[ILUG] [A bit OT] DVD Drives

[Philip Trickett]

I had difficulty getting a DVD drive, and ended up with a 6 speed job, which
whines every now and then. (But hey, I can watch Jackie Chan movies with all
the cut scenes now!!)

Try the DCB group, they distribute for Inmac here in Ireland, and their
prices don't seem too bad:
http://www.dcbgroup.com/
(Phone 01 276 9017)

Phil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie]On Behalf Of Noel
> Carroll
> Sent: 25 May 2000 15:10
> To: 'ilug at linux.ie'
> Subject: [ILUG] [A bit OT] DVD Drives
>
>
> Looking at PCPlus this month, I think its about time I went to my
> local shop
> and came home with a DVD drive under my arm.   They have SuSE 64 [note the
> linux content there ;-)] and Borland C++ builder 4 Pro.   Anyway, what is
> the best price / average price people have seen for a decent
> speed drive and
> where was that?  I did hear from somebody in IT Direct lately
> that there was
> a shortage of drives due to the PS 2 and that the prices had gone up.   Is
> this still true, or indeed was it ever true?   I'm not going to run the
> gauntlet of paying through the nose  by getting it from the UK due to our
> wonderful Punt value right now either.   I'd get the decoder card
> too if it
> wasn't that much extra but I've a dedicated player for video disks so I'm
> not pushed as its mainly for data I want this.  Now to further enhance the
> eligability of this post with some Linux content.... has anyone had any
> issues with any of their disks / decoder cards when running with
> Linux?  You
> know, things like driver issues or stuff like that.
>
> TIA,
> Noel
>
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