IBook Tangarine with a cd/DVD combo drive.

Hi,
I've recently see on the UK Ebay site a Tangarine iBook, where the seller has upgraded it somewhat and put in a CD/DVD combo drive. (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8802810218&sspagename=ADME% 3AL%3ARTQ%3AUK%3A1&rd=1)
I contacted the guy to ask him what the make and model of the drive was and he told me it was a Toshiba SD-C2502 drive. He said that you need to use F12 to open it and hasn't mentioned if it has suffered from any cosmetic damage.
I have a Blueberry iBook and I'm interested in upgrading it to have a cd/DVD combo to watch DVDs on. I've previously put in a 60Gb hard drive using the wonderful instructions recommended by users her from PBFixit.
Is this feasible and has anyone done that before? If so can you tell me whether it's wrth the effort?

Hi ScoringSkins -
It is possible to install a DVD drive in your clamshell. However, there have been reported problems with using Apple's DVD Player (in OS X) to view the DVD's because it requires the Rage128 or later graphics chip. There are other players that will do the job.
Check out the drive database on the site www.xlr8yourmac.com for drive compatibilities and optional DVD players.

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