On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 19:52:12 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 26.04.14 03:32, Robin Humble wrote: > > mplayer or vlc from an old hdmi laptop is a pretty good low power > > solution IMHO. not as low power as those players, but infinitely more > > flexible. also plenty of gui's if you want them, and cli for those of > > us who don't. > > Replacing my venerable CD-ROM with a DVD drive has moved onto the to-do > list. A quick bit of googling suggests that linux compatibility isn't an > issue, and they'll mostly be SATA. Internal drives seem less advertised, > but not excessively scarce. > > Is it the case that some makes (e.g. LG) read scratched discs better > than others (e.g. ASUS)? The 3:1 price difference between HP and ASUS > doesn't surprise much, since that's usually the cost of the name plate.
Would you like me to bring some DVD drives to the next LUV meeting? I can provide both IDE and SATA. If you'd like to take 5 drives, test them all, and return the ones that don't work so well then that would be fine. I don't have much need for reading scratched discs. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
