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   #22. Posted at 05:15 AM on Aug 9th 2009 Edit   Reply
netdvd
Alternatively, use NetDVD, see http://www.bluelionsoftware.co.uk.

NetDVD allows you to play DVD movies, audio CDs, games and install applications on a netbook, and to burn DVDs. NetDVD adds a virtual DVD drive to your netbook, which connects to a real DVD drive on another computer on your LAN/WLAN.
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   #21. Posted at 05:09 PM on Jul 5th 2009 Edit   Reply
pogsnet
Watching with netbooks with smaller screens? kinda awkward, I rather do it on a Desktop with the booming sound woofer I kinda enjoy the movie better than lagging in netbooks with an audio of a speaker like an increased volume headphone.
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   #19. Posted at 01:24 PM on Jul 2nd 2009 Edit   Reply
Xenolith
Optical media must die... join me.
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#19, I'll join you once FLAC downloads are readily availble for m...  :  MadManOriginal  (#20)  «

   #1. Posted at 05:28 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
eitje
Am I supposed to be impressed by an external DVD drive that's bigger than it needs to be?
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#1, And costs $95  :  BobbinThreadbare  (#2)  «
#1, Yeah and the loss of a USB port, to boot. This could be a wi...  :  ssidbroadcast  (#4)  «
#4, #5, It has a USB hub (though only 2 ports, so you only g...  :  Voldenuit  (#6)  «
#6, Now, if it connected via Bluetooth....  :  titan  (#17)  «
#6, Still no sale. Needs four ports minimum so that multip...  :  ludi  (#18)  «
#1, This is not as bad as some devices in the past... http://www....  :  ClickClick5  (#8)  «

   #9. Posted at 11:00 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
AlphaGeek
Drop the extra HD and put a battery in there instead. You know, one that'll power the DVD player for 4-5 hours to match the netbooks it'll be used with...
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#9, Hey, that's a good idea.  :  eitje  (#12)  «
#9, I'm sorry, but you'll now have to be incarcerated in an insa...  :  titan  (#16)  «

   #10. Posted at 11:39 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
rythex
this is great for the niche market of people that realized they bought an underpowered semi useless toy (netbook) :O yeah I went there
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#10, Clearly, we should all be buying overpriced, heavy, bulky "d...  :  reactorfuel  (#13)  «
#13, How are desktop replacements overpriced? Anyhow, I find t...  :  axeman  (#14)  «
#14, A laptop with a 12" screen is not intended as a DTR. A...  :  titan  (#15)  «

   #7. Posted at 07:00 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
PRIME1
http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/06/29/asus-unleashes-usb-2-0-blu-ray...
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#7, Oh, nice. Here's hoping its priced reasonably....  :  Kurotetsu  (#11)  «

   #5. Posted at 06:20 PM on Jul 1st 2009, Edited at 06:22 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
ludi
Another "feh" here. For this to be useful as a universal docking device (and worth the money they're asking), it needs to include that extra HDD, a USB hub, and Bluetooth. Then the user could connect a mouse, keyboard, backup storage drive, DVD burner, multifunction printer, whatever simply by connecting one USB plug to the target machine.
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   #3. Posted at 05:36 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
Hattig
So it's an external DVD drive ... with a 2.5" hard drive bay, for a lot more than your bog standard external DVD drive.
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