making a cd-rom into a DVD-rom???

[extreme_gamer]

is it possible to make a cd-rom play DVD's??? i'm not saying to record DVD's, but just play them...

i know my computer also seems to be on crack, but this is a little overboard... in a software program thats on the comp, it says my cd-rom can read DVD... go figure... here's a pic

[sm8000]

No, it's just saying it's either a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. It's a generalized heading for that category. What type of drive it actually is appears on the right, implied by the name of the drive.

I don't think it's possible to change the initial capability of a CD-ROM drive, but I could be wrong. You'd have to make the drive be able to read (decode) video data (and audio simultaneously). I don't know if this is a firmware or hardware issue. I also don't know if a CD-ROM drive can read 4.7GB of data on one disc, but maybe it can.

[Giblet Plus!]

Actually, I heard that it was possible to turn a cd burner into a dvd burner, but it has to be a really high quality burner and you need a lot of know how.

(I just heard this, I don't know if it actually works)

[extreme_gamer]

i dont want to BURN dvd's, i just want to watch them on my computer

[j.m@talk]

Buy a DVD player then you turkey :p

[$1500-P4 gamer]

The density of a dvd is twice a smuch as a cdrom. By that I mean the dots that are engraved in the disc (or stamped if boughten) are twice as close in both directions. Gap and proximity from the cneter. The lens from a normal cdrom cannot and will not be able to read a dvd. Due to the fact that 2 dots look like one and it cant fine tune it at all. Not gonna happen. DVD's are only $40 man. Buy one. A matter of fact they are phasing out standard cdroms fo rthis reason. Price dif. is like $5.00 so who needs em when you can read all the formats with a dvd!?!:D

[RayH]

If you buy a DVD ROM, make sure you get it with software unless you already have some software.

[j.m@talk]

Bought a DVD for £20:00 at local shop recently! (OEM)

Got Win DVD off a freebie disc with a magazine :)

Cool :t

[Ol'Tunzafun]

Do a search on the model #. It is quite possible that it will do both. I have three different drives that will do both. One of them I bought on eBay as a CDROM.

[j.m@talk]

Real Men Have Separates............. :-@

[Ol'Tunzafun]

Watch it j.m., I'll.......... I'll hit you with my purse.:-@

[Bigjakkstaffa]

making a cd-rom into a DVD-rom???

In short... no

--although some older versions of the 4 in 1 drivers see fit to turn my DVD ROM into a CDROM :mad:

As JM says DVD's can be had for very very cheap indeed :D:x

--Jakk:t