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For example, the DXR2 from Creative mailorders for $20 and is a DVD decoder for computers that do not have enough horsepower in the main CPU:<br />
<a href="http://www.americas.creative.com/support/manuals/files/DXR2Decode.pdf" rel="ugc">http://www.americas.creative.com/support/manuals/files/DXR2Decode.pdf</a><br />
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But there's no getting around needing a computer to run the computer DVD drive.
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For example, the DXR2 from Creative mailorders for $20 and is a DVD decoder for computers that do not have enough horsepower in the main CPU:
http://www.americas.creative.com/support/manuals/files/DXR2Decode.pdf [http://www.americas.creative.com/support/manuals/files/DXR2Decode.pdf]

But there's no getting around needing a computer to run the computer DVD drive.

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I'd like to be able to take a PC DVD drive and add the minumum hardware needed to make it a portable DVD player.<br />
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So that it could be connected to a TV, for example.<br />
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Cost is a big factor. Thanks for any ideas!<br />
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I'd like to be able to take a PC DVD drive and add the minumum hardware needed to make it a portable DVD player.

So that it could be connected to a TV, for example.

Cost is a big factor. Thanks for any ideas!




How can you mod a PC DVD drive for portable use?

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