Originally Posted by
SuanLum
Can I take advantage of the obvious experience contributing here? I just bought an Archos internet media tablet with 250GB HD and am already thinking of sending it back.I considered a netbook but as I'm retired(so don't need all the work related stuff) and have desktop and old laptop I thought I'd replace my IPOD with the ArchosA netbook is bigger than my Archos so less "mobile" but a bit cheaper and with more functioality.
So the questions:
1 am I right in thinking NO netbook has a headphone socket?
2 and None of them have CD rom drive?
1 Most netbooks that I've seen have headphone sockets and most have
microphone sockets too (handy for Skype) my EEE900 certainly does.
2 Nope but if you are wanting to watch DVD's on the move can I reccomend
Handbrake and if necessary
DVDshrink . DVDshrink is handy for removing copy protection (which Handbrake may not do) and copying DVDs to the hard drive where you can set Handbrake on it to convert to MP4 etc. Then store the resultant smaller files on a USB flash drive(s) and watch whenever wherever, uses far less power than an optical drive and far less likely to exceed the power supply onboard.
If not USB optical drives are available but they will eat into your batterytime if watching films.
I personally use DVDshrink and just watch the shrunk DVD files.