Re: DVD on Clamshell 300

2004-12-15 Thread Jim Dynes
Combo drives will read DVDs. Just pop it in. Jim On Dec 15, 2004, at 6:56 PM, Ben Coplin wrote: Hello. Is there any way I can get my Clamshell ibook 300 w/ combo drive(dvd/cd-rw) to read dvd's? How would I go about doing that? Thanks. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: DVD on Clamshell 300

2004-12-15 Thread Ben Coplin
I know. But Clamshell does not support dvd reading / playing. The only one that does is the ibook SE 466mhz. ~Ben~ On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, at 09:37 PM, Jim Dynes wrote: Combo drives will read DVDs. Just pop it in. Jim On Dec 15, 2004, at 6:56 PM, Ben Coplin wrote: Hello. Is there any

Re: DVD on Clamshell 300

2004-12-15 Thread Katherine Zysk
I know. But Clamshell does not support dvd reading / playing. The only one that does is the ibook SE 466mhz. ~Ben~ On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, at 09:37 PM, Jim Dynes wrote: Combo drives will read DVDs. Just pop it in. I have a clamshell and it does play DVD's -- -- G-Books is

Re: DVD on Clamshell 300

2004-12-15 Thread Ben Coplin
Do you have a clamshell SE (graphite)? Mine is a Blueberry 300mhz, which will not play DVD's. On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, at 10:12 PM, Katherine Zysk wrote: I know. But Clamshell does not support dvd reading / playing. The only one that does is the ibook SE 466mhz. ~Ben~ On Wednesday,

Re: DVD on Clamshell 300

2004-12-15 Thread Ben Dyer
You should be able to read DVDs, but you won't be able to play them. A 300MHz G3 is simply not fast enough to decode the DVD video. Older PBG3s either had decoder circuitry on the logic board, or supported DVD decoder PC cards. The iBook has neither capability, so there's nothing you can do.

DVD on Clamshell 300

2004-12-15 Thread Ben Coplin
Hello. Is there any way I can get my Clamshell ibook 300 w/ combo drive(dvd/cd-rw) to read dvd's? How would I go about doing that? Thanks. ~Ben~ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Re: DVD on Clamshell 300

2004-12-15 Thread Katherine Zysk
Yes, but I was responding to Clamshell does not support dvd reading and it should be some do not. It depends if the correct drive is installed. If he has a DVD drive, then he should be able to put in a DVD and then depending if auto play is on or not, watch the DVD or launch the DVD player and