing that). If you've got a CD-RW, wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a normal DVD drive and put it in one of the other bays? In the answer to the software to convert "files" into MP3s, I would imagine you mean converting music from CDs. Well I use Steinburg wavelab (4.0 I think) and although its not free (unless you get a cracked version) it is by far the best. Apart from that, I wouldn't really know of any 'free' ones. The real audio players usually convert from CD but not into MP3s, I think they convert files to WMA but you can usually burn them from the same software. I think their still freeware (with realone I just had to register my email ad). One other thing. What burning software is on your system. With orlogix record now you can compile music cds from other cds, which might sort out your problem
Yes, that's right. Christmas came early for us this year (literally!) and we know have a whole new PC to play around with. Wireless mouse and keyboard; flat-screen monitor; everything's so much smoother than it was ever on that TiNY crap... Beautiful. :)
Yet, I still need a few things to make it all the better.
For one, while it comes with a CD-RW drive, for some strange reason, this is one that CANNOT even read DVDs!(?)
So, I'm after a new CD-RW Drive that also plays DVDs.
After browsing through SRs catalogue yesterday, I noticed DVD-RWs are an awful lot cheaper than they used to be - so, for all the extra benefits (and money-making oppurtunities! ;D ), I figured I may as well just go for one of them - AT THOSE PRICES.
(No, I don't work for them! :P )
So, which DVD-RW Drive could you reccomend I take a closer look at?
---
On the software side of things, I'm looking to download a FREE program that allows you to covert files into MP3s. On the old PC, I was using this Microsoft MusicMatch Jukebox thing, which I got, like, three-years ago... However, that was one of the things I forgot to save onto my CD-RW, before the PC was wiped.
Is it still worth me downloading that one again, or are there some even better ones I can get my hands on? - once again, they must be FOR FREE.
I'll probably think up some other things I'd like advice on after I've posted this, but I'd be grateful for any help on what I've mentioned just now.
Oh. And before I forget, how do you get around the problem of using headphones on your PC when the sound comes out through the monitor?
Connecting 'old' speakers into the PC itself and then diverting the output to there, or something?
There's a heaphone/micrphone jack-thing on the front of my PC now - yet, that doesn't seem to work (and the bloke who installed it all legged it with the boxes and manuals - GIT! :P )
Yet, I still need a few things to make it all the better.
For one, while it comes with a CD-RW drive, for some strange reason, this is one that CANNOT even read DVDs!(?)
So, I'm after a new CD-RW Drive that also plays DVDs.
After browsing through SRs catalogue yesterday, I noticed DVD-RWs are an awful lot cheaper than they used to be - so, for all the extra benefits (and money-making oppurtunities! ;D ), I figured I may as well just go for one of them - AT THOSE PRICES.
(No, I don't work for them! :P )
So, which DVD-RW Drive could you reccomend I take a closer look at?
---
On the software side of things, I'm looking to download a FREE program that allows you to covert files into MP3s. On the old PC, I was using this Microsoft MusicMatch Jukebox thing, which I got, like, three-years ago... However, that was one of the things I forgot to save onto my CD-RW, before the PC was wiped.
Is it still worth me downloading that one again, or are there some even better ones I can get my hands on? - once again, they must be FOR FREE.
I'll probably think up some other things I'd like advice on after I've posted this, but I'd be grateful for any help on what I've mentioned just now.
Oh. And before I forget, how do you get around the problem of using headphones on your PC when the sound comes out through the monitor?
Connecting 'old' speakers into the PC itself and then diverting the output to there, or something?
There's a heaphone/micrphone jack-thing on the front of my PC now - yet, that doesn't seem to work (and the bloke who installed it all legged it with the boxes and manuals - GIT! :P )
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