I have an old HP DV7 that often won't play rental dvds. Will changing to this driver solve this?
944822
It certainly has a high probability of fixing the issue. In many cases rentals are in worse shape than your own and if your DVD ROM has a weak laser it may not read the DVD. On another note if replacing the ROM does not fix the problem its likely that its being caused by a software issue like a lake of a video or audio codec or a corrupted video player. If that's the case you should be able to get it fixed at minimal cost.
944823
As long as you mean the physical "drive" and not the software driver, the answer is yes. I have played commercial DVDs using this drive that I retrofit into a Dell small form factor computer as I wanted a LightScribe drive. It if will fit in your computer, it should play DVDs with no problem.
1941380
It worked for mine quite well. Not sure will be working for you or not. My laptop is flat as well which has no DVD drive.
1606104
I know of at least one instance where a Sony DVD Jukebox machine DID play a burned dual-layer disk that wouldn't play on my Toshiba. Probably not much help- could have been a fluke, but it is true.
1472052
Were you able to copy the DVD from the VRDMC5 model? You mentioned using a "duplicator" -- can you specify what that is?
1160684
My Unit never played DVDs from the beginning. Never played DVDs from the box. I thought it was a region code issue but it is not. Then I though it was an Firmware issue so I upgraded from V26 to V29. Still does not play DVDs. I bought it from Amazon LLC directly. If I would have found out this after I purchased the unit, I would have gave Amazon a piece of my mind. But it's too late now as a couple years has gone by. Please learn from my mistake. I bought a VERY EXPENSIVE CD Player (Philips HTS8100/37).
1966267
It did in the beginning and then it just quit playing them. I took it to the Geek Squad and they were unsuccessful in getting it to play DVD's again. Evidently, it has something to do with the Windows 8. They told me that I could buy a Video Media Center from Microsoft to resolve the problem but since they were not able to install a "Free" Video Media Center, I declined their offer.
1295781
it depends on the OS (Operating System) you are using and the version of it, but a solid solution for any OS it's download and install VLC player, if this does not fix the problem, try the DVD+/-RW USB External Drive on another computer and see what happen.
1764878
I had that issue and converted the movie to mp4 with db converter and fixed the problem but from changing hard drives all the time the usb port broke off I am having issues with a different brand as well so they are not very hardy is what I have found was thinking of trying the chrome cast but that's later tired of these devises braking and don't want to power the tv and the computer to watch movies.
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I think it will work with the right drivers, but I got rid of mine years ago as it failed after three weeks, then sent it in under warranty and received refurbished unit which did not work at all. Opened up unit and it was made from recycled tin plate PURE JUNK, threw it into the recycle bin and gave up on the Zip Drive system and went to hard drives, more reliable. Fred
1753499
Does it recognize the DVD if it does it could be a program issue. Also I would check the drivers to see of everything was installed.
559348
I had the same issue. Contacted the seller and they were not helpful at all. If you are able to find the driver, let me know so I can use my equipment.
1721257
Depending on your disk drive (it has to be rated for Blue Ray) able to play . You need proper drivers for what windows system you are using. I have a E6500 in my system and I have a DVD recorder and with no problems.
416506
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.
1466084
I have Windows 7 and it appears it would work if the actual disc drive worked. My laptop did recognize the device, the drive itself was defective.
1224862
I had a similar problem with Amazon DVE-R 100 pile I bought.....Think it was just an abberation...but have been carefully buying only DVD+R ever since......also since found they worked as CDs...perhaps just abeled wrong.
1414678
Make sure your pc/laptop is identify. I have window 8 and also had partial the dvd was not function correctly and that i found to do extra steps to get it to final function fully. Here is the website that help on does extra steps http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03370738&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en#N167 hopefully help you out.
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I bought a Sony DVPFX980 9-Inch Screen DVD Portable on 8-28-13 and it won't play cd's or dvd's.