movies on Asus Eee PC 1000 - Linux version I'm considering buying a netbook and have been looking at the Asus EEE PC 1000 - Linux version. I have two questions:1) How do I play DVD movies on this machine if it has no optical drive?2) Has Asus fixed the reported problems with updating software? movies on Asus Eee PC 1000 - Linux version I'm considering buying a netbook and have been looking at the Asus EEE PC 1000 - Linux version. I have two questions:1) How do I play DVD movies... » Read More movies on Asus Eee PC 1000 - Linux version I'm considering buying a netbook and have been looking at the Asus EEE PC 1000 - Linux version. I have two questions:1) How do I play DVD movies on this machine if it has no optical drive?2) Has Asus fixed the reported problems with updating software? « Show Less
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you don't have to use an external DVD drive - sheesh! use Handbrake to convert or download an .avi/mp4 version of your movie and watch it via streaming network feed, off a USB thumbdrive, off your SSD, or off an SDHC
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If you have access to a desktop with a dvd drive rip it on that desktop and copy the dvd to a flash drive. Once that's done, transfer it from the flash drive to the Asus Eee.
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1) You must use an external DVD drive. There are many on the market including some portable USB-powered ones.2) Yes.I hope this helps you in making your decision.
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I ended up ordering a System76 Starling netbook that is pre-loaded with Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 and also has the option to order an external USB optical drive with it. I assume that System76 will make sure that all the needed drivers are there and that the thing will work "out of the box." I haven't received the thing yet. I do know that USB thumb drives that I bought for my Windows PC worked with no problem on an old Toshiba laptop that I had installed Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn) on. So my guess is that if the device is connected via USB, you won't have a problem.
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Thanks. I am assuming from all these answers that the Eee PC processor (Atom N270 or N280) is beefy enough to show the video without jerkiness or other problems?
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Does the DVD drive need to be formatted specifically for Linux? The ones I have seen say they will for Windows, but I don't see anything about them working with Linux.
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External DVD drives will work with Linux right out of the box (as will external hard drives, by the way).
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I've been using it since February without any complaints, but it would be even better if it would be possible to use linux instead of Windows 8.1. Unfortunatly Asus does not provide any support to linux.
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Netbooks lack an optical drive, requiring you to download software from the net. This lack of CD/DVD drive facilitates a smaller size.
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That model has no optical drive.Take a look: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/704086-REG/Acer_LX_PTC02_087_Aspire_TimelineX_AS3820T_5246_13_3_.html#specificationsI am also considering getting this model.How does Acer compare with others in build, reliability, customer service,...?
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There is no CD/DVD drive on Asus Vivobook. I bought extrenal blu-ray drive to connect Asus Vivobook. Thanks.
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Zhi:Thanks for all your great explanations.Maybe S.Pachella knows how to put both the pc and netbook on the same network, but I don't. Could you explain? Linking a pc w/DVD to the netbook seems like such a perfect approach. Thx.Gayle
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Copy the software from the CD to a flash drive and the plug the flash drive into the ASUS and youre good to go. Works for me. I also purchase a little slim CD/DVD burner on ebay for about 46 bux. it plugs into two of the usb points, one for data and one for power. It's about 1/2" thick and just a little bigger the a CD.
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Help! I am still having problems with ASUS EEE PC 1015PX-MU17-WT Netbook with a LinkStyle LK-219413 YPbPr Component to VGA Video Audio Converter. I have tested the other settings. I know the Roku box is going through the HDMI connection and my DVD player is happily going through YPbPr 1, so I should be seeing the netbook on YPbPr 2. Bright blue... no signal. What do you mean by increasing the video quality to the best the TV can use? With Windows 7 on the netbook I don't seem to have as much control... I am not able to mooch about a device manager. The options under "Appearance" are all pretty lame. How do I increase video quality? Thanks in advance for your help. --Karen Help! I am still having problems with ASUS EEE PC 1015PX-MU17-WT Netbook with a LinkStyle LK-219413 YPbPr Component to VGA Video Audio Converter. I have tested the other settings. I know the Roku box is going through the HDMI connection and my DVD player is happily going through YPbPr 1, so I should be seeing the netbook on YPbPr 2. Bright blue... no signal. What do you mean by increasing the video quality to the best the TV can use? With Windows 7 on the netbook I don't seem to have as much control... I am not able to mooch about a device manager. The options under "Appearance"... » Read More Help! I am still having problems with ASUS EEE PC 1015PX-MU17-WT Netbook with a LinkStyle LK-219413 YPbPr Component to VGA Video Audio Converter. I have tested the other settings. I know the Roku box is going through the HDMI connection and my DVD player is happily going through YPbPr 1, so I should be seeing the netbook on YPbPr 2. Bright blue... no signal. What do you mean by increasing the video quality to the best the TV can use? With Windows 7 on the netbook I don't seem to have as much control... I am not able to mooch about a device manager. The options under "Appearance" are all pretty lame. How do I increase video quality? Thanks in advance for your help. --Karen « Show Less
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Cannot respond to the video card question but it is a fairly fast responsive laptop. It does not, however, come with a full version of office, it is a trial version. I have had to use add ins to modify windows 8 to make it more usable. There is no DVD/CD, you need an external. Only two USB, and they are close together, I need a USB extender for some plugs. Find I am accidentally hitting keys that do strange things, continually disturbing. Otherwise good solid laptop.
