Will the supplied softDVD player that comes with the G400 MAX work with SCSI drives?

[Grail]

More specifically, Pioneer 104S(10x SCSI) or Pioneer 303S? I heard that softDVD players like Cinemaster/PowerDVD and such cannot use them. Is this true? If so, which players will work?
Thanks.

[Ghydda]

Hi Grail

My boss has a strictly SCSI configuration, and Matrox SoftDVD Player works fine. But he does not use a Pioneer DVD drive though. I think it's a Phillips.

Myself, I use WinDVD along with the Pioneer 303S drive, and I never had any troubles with this configuration.

Just my two cents

Ghydda

[Maggi]

no fear ...

The DVD 303S rocks with that CineMaster player that came with my G400 !



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[Grail]

Woohoo!
I am trying to get the 303S(no region code, hate North American versions of foreign films. IE, dubbing) but might end up with a 104S. Thank you soo much guys and gals.

P.S. If I do end up with the 104S, would I be able to use DVD Genie(or something similar) to change the regions(and more than 5 times)? Thanks.

[xortam]

I've been using the Pioneer 303S for several months now without any problem. I do like the convenience of the slot access. The drive is a bit "clackety" but this may be normal as I haven't heard other DVD drives operate. I've yet to try digital audio as I'm still debating over how extravagant I should get regarding an AC-3 decoder.

I wasn't aware that there was a 10x SCSI DVD available until I saw your post. Pioneer's web site show's this unit as a "future" model. Is it shipping? Is it a slot drive? I noticed they added CD-Text support on the 104S.

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[rickn]

grail: toshiba makes good dvd drives, and the 1212 is regionless. I have that unit, it is really nice, and very quiet. I picked mine up from buy.com for $58

[This message has been edited by rickn (edited 13 December 1999).]