How can I use my laptop as a DVD player?
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If there is already a built in DVD drive, you only need an appropiate Player to play DVDs. I would suggest the Real Player, you can get it for free from http://www.real.com\n\nYou can see what type of CD/DVD you have. Right click on My Computer / Properties / Hardware / Device Manager / click on the + sign beside DVD/CD-Rom Drive and it will show up.
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I suggest you use a CD for that - it'll work on most dvd players.  DVDs are really made for video and audio together and most commercial DVD players will not play Audio DVDs, however the program you have with your DVD burner should have the capability to create them, its just a matter of trying them on your DVD player to find out if they work.
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yes, but your computer must have a DVD driver
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The DVD player's video output would normally be an RCA port.  If your monitor also has an RCA port, then all you need is an RCA cable.  You will need speakers too, unless your DVD players has builtin ones.
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To see and use files on the dvd drive, u need to to share the drive as has been described by others before me.\n\nTo watch DVD movies..u need to download the microsoft movie maker. Then make the pc with the dvd drive a video stream server using the moviemaker and connect to it with windows media player from your new pc.
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Buy a Go video VCR/DVD-R component combo. It's easy to use.
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not possible, a dvd burner is hardware, you have to buy them
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You can try running your DVD player's or computer's video out socket through a Video in socket on your VCR, then playing your DVD and recording it with your VCR. I haven't tried this before but it sounds logical.
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You answered your own question you said CD drive, it is not a DVD drive therefore cannot play DVDs\n\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827136088
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Clone DVD works very well.\nI use it.
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Try this free avi player\nhttp://www.npssoftware.com/\ncalled All-in-One DVD Player
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Or use ConvertXtoDVD. Good program for converting anything (AVI, MPG, WMV, etc.) to DVD format.
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I would think you should be able to "rip" it to an MPEG file and then build a DVD using that MPEG file...\n\nThere are free and shareware programs available online to do that and other things...\n\nEnder
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Your computer will come with the required software. That will be the easy way. Alternatively, you can download/buy DVD burning software. Nero is a good one
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1. Download Cucusoft AVI/MPEG/MOV/RM to DVD Converter here: http://www.burner-software.com/AVI-to-DVD-Converter/MPEG-AVI-to-DVD-VCD-Converter.html\n\n2. Select "to DVD" or "to VCD"\n\n3. Insert blank media\n\n4. Click convert
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DVD is a different format with respect to CD RW. If your hardware supports only CDs for reading and burning, then there's no possibility of it reading the DVD. As you mentioned that you have a laptop, I guess it should be a DVD combo, i.e. DVD read only and CD Read/Write support, because that is the standard in laptops. I rarely have known a laptop model which has a CDRW drive, excepting if it is older than 2 years. You can check the DVD logo on the side of your drive. \n\nIn case it is a cdrw and you need to play a dvd, you need a computer with dvd drive on your network neibourhood. Just share the DVD drive on that computer, and you can access the DVD drive as your own drive. Best of luck on the experiment.
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ON DVD player/drive u can if u have one installed on your computer