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actually the DVD works very well now with the netbook I have. I should update my last comments..soon - the window XP model was from a few years back 1005HA. But I don't see why this hardward is not working with the new one. There is a support number sticker on the netbook bottom. You can call just double check and will send if you don't have it.
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Yes, all the drivers on the disc (and ones that you download from the ASUS website) are usable across windows versions. However, the best option is to download the newest drivers directly from the ASUS website and not from the disk (download on a different computer and transfer via USB), as the newest and most update drivers will always be better in terms of stability and performance.However, if you do not have another computer to download the drivers to, then install ONLY the network drivers onto the computer, download all of the newest drivers from the ASUS website, and then update the network drivers you installed from the CD. Yes, all the drivers on the disc (and ones that you download from the ASUS website) are usable across windows versions. However, the best option is to download the newest drivers directly from the ASUS website and not from the disk (download on a different computer and transfer via USB), as the newest and most update drivers will always be better in terms of stability and performance.However, if you do not have another computer to download the drivers to, then install ONLY the network drivers onto the computer, download all of the newest drivers from the ASUS website, and then... » Read More Yes, all the drivers on the disc (and ones that you download from the ASUS website) are usable across windows versions. However, the best option is to download the newest drivers directly from the ASUS website and not from the disk (download on a different computer and transfer via USB), as the newest and most update drivers will always be better in terms of stability and performance.However, if you do not have another computer to download the drivers to, then install ONLY the network drivers onto the computer, download all of the newest drivers from the ASUS website, and then update the network drivers you installed from the CD. « Show Less
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I purchased the EeePC withthe 4 GBhD with Windows XP installed. I found that the combination of the automatic Windows updates and Antivirus updates rapidly filled the 4GB HD and now the system doesn't operate well despite the fact that i have not installed any program on the HD.No one seems to have an answer at ASUS except turn off the updates. I am not happy with the situation, faced with a hard drive upgrade.Wayne
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Usually you used a usb flash for installing anything you need, you can create an image (.iso) of any disk you had with programs such as nero, daemon tools, alcohol,etc. The eee 1000h has suport for wifi b/g/n, so you dont had to worry about installing anything, in the worst case you should probably had to download drivers from the web, the idea of this little laptops is mobility, not compare with a regular laptop with a cd/dvd drive, if you want a fully loaded laptop and you dont care about size and weight you should see others options, just check the bestselling laptops.
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I started a discussion on another string about this topic. Best Buy's is a UL50AG-RBBBK05. Boes BBB stand for Best Buy? Anyway, Cnet reviewed this model and liked it except for its speed, which strikes me as geek-head complaint. As the last poster said, the RBBBK has a DVD/CD drive, which is essential, and is a very nice machine, but too large for me. Does anybody know if ASUS makes the exact same machine with all the same specs but just in a smaller (13.3) size, WITH CD/DVD drive? Sony has one, but way more expensive and no HDMI. Advice?
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I don't think it is the drive that plays the movie. The drive only reads the data on the DVD. It is the software on the PC that converts the DVD data to "play" the movie. I connected this drive to my desktop that already has a DVD drive I watch movies on. The movie played fine on the Samsung drive. However, I connected the drive to my Samsung NC10 netbook, no movie played. I then downloaded the free open source VLC media player from www.videolan.org to the netbook. VLC plays DVD movies on the netbook fine. No need to pay extra for player software. (Short Answer: The Samsung external DVD drive will play movies fine as long as you have DVD playing software on your PC.)
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You should not be using a dvd. Turn off your computer, plug int the device and turn it back on. The computer immediately found the device. We have used this in Fedora, Chapieau, elementary and edubuntu and all worked fine. Try that and see if that will work.
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I ordered the Acer Aspire with "Linpus Linux" and am returning it. It just will not load a proper operating system. I would definitely avoid that particular Acer. Actually I am so fed up that I would avoid any ACER myself at this point. I will try the USAS with Linux Ubuntu already loaded on it. I have already worked with LINUX on another computer and it is great and not that difficult to learn. Definitely no worse than Windows (none of the exasperating features of Windows, no viruses, etc.), and it uses FIREFOX for the net.