What knd of blank dvd's work best with this laptop.
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To be honest with you Jim, I have not done any recording with this laptop yet, not on DVDs. Based on past experience with other computers, I would suggest using a good quality DCD R+ disk. If you are ordering in bulk like we did, check the reviews for the brand carefully. We had one batch of el cheapo blanks that once they were recorded could not be played. I wound up throwing a lot of music away. I've copied few CDs without incident. Good luck with your Gateway. After using this since April, I will never go back to a desktop PC.
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Okay, didn't know that your laptop didn't already have a drive built in that can play DVDs. Anyway, here is what I would try and/or recommend:1. Hook up the external DVD drive to your laptop via an USB port.2. Run an HDMI cable from your laptop to your HDTV.3. Re-direct your laptop display to your HDTV (essentially use your TV as an external monitor).*** Each TV is going to have different settings. On my Samsung I just have to select which HDMI port that I have the HDMI cable plugged into. If thelaptop display doesn't automatically redirect I press FN (function key) and then F8 on my dell laptop. Other laptops are FN (function key) and then F7I believe. Okay, didn't know that your laptop didn't already have a drive built in that can play DVDs. Anyway, here is what I would try and/or recommend:1. Hook up the external DVD drive to your laptop via an USB port.2. Run an HDMI cable from your laptop to your HDTV.3. Re-direct your laptop display to your HDTV (essentially use your TV as an external monitor).*** Each TV is going to have different settings. On my Samsung I just have to select which HDMI port that I have the HDMI cable plugged into. If thelaptop display doesn't automatically redirect I press... » Read More Okay, didn't know that your laptop didn't already have a drive built in that can play DVDs. Anyway, here is what I would try and/or recommend:1. Hook up the external DVD drive to your laptop via an USB port.2. Run an HDMI cable from your laptop to your HDTV.3. Re-direct your laptop display to your HDTV (essentially use your TV as an external monitor).*** Each TV is going to have different settings. On my Samsung I just have to select which HDMI port that I have the HDMI cable plugged into. If thelaptop display doesn't automatically redirect I press FN (function key) and then F8 on my dell laptop. Other laptops are FN (function key) and then F7I believe. « Show Less
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Yes, since this laptop contains "4 x USB 2.0 ports" and the DVD is external via USB it should work fine and the OS will recognize the USB connection and should install proper driver.
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Ye, I also have the Toshib Portable dvd for this, and it works very well! I've used mine many-many times. However...it seems that the Toshiba laptop works best with another Toshibs brand. I bought my Toshiba Portable dvd from amazon!
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It depends, this internal DVD drive has a IDE connector. Make sure you check first your existing DVD drive on you laptop if it has IDE or SATA connector. SATA drive is different.
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It will play DVD's. . .but has no floppy. I bought a plug in floppy which works pretty good. For the price, its a fairly good computer. I bought it for my office data storage. Couldn't be the price. My local Dell refurb shop would have sold it for $ 400+.
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Mine all work great, decent quality. Good workouts. I haven't had any issues with the DVDs working
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Neither, its an ultrabook. It is very thin and portable, so no CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drive. Windows 8 however comes with its own disc mounter, so if you have iso images of discs you can still run them.
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It might be the device or program you are using to burn your DVDs. I've been burning Dual Layer DVDs for several years and I've found Memorex and Ridata to be the best, most dependable blank disks available. My PC has three burners, since not all burners work with all brands of blank disks. My most dependable DVD burner is a Plextor PX-891SAW, followed by a LG WH16NS40 Blu-ray burner. I've only used two software programs; AnyDVD in conjunction with CloneDVD2, both of which are updated from time to time. Hope that helps.
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Mine is ROM. And I had to get a player for my DVD's since Windows 8 wont allow you to view DVD's
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Be careful what DVD blanks you purchase. DVD+Rs that I recorded only played back on this machine. I was about to try DVD-R when the machine seemed to lose its control logic. Now it does not recognize any DVDs as readable or writable. It is not that old and has been flakey for a while.
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No, I use any commercial available CD-R blank discs's without any problems at all. I am cuurently using Memorex 100 disc spindle. I hope that helped.
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any I suppose, up to 16x. If you have a dvd + or - writer included built in to your setup it will most likely print to any blank + or - disk, I hope that helps?!
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Additional USB DVD driver is also available. You could download the software from internet or USB stick, potable hard disk etc....
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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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You must get the one marked "DVD". The slots are too narrow for anything but CDs. Hope this helps.
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DVDRW DL per the acer site here http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model-datasheet/DQ.SQPAA.001 I haven't used it yet though.