HD DVD Player for the Mac.

Okay.
I got this beautiful 30 inch HD Cinema Display.
A Power Mac Dual 2.5Ghz PP G5.
and i cant play HD DVD's in my dvd drive.
Anyone know of an upgraded DVD Drive.
A 5.25" HD DVD Drive for a Computer.
Do they make it yet?
There producing HD DVD so why isnt there a computer dvd drive that handles it.

Your Mac DVD drive won't play HD-DVD for the same reason your old DVD player won't play HD-DVD. Its a different format.
Logic suggests that as time goes on, HD-DVD drives might become more widely available for computers but as Apple has already signed on to the Blu-Ray format, its hard to know if HD-DVD will be supported on Mac in the future.

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All laptop drives are a standard size and any SATA Blu-ray drive will fit. Remove the rear mount and bezel from you old one and mount it on the new one.
Here is a thread where the guy has done the same thing, Huffer has provided a video. It talks about a Dell and it's a little long, but it does eventually get to the part where the front bezel's are change out.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/Remove-black-silver-bezel-from-optical-drive/td-p/605...
This is one from e-bay that will work.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-Blu-ray-BD-ROM-8x-DVD-RW-Laptop-SATA-Drive-New-/370491248810?pt=PCC_Driv...
It has been reported that the Sony Blu-ray drives are giving problems, but after reading some of these threads, it sounds more like a software problem.
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I would recommend to buy some third party software form ArcSoft or Cyberlink. Keep in mind that Cyberlink makes the software for HP, so if you have problems with MS DVD then they may occur with Cyberlink. You can always use their trial first.
Here is a link to MS DVD, I use this on in my dv8 and it will (should) work in your Dragon.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-87326-1&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&...
Save it to the desk top and install it from there, not from a temporary folder. If you are using Commodo Fire Wall and/or AVG anti virus software, these have to be disabled before downloading and installing MS DVD.
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Yes.
You will need Logitec WiFi DVD (device)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Logitec-WiFi-capable-portable-DVD-drive-LDR-PS8WU2BKW-Bl ack-Japan-New-/221500878434?_trksid=p2054897.l4275
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app software, Verify that this software will work with the above device:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/logitec-wifi-dvd/id562206904?mt=8
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LdhaeWIptQ&noredirect=1
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Just to expand on that last post, Its true. There is NO good solution for editing from DVD. First, DVD comcorders generally compress the video poorly, too poorly to edit with. Second, it is encoded using MPG compression which, without Quicktime plugins, wont naturally play outside of the Macs DVD Player. Third, the MPG stream coming from DVD can be very problematic in editing.
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Sure. The DVD is probably an outdated version anyway.
Download the latest Lightroom 5.3 from the Adobe website.
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Some friendly advice.. if you're just after points, or if you actually ask for them, perhaps you're looking at the purpose of these boards incorrectly. The boards are here to help fellow users of Apple products. The points are a nice reward, but they are optional. Mellow out and accept that you won't get points for every answer.
In this specific case, your first response was quite accurate and helpful, but the rest, in my opinion, were incorrect and based on insufficient knowledge of the subject. Additionally, in speculating about future Apple hardware releases, you may have actually breached the terms and conditions of use for these boards.
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Is it possible to set a default music player for the music on my external hard drive while still keeping my iTunes the default player on my Mac ?

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Lao Bo,
yes, you can locate and copy a file from your HD to a USB key using UNIX commands. If you know the exact name of the file which you’re trying to locate, try this:
find / -iname filename -print
This command will search your entire internal disk for the particular filename. If you know that it’s within a particular user account, then you can save search time with this variation:
find /Users/username -iname filename -print
Either variation of this command will print all files found which have the given filename. Presuming that you’re able to identify the correct file, you can copy it to a USB key using the command
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If you’re not sure which volume name your USB key has, this command will show you what the possibilities are:
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Help! dvd won't play in dvd player or on mac!

this is my first imovie creation. it's just a slideshow in imovie, that i've exported to idvd to burn onto a dvd. i have an external dvd burner, so i am saving as a disc image, and burning the file that creates. the problem is, once i burn the disc, the dvd does not work in my dvd player, on my mac, anywhere!
i've never done this before, but i think i have all the settings correct. should i be doing something other than burning that disc image file? many thanks for any answers or help!!!

not on my dvd player
Your player would be considered pre-historic by today's DVD standards. I had a Sony of that age, which I gave to my neighbor. My friend had the same model and some of my DVDs played while others didn't. Seemed it didn't like some brands, like TDK. Since you're new to this, I'll give you the following "blurb" that should help you make some media decisions. You can take your DVD to a store and try it and buy a new player. I'd avoid Toshiba based on my experience with friend's players...
My reliable DVD-Rs have been: Apple 4X (Maxell ID), RiTek 4X; Verbatim 1-8X, RiData 8X, and PioData 8X, all white inkjet printable. The RiData and PioData checked out to be RiTek-made.
Verbatim is reliable and can be found in many stores in the USA. They even make a special grade for medical records.
You can buy the RiTek, RiData, and PioData at:
http://www.shop4tech.com/
Verbatim may be available in your neighborhood Office Depot store, or:
http://www.taperesources.com/
http://www.newegg.com/
Apple brand can be purchased from the Apple online store.
You can check the manufacturer's ID by using DVD Media Inspector: http://homepage.mac.com/raktajino/dvdmediainspector/dvdmediainspector.html
b Here's some discussion about formats: http://www.macintouch.com/dvdproblems5.html#oct03 Be sure to read Joel Lingenfelter's experience
Here's a great site: http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
You could wade through this: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia
From that database: Five brands and who actually manufactures the DVDs:
TDK = TDK, RITEKG04, RICOHJPN, MXL, CMC, MCC
Memorex = CMC, RICOHJPN, PRODISC, INFODISC
Imation = CMC, MCC, Ritek, Prodisc
Sony = MCC 01RG20, Sony04D1, TYG01
Fuji = FUJIFILM02..4X, FUJIFILM03..8X, ProdiscF01..8x, ProdiscS03..4x, PVC001001..2x, RITEKG03..1x, TAIYOYUDEN..2x, TYG01..4x, TYG02..8x
This can result in "mixed" experiences...
My friend used TDK on his Mac and it wouldn't play in his 5 year old Sony DVD player. All of mine play OK in his "antique" Sony. Update: He finally gave up on that antique and bought a Sony DVPNS775V which also plays double-layer DVD+R.

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