Simple USB or HDMI DVD Player ...

ad · Post by ad » Thu Jun 29, 2017 14:26

for the T4 recorders. Presently using the old S1 DVD player but would like something smaller and removable for the T4 when not in use.

Is there such a DVD player?

Cheers, ad

MrQuade · Post by **MrQuade** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 14:48

There is some discussion on that already in the hardware forum here.

In short, the T4 can take a USB DVD drive, but it is not very user-friendly.
IMHO, you are better off with a dedicated player, or ripping your disks with something like MakeMKV.

That being said, I haven't re-tested the DVD playback situation using the latest alpha firmware (17.5 series), so things may have improved. I will have a look tonight.

MrQuade · Post by **MrQuade** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 23:38

I made a followup post to the linked thread regarding some DVD drive testing that I have done on the latest 17.5 alpha firmware.

It went better than I remembered, but is still a bit clunky.