External DVD driver

Garlinge · 2021-11-07 15:11:45

We have a lot of DVDs around the place that I cannot view on new laptop as no DVD drive. Any advice on buying an external drive? Also I would like to stitch together a lot of mini videos that are presently on Whatsapp ( have web version) so could I have a DVD writer feature as well to store these on? or should I use some…

07-11-2021 03:11PM

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Garlinge

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We have a lot of DVDs around the place that I cannot view on new laptop as no DVD drive. Any advice on buying an external drive? Also I would like to stitch together a lot of mini videos that are presently on Whatsapp ( have web version) so could I have a DVD writer feature as well to store these on? or should I use some other program. I am travelling a fair bit with laptop so would be handy to take a bit of a box set to watch when offline eg on plane.

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#2 07-11-2021 06:18PM

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Literally any one will do. They're cheap as chips. I use an old internal one from a previous laptop. You just need a sata to usb connector.

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#3 07-11-2021 06:24PM

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Here's one in Argos for €28, will do all you need...
https://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/8240398/Trail/searchtext%3EDVD.htm

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