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neilmcca
9 Jun 2002, 07:11 PM
Hello,
I will be buying a DVD- player for my p.c. shortly, and being new to this game, i thought i'd pick some brains first.
I'd basically like to take a dvd and re-record it as a vcd,
I'm not sure what i need for this, maybe all region if it is a region 1 film, but do i need to remove macrovision ?
What are the most popular brands of dvd player ?-or is there any in particular i should avoid !
Thanks,
neil.
jimfiel57
25 Jun 2002, 01:43 AM
I have got a really cheap one from Dixons it was going very cheap £90, it is a matsui 110, yes not very good but it does the job and there is also a hack to make it region free. Oh you meant for your PC, I have a AOPEN cheap one which cost me £70 2 years ago.
STFUproductions
19 Jul 2002, 07:29 PM
Just a tip for if you plan on watching a lot of DVDs on your computer, you should get a mpeg-2 card to go with your dvd player if you have a free pci slot because playing dvds through a mpeg-2 card is many times better than using a software dvd player like windvd
Val_Parthen
1 Aug 2002, 02:49 PM
I was looking for a DVD solution for my system a little while ago and I ended up buying the Creative Labs DVD-Encore kit. It was about $250 ($200? I don't remember) about a year and a half ago and it's been perfect!

It comes with a 12x DVD/CD drive and the dxr3 decoder card. This kit was the easiest thing I've EVER installed in a PC.

Now for the fun things you can do with this kit. :)

the dxr3 card is nothing more than a SigmaDesigns Hollywood Plus card, repackaged by Creative. In Windows 2000, Creative doesn't have recent drivers, but the H+ drivers work like a charm. There are also some programs you can find that allow you to extend the usability of this kit - there's a region changer (so you can watch any region with it). There's also a program called HH+ that allows you to output DivX files through the dxr3 card. The TV quality of this kit is some of the best DVD quality I've ever seen on a TV. The PC monitor quality is good, but if you run a program like PowerDVD, you'll be pretty happy. :)

Hope this helps!