Re: [tlug] External DVD drive

["Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley@example.com>]

On 2013-01-08 at 18:32:00, Darren Cook wrote:
>The DVD drive in my notebook is broken, so I was going to buy an
>external one (*). Any recommendations or things to watch out for?

Does the external one need to be portable? Others have mentioned power 
requirements and power draw through the USB ports. I have an external 
drive, but i only use it at home. So i bought a 5 1/4" enclosure and put 
an internal DVD drive in it. The enclosure has its own power supply so 
doesn't use USB for power. If you need to take your drive with you, my 
solution won't work though; the enclosure is almost as big as a laptop! 
One advantage to this idea though is that it might be easier to find a 
region-free drive in the internal 5 1/4" form factor.

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