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You'll need a program like WinDVD or PowerDVD to get your player to display
the movies.  However, I don't think there are too many folk who'd watch a
DVD on their computer, rather than on their regular TV set.

I may be wrong here, but I think a typical Computer\DVD user would be
someone like a young person, whose sole 'domain' is their bedroom, and who
likes to do their own thing.

Stand-alone DVD players are pretty cheap.  If you're lucky, you might be
able to find a DVD player with macrovision disabled, and no regional zone
coding.

The only requirement to use a stand-alone DVD player with TV is that you
can't plug the player into a piggy-backed VCR, which is probably the way
most folk have their viewing system set up, it has to go direct to the TV
set.  Unless, as I said above, you can find a model with no macrovision
scrambling.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Demetri Kolokotronis" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:37 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] DVD Movies


> I have a DVD player on my computer. What do I need to watch DVD movies on
> my computer? Would I be better off watching movies getting a DVD player
> for my TV? If so, are there requirements for the TV to play DVD movies?
>
> Demetri Kolokotronis

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