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Is there a cheap external DVD player only
Cannot seem to fix The hitachi DVD player on my E310 dimension/XP windows/media player 10 and had 11. Have tried everything. You can hear the dvd player spinning trying to find the directory but thats all it does. Have done everything and nothing works.So I'm thinking of getting a cheap DVD external player only to watch DVD movies. Any ideas? Plus I wonder if that will work?
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DJ5354:
Ok, let me make one suggestion that might provide immediate help. Try the VLC Media Player (link in my signature). If this is a decoder issue, then that might fix it. If it's a drive issue, then you need to work through the troubleshooting steps.
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You're throwing good money after bad unless you first diagnose the problem. In other words, if this is a software issue, adding an external drive is only going to result in your having two drives that don't play DVDs.
Please work through these standard troubleshooting steps, including the Dell diagnostics on your drive. When you post back with the results, I need to know what model your DVD drive is.
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You might want to try the firmware update for that drive.
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For internal drives, I recommendyou shop Newegg, but for external drives, you should shop Newegg! :)
You are not likely to find an external DVD drive that is not also a burner. I'm very sour on generic junk like Memorex and IO Magic.
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