How well does the DVD work?
157489
I got the TV for my 78 year old Mother. She has no problems using it and the picture quality is great. She loves that all she has to do is put the disc in the slot.
157490
My DVD player didn't work from day one. I sent it back and waiting on another one.
709321
I didn't find any problems per se. Just have to make sure that you have a direct line to the DVD player.
413655
Yes, your DVD will work fine... though limited in its connections, it is still a great buy. I listed all the info in my review. Nothing new that is not covered there already by myself and the others. The best manner to connect the DVD will be with an HDMI wire ($5 -$10) if the DVD player has such an input. If not perhaps a component video wire ( RED, GREEN, BLUE ) combined with RCA wire for the audio.
1937356
I've had no problems using it. Didn't need the disc that came with it. Windows and linux see it as a burner and work fine for cd's, dvd's, and BD.
1144246
It's worked great on my MacBook and a Toshiba running 8.1 and the developer's preview of 10. If you're trying to boot from the DVD drive, make sure the laptop's bios supports external drives and as Tyler said, if you want to play DVDs, you'll need to download another program. VLC Player works perfectly if you need a 3rd party media player that supports DVDs.
1157851
ive been burning with amazon's basic dvd+r stuff for a while and after a few hundred disks, very few fails.i think my drive is burning up now, is the only problem, but its old and has about 1k burns through it.
669192
It depends on your system. Check your disc information page, or you dvd guide.
697666
On the newer version, that is correct. You can get an external DVD player and plug it into a USB connector and it works perfectly.
144497
In addition to commercial DVDs I have only tried dvd-r which it plays OK. Those are movies copied on my Mac.
1105332
I have not tried DVD movies but the 50GB of data that I have transferred went well. Only limited by the data transfer speed of the computer apparently.
1762225
Thanks for the reply.I assume it's a non-issue, but does it also do a good job of playing Pal DVDs on a PAL TV?
821659
the dvds answer is generally a no (contra to the other answer) except for an occasional foreign film or snlive dvd, or adult entertainment and symphony dvds. sorry
887104
It has no problem in playing DVDs. You can use the software that comes with it or use whatever other compatible software.
1564621
I have had mine for a few months now and I am very happy with it. The remote buttons are a little tricky, but I love being able to watch DVDs from any region.
1319525
Mine is OK. Since I bought I used in two different computers. Played blu-ray, DVD, CD, everything. I had to install a proper software first. I use Cyberlink PowerDVD 13.
887103
Hi, It is very easy to use. Just plug into the USB ports on your laptop and activate/play your DVD (note that this player comes with a double USB port connector, so it is helpful if your computer system has double USB ports side by side, if not, it will be helpful to get a multi-USB port device).
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I found that I kept having to restart the DVD on process until it finally "caught". But eventually it did work. (I had a very primitive DVD player.) Just keep trying and eventually it will play for you.