Hello,
You better try shopping somewhere else. I have a CD ROM/DVD drive, it is
all one unit. It is the software that makes the difference. I have both
CD ROM and DVD software. I also think it has to be a certain kind of drive
that can handle both.
Hope this helps,
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "jfw mailinglist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 11:16 AM
Subject: DVD AND JFW
> Hello.
> I am thinking of buying a better CD ROM as my old panasonic drive won't
> allow me to install my driver for my new soundcard.
> I am also thinking about having DVD.
> I went to PC World with my sister to look at CD ROM and DVD drives.
> Dad thought that CD ROM drives were now called DVD drives and that they
> would handle both software on CD ROM and movies but someone at the store
> said that I would have to buy both a CD ROM drive and a DVD drive.
> I presume that apart from video format, DVD players work the same way in
> both US and the UK.
> The things I would like to know are do you plug the DVD drive into the CD
> ROM drive, can both units be installed internally and if you have an
> external speech synthesiser like I use at the moment until I get my sound
> software sorted, will this affect me installing a DVD drive?
> These questions might have to be answered off this list but one question
> which people on this list might be able to help me with is for example say
> I bought a DVD drive and sucessfully installed it and bought "evil dead 2"
> which happens to be one of the movies on DVD which I might get as I am a
> fan of horror movies, are the players controled from the computer itself
or
> using push buttons or whatever on the DVD player itself?
> If computer controled, would the controls be JFW friendly?
> If DVD players are different to operate, could anyone suggest one which
> would work well with JFW?
> I would be grateful for any advice you could give me.
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