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My father is a university lecturer and as such he deals with a lot of video tapes. So he decided to switch to DVDs. He just bought a DVD+R/RW standalone that works fine, but his laptop (not the latest of models) dvd drive can't play them. How would I solve this problem for him? I'm not completely sure if he needs a new dvd drive or just software. Or perhaps an extrenal dvd drive. Any ideas?
Try looking for a firmware update for the laptop's dvd drive. Only update it if it definitely cures that problem as it is possible to muck up the drive.
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kittworld wrote:
> My father is a university lecturer and as such he deals with a lot of
> video tapes. So he decided to switch to DVDs. He just bought a
> DVD+R/RW standalone that works fine, but his laptop (not the latest
> of models) dvd drive can't play them. How would I solve this problem
> for him? I'm not completely sure if he needs a new dvd drive or just
> software. Or perhaps an extrenal dvd drive. Any ideas?
If the drive is quite old it wound be able to play the new DVD formats (DVD+ and DVD-). Depending on the laptop he may need a new Internal drive (around £70-£100), but with may laptops this is not possible due to there intergrated design. In that situation you will need to perchase a external DVD drive (around £100-£200)
I've found an internal one http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?TEA-DV28E that my work, but you will have to investigate this, and an externall one (which requires USB 2)
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?FRE-20029
You may also want to check ebuyer.co.uk
Hope this helps
> My father is a university lecturer and as such he deals with a lot of
> video tapes. So he decided to switch to DVDs. He just bought a
> DVD+R/RW standalone that works fine, but his laptop (not the latest
> of models) dvd drive can't play them. How would I solve this problem
> for him? I'm not completely sure if he needs a new dvd drive or just
> software. Or perhaps an extrenal dvd drive. Any ideas?
If the drive is quite old it wound be able to play the new DVD formats (DVD+ and DVD-). Depending on the laptop he may need a new Internal drive (around £70-£100), but with may laptops this is not possible due to there intergrated design. In that situation you will need to perchase a external DVD drive (around £100-£200)
I've found an internal one http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?TEA-DV28E that my work, but you will have to investigate this, and an externall one (which requires USB 2)
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?FRE-20029
You may also want to check ebuyer.co.uk
Hope this helps
My father is a university lecturer and as such he deals with a lot of video tapes. So he decided to switch to DVDs. He just bought a DVD+R/RW standalone that works fine, but his laptop (not the latest of models) dvd drive can't play them. How would I solve this problem for him? I'm not completely sure if he needs a new dvd drive or just software. Or perhaps an extrenal dvd drive. Any ideas?