Hitachi GD2000 DVD-ROM

This is a discussion about Hitachi GD2000 DVD-ROM in the Windows Hardware category; I've done some research, visited most websites, and what I've read is that I cannot play my dvd movies with my current DVD-ROM drive unless I buy a decoder card. But my question is, is this a fact? Must I get a decoder card, because I have no pci slots free.

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I've done some research, visited most websites, and what I've read is that I cannot play my dvd movies with my current DVD-ROM drive unless I buy a decoder card. But my question is, is this a fact? Must I get a decoder card, because I have no pci slots free. So it'd be great if someone had win2k beta drivers for Hitachi DVD-ROM drives.
 
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Spree

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There is a neat app called VLC Media Player which can play DVDs without a decoder. It's even free (and open source)!
It supports DVD playback, network streaming, and some other cool things. get it at http://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
 
PS: I use it all the time. Works great!