[ILUG] recommendation for a multi-region DVD player

[Steven Kavanagh]

I stand corrected then as I've never seen one in my experience nor heard of
one. Powering an optical device using 5v of power is quite the achievement.

However I still feel that your needs are too specific and that you may need
to broaden them somewhat. An external drive could always be modified to be
powered by a few USB ports if you're any good with a soldering iron but
again as stated previously not all USB ports are powered equally.

Good luck in your search!

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Niall Walsh <niallwalsh at users.berlios.de>wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 8:46 PM, John P. Looney wrote:
>
>   Hey, I'm looking to replace my DVD player, and I may as well get a
>> multi-region one.
>>
>
> Zero idea about the implications of region coding and it's possibly illegal
> to even speculate on them.
>
> Anyone have any references on the issue that provide insights or
> clarification as to how to expect this issue to be interpreted in an Irish
> court?
>
>  It's for hooking up to a popcorn-hour box, which has a
>> pretty..conservative kernel (2.6.15), so something that doesn't need power
>> other than from USB, and doesn't needs exotic drivers is a big plus.
>>
>
> I don't know of any usb cd/dvd drives that need "exotic drivers".
>
> Quoting Steven Kavanagh:
>
>> You'd be hard pressed to find an optical drive that can be powered by USB
>> alone.
>>
>
> LG External Super Multi DVD Rewriter GSA-E50N
>
> It is over a year old (mine was manufactured August 2007) so that model is
> no doubt out of production now.
>
> I've only ever powered it from a single USB port and have burnt CDs and
> DVDs like that without any problems.   On my eee 701 not all usb ports are
> powered equally and the drive only works on the "full powered" ones so the
> host device could be an issue.   The drive does have a dedicated power
> connector but I don't think it even came with a suitable cable to actually
> use it.
>
> Niall
>
>
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