Laptop Help!

[Jasper]

I have just bought a laptop.Nothing flashy,Toshiba sattelite 1100 with celeron 1300 processor.What i'd like to know is:

1.Whats teh best program to use for watching DVD's(power dvd?ETC.)

2.I need a 19v dc supply to run it off the car,is there anything i should look for/avoid.I would rather have quality than cheap blow your pc to bits stuff.E-bay has these:


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IN-CAR-LAPTOP-POWER-SUPPLY-FOR-COMPAQ-TOSHIBA-NEW_W0QQitemZ6798082305QQcategoryZ60252QQssPageNam eZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Cheers.

[antonye]

If you use Windows Update (http://www.windowsupdate.com/), the latest version of Media Player (v10) will let you watch DVDs - best of all it's free!

That psu looks fine - I guess it's only for emergency charging rather than plugging it in when you get home and leave it overnight kind of thing?

[Edited on 1-9-2005 by antonye]

[Jasper]

On my main pc,i've found media player the worst of all dvd players,so was trying to avoid it.Don't worry about the cost of the program!;)

[tricky]

I've always used cyberlink powerdvd on the pc. I think I may have got a copy of it somewhere if intrested.

[Bionicle]

WinDVD :) and i hope the email was informative :bouncy:

[Jasper]

Yes,if i want to build one.From scratch.then teach at degree level!:D

[kwikbitch]

Look for Media player classic and it comes with K-Lite codec pack. Should play any media format and it's very small and uses the media player 6.4 interface...
We run this and powerDVD XP.:D