I decided to return the item to eBay.
I shall probably buy a mains-powered DVD reader to display DVDs on a stand-alone desktop monitor. Such devices will have an audio output for my hifi.
This doesn't solve all my problems, of course, as I can't "rip" CDs for backup storage.
I would be interested to hear from Members who can run an external DVD reader/writer with a laptop, with details of which DVD reader and OS and any special settings that had to be made.
My thanks to Mad Penguin and Gra...
I decided to return the item to eBay. I shall probably buy a mains-powered DVD reader to display DVDs on a stand-alone desktop monitor. Such devices will have an audio output for my hifi.
This doesn't solve all my problems, of course, as I can't "rip" CDs for backup storage.
I would be interested to hear from Members who can run an external DVD reader/writer with a laptop, with details of which DVD reader and OS and any special settings that had to be made.
My thanks to Mad Penguin and Gra...
I shall probably buy a mains-powered DVD reader to display DVDs on a stand-alone desktop monitor. Such devices will have an audio output for my hifi.
This doesn't solve all my problems, of course, as I can't "rip" CDs for backup storage.
I would be interested to hear from Members who can run an external DVD reader/writer with a laptop, with details of which DVD reader and OS and any special settings that had to be made.
My thanks to Mad Penguin and Gra...
