DVD/CD 49$ 250 Zip 79$

[bigdoggy]

Check out zones year end clearance, help with link plz

 

[tech405]

Linked

 

[Jamey]

And the other one...

Refurbished Zip 250 - parallel version

 

[Sonic625]

The DVD is 1x and here is the description from the website.
"Creative's PC-DVD Encore Dxr2 is a compelling evolution from its initial PC-DVD
product . It lets users experience full-length movies, enhanced games and the
expansive storage capacity provided by DVD technology. PC-DVD Encore features
breakthrough developments such as DynamicXtended Resolution (Dxr2), and
improved sound and video playback. The Dxr2 decoder board features a picture
enhancement technology that gives PC-DVD Encore smoother, crisper, high-definition
video playback when compared with today's DVD solutions. Additionally, PC-DVD
Encore provides awesome video and audio enabled by MPEG2 compression and
Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio output which delivers a truly immersive cinematic
experience. The appeal of these capabilities extends to multimedia enthusiasts and
power gamers as well as the general consumer."
Thanks,
Sonic625

 

[Rick014]

Excuse my ignorance, but it's listed on the "MAC ZONE", will this work on a "IBM' computer.
If so it's a great find

 

[WindWalker]

Isn't that decoder card a remarked Hollywood?($99.00 or s0 most palces)
If so then 49 is a pretty damn good price for the kit, but a 1x DVD is kinda worthless
might need to pick up one of the faster ones
Still would be coming out ahead

 

[torkd]

with a first generation drive, ie 1x you really wont be able to watch movies on it, so its pretty pointless, you might as well just get a fast cd rom drive...
if its a dxr2, its not a hollywood plus card, thats the dxr3. just wanted to warn people bout this, just in case they were thinking bout it

Matt

 

[JesseKnows]

If you look further down the description, you'll see that it's CD / DVD Speed 20x / 2x Read.

It's second generation, i.e. will read CD-Rs. Never tried CD-R/W. Will play DVD movies with the hardware decoder in the package, and with software decoder if you insist. Zone can be changed by DVDGenie.

Note that there are some claims that the decoder card wouldn't work on an Athlon. If relevant, search on Deja.com for the final word on this.

I've had one for more than 3 years, and it works well. Just not as fast as modern drives (not as loud, either).

JesseKnows

 

[Crucial]

Why wouldn't you be able to play movies on a 1x? Thats the speed movies are played.

 

[Jugernot]

csaddict, exactly what I was thinking! DVDROM drives for PCs were first released for watching movies almost exclusively.

 

[AndrewR]

DVD movies play at 1x so any DVD-ROM can play movies without any trouble regardless of the speed. The speed ratings are data transfer rates, unrelated to movie playing (just as audio CDs play at 1x, and they play the same on a Creative 2x CD-ROM [had one of those a LONG time ago] as they do on a Kenwood 72x).

This isn't a terrific deal as you can usually find OEM 1x and 2x DVDs for about this price, and that decoder is fairly bad from what I remember reading awhile ago. However, if you have an older computer and want to play DVDs on it, it would be a good option.

 

[sirfergy]

actually, it is a 2x DVD drive. It says so in the read speed section.

I have this DVD drive, and it does a good job. It plays all my movies, and the cd-rom performance is ok. It can read CDRWs, better than my stand alone DVD player. Just dont expect to do much digital audio extraction with this drive. It can get up to like 4x i think for that.

The drx2 decoder card is not a hollywood+, that was the drx3. I haven't heard good things about those.

Its the Creative Labs drx2 model. I got it for $40 like 3 years ago at Fry's when they had red tagged it because some guy returned it w/o the drivers or ide cable. They were selling it for $70. Little did they know, there was also a $30 rebate on it. So way back when DVDs were just hitting the scene, i got one for $40.

 

[uncouth]

sirfergy

how do you have this hooked up? Is it possible to connect it directly to an IDE cable instead of routing it through a card? I am out of PCI slots thats why I ask. Any info on this subject will be most appreciated...

 

[noload]

I don't have one hooked up now, but you can use a dvd-rom without a decoder as long as you have a fast enoguh cpu; p2-300mhz or higher; or a video card with built-in hardware decoding a la ATI AGP video.

Decoder cards just help the process along, but if you got the cpu power, you'll be ok (faster cpu = less choppy movie play too)

 

[Mysterie]

Oh I had such bad experience with this setup. I bought a Drx2 Kit over two years ago and never got it working in three different setups of my computer (I was upgrading constantly at that time, P166, AMD K6, and assorted video cards). I detest this kit with a vengence. I think the biggest problem was the decoder card. I could alway run the DVD with a software DVD but never with the decoder card. I only got it working once and only one DVD ever worked with it, Higlander II Renegade Edition. Got boring after a while.

 

[TonDef]

The 2x Creative drive is totally viable for watching movies, DXR2 board or not. For Xmas I built a computerless friend of mine a PC out of spare parts (Celeron 300A, 4GB hard drive, old 2X Creative drive) stuffed into a BookPC case, which runs the 810 chipset and its so-so integrated graphics. Loaded up PowerDVD and it works respectably even with nothing but a Celeron 300 doing the decoding under Win98. The DXR2 board actually isn't that bad either--I used one for about a year on an old P100 box as my primary DVD player w/ S-Video out to my TV and it worked great.

 

[Auric]

Don't forget that precious 2% ebates

If you absotootly do not need the decoder for an old Pentium machine or something the price is only okay. I have seen the decoder sell for $15 but really it is practically scrap. The clincher would be the shipping cost.