Video Asylum

Posted by thur on August 23, 1999 at 13:33:59:

a friend just bought a dell laptop with a dvd drive. i am interested in doing the same thing to use as a bridge for ht use before buying a dvd player. does anyone know what kind of quality level the dvd drives in computers are? any specific brand recommendations? will the computer offer the same features, ie ff, reverse, slow, etc, that a dvd player would have? and can a computer be purchased with a digital out feature, like an s-video out, stereo audio out, or digital optical cable out?