Generally the newer video cards of today will do Decoding with a program
like Cyberlinks Power DVD or with WIN DVD.  You should not have to get a
hardware decoder.  You can download a trial version of PowerDVD from the
web to see if your video card will handle it.  If not, changing video cards
to a higher end card will usually result in obtaining a DVD player software
package with the card.






At 08:58 PM 07/07/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>hi there listers, well this is prob a stupid q? but i had a dvd rom gave
to me its a hitachi,gd2000 is it compatibale with newer pcs or is it now
just a cd player how can i find a decoder for this dvd if it is
possiable,and thank ahead of time for any help given and keep up the good
work !!!!
>jerry the fatboy crider
>
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Thanks,

Joe

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