Question about adding a DVD player to PC

[Larry_OHF]

I wish I knew what the hell you all were talking about! LOL! Is there a lamen's terms description you could feed us???

[Ziroc]

Originally posted by Larry_OHF: I wish I knew what the hell you all were talking about! LOL! Is there a lamen's terms description you could feed us???

Serial ATA.

[Nachtrafe]

Originally posted by andrewas: Your hardware will be fine for playback, anyone that trys to tell you you need hardware decoder is living in the past.

Not entirely true. [img]smile.gif[/img] Software decoding is fine, provided you have a machine with enough horsepower, but, IMO hardware decoding is still the way to go. Mainly because I like the idea of having two video cards/monitors and watching movies while I work at my puter. [img]smile.gif[/img]

AFA SATA...*needs drool smiley*. I want to go SATA when I upgrade too. I just hope I can afford it. [img]smile.gif[/img] Plus, whatever I get, I'm getting the new round IDE cables...I am SO SICK of all the damn ribbon cables in my case(two HDD/burner/cd).

Anyway...good luck Larry.

[Jorath Calar]

Power DVD is the best dvd software, and it doesn't hijack your extensions...

Oh and by the way, with the dvddrive, your cdrom drive is pretty much redundant so I'd lose it and have a spare bay... [img]smile.gif[/img] just a suggestion... no need to have 3 devices to read cd's... [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Larry_OHF]

I know I don't need three devices, but I thought that maybe it would be better not to run CDs in the DVD so much, to preserve it and not let it get over-used...and the CDRW is the same, plus is reads CDs slower than my CD ROM. I have a 44x CD ROM. I want to buy a 52xCDROM, because a DVD ROM only reads CDs at 42x, don't they?

Anyway, I have four slots for drives, and I think it looks cool to have them filled! I am a toy lover.

[ 09-05-2003, 07:05 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]

[Zero Alpha]

Originally posted by Larry_OHF: I know I don't need three devices, but I thought that maybe it would be better not to run CDs in the DVD so much, to preserve it and not let it get over-used...and the CDRW is the same, plus is reads CDs slower than my CD ROM. I have a 44x CD ROM. I want to buy a 52xCDROM, because a DVD ROM only reads CDs at 42x, don't they? Anyway, I have four slots for drives, and I think it looks cool to have them filled! I am a toy lover.

More devices == less power + less processer time per device. plus if there on the same ribbon cable, old mobo's have trouble. best just to have CD-RW and DVD drive's. honestly if you manage to wear a new one out i will be Very supprised 0.o

[Larry_OHF]

Understood. So...Which one should I play CDs in if I replace my CD ROM with the DVD? The DVD or the CDRW?

[Zuvio]

CDRW: lower speed (generally) = less noise!
The DVD should be used for DVD's only to prolong the life-span of your DVD. Last I heard, DVD-players do not enjoy incredible longevity.

On a side note: Lite-On is a great brand. Got me a nice 22" monitor for about 500 dollars, excellent quality!

[Seraph]

Originally posted by Zero Alpha: please tell me you didnt just say you have a hard drive on the same cable as one or more optical drives [img]graemlins/saywhat.gif[/img] . that is a bad bad idea!

Why is it a bad idea?

It was true a long time ago that the DASP signals would get messed up sometimes with drives from different companies, but I haven't heard of that being an issue in years.

[ 09-06-2003, 06:53 AM: Message edited by: Seraph ]

[Zuvio]

Originally posted by Seraph: quote: Originally posted by Zero Alpha: please tell me you didnt just say you have a hard drive on the same cable as one or more optical drives [img]graemlins/saywhat.gif[/img] . that is a bad bad idea!

Why is it a bad idea? [/QUOTE]I think he means something like data-transfer between those two drives on the same IDE can be horrible. I've experienced some problems similar to that one myself: sometimes games wouldn't install at all because I had my cd-rom and HDD on the same IDE cable.