On 22 March 2016 at 19:59, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 05:13:43PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > On 22 March 2016 at 16:24, Andrew McGlashan < > > andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On 23/03/2016 12:18 AM, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > I own a Samsung BD-C5900 Blu ray/DVD player. > > > > > > I think you will find that the USB port on a DVD player is only for > > > playing content and/or updating the firmware of the player itself. > > > > > > There would be very little chance that it will act as a DVD drive for a > > > computer. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > OK, I will forget about that idea..... I need to get better at > warranty > > registrations, reliability ratings, hardware problem diagnosis and > > maintenance. > > > > There's a reasonable chance that if you attack it with a > screwdriver, you will discover that there is a modern SATA > bluray/DVD drive in there, and you can rip it out and put > it in your computer. > > -dsr- >
Would that drive be one that only read bluray and DVD disks or could it be modified to burn them as well? Regds MF
