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Adapting notebook DVD on desktop

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carlmart

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Is there any hardware that I can use to adapt a notebook DVD player on a desktop?
 
Are you trying to use this in a mini or something like that otherwise wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy a $20 dvd burner. Although it would be cost effective if the notebook supported BD.
 
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You may find me stupid or foolish, but I would like to install a DVD unit that lasts longer.

As they are they seem a disposable item, lasting a year at most.

I think units inside laptops last a lot more. Am I wrong?
 
carlmart said:
You may find me stupid or foolish, but I would like to install a DVD unit that lasts longer.

As they are they seem a disposable item, lasting a year at most.

I think units inside laptops last a lot more. Am I wrong?
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I usually get around 3 to 5 years from my DVD burners. Even ones that I do 200 burns per year.

I think units inside laptops last a lot more. Am I wrong?
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I have never seen a laptop burner die. However I have seen probably a half dozen desktop models die between home and work. However this is not exactly a fair comparison (few laptop drives versus 100+ desktop drives) and it totally has no statistical significance (way too small a sample).
 
It's not going to matter. Just go with a desktop drive and be done with it. I've had Laptop drives die on me, but never had a desktop one die but I've only been able to compare a handful at most. Seems when I was primarily using a notebook, I used it more often to burn DVDs than I have with a desktop unit.
 
carlmart said:
I think units inside laptops last a lot more. Am I wrong?
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Maybe. There's not enough data to prove or disprove that besides using anecdotal evidence.

In my experience, short of user incompetence, a small case of QA issues, or longevity issues, DVD drives on both desktops and laptops tends to last relatively long.

But honestly, getting a slim laptop DVD burner for a desktop does seem like waste of money considering the costs of DVD burners right now. If using the cheapest slim DVD burner on Newegg right now + the adapters that Old Hippie mentioned, you're looking at a total of $52. Considering that you can get a desktop DVD burner for $18 these days, doesn't make much sense to buy that slim DVD drive for a regular case. You can get three DVD burners for the price of that Slim DVD burner + adapters.
 
If using the cheapest slim DVD burner on Newegg right now + the adapters that Old Hippie mentioned, you're looking at a total of $52. Considering that you can get a desktop DVD burner for $18 these days, doesn't make much sense to buy that slim DVD drive for a regular case.
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Yep!

I've never seen anything to indicate that the slim drives outlast the regular DVD drives.
 
Old Hippie said:
Yep!

I've never seen anything to indicate that the slim drives outlast the regular DVD drives.
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In fact, the slim DVD drives have their speeds reduced because they tend to heat up faster than standard DVD drives at every given speed.
 
E4g1e said:
In fact, the slim DVD drives have their speeds reduced because they tend to heat up faster than standard DVD drives at every given speed.
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I was going to mention something about the larger drive dissipating heat more efficiently which will probably extend it's life but I didn't know that drive speed was reduced to achieve the same thing.
 
Old Hippie said:
I was going to mention something about the larger drive dissipating heat more efficiently which will probably extend it's life but I didn't know that drive speed was reduced to achieve the same thing.
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I looked at the slim DVD drives: The write AND read speeds of the slim drives is limited to 8x for DVD media whereas those on a desktop DVD drive are at least 16x.
 
E4g1e said:
I looked at the slim DVD drives: The write AND read speeds of the slim drives is limited to 8x for DVD media whereas those on a desktop DVD drive are at least 16x.
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Sounds correct to me.

Heat reducing lifespan is a no-brainer. :)
 
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