Topic: Do I even need to buy a new DVD player?

[AV]

My mom's dvd player sucked, my brother bought it for her a few years ago and it was the cheapest worst at the time, and not only that but he doesn't take care of it at all when he is over here. It would be days the drive is open and dust going in until I walked by and saw it and closed the tray.

So recently we tried to watch a DVD (its attached to huge 60 inch TV [NOT HD] ) and it kept scratching up.

I just disconnected my DVD player and put it in front of the TV and watch the movie just fine. My DVD player is Toshiba and was expensive for its time ($400) however the store was having going out of business sale and I got it for $250. Anyway I haven't had a single problem with my DVD player.

So now we use my DVD player and I disconnected my mom's crappy one. Now the question remains if Mom is going to buy me another since I gave her mine .

[ I am going to college and staying with her during summer break in fall I'll be back in the dorm ]

She  doesn't care since DVD players are dirt cheap now so money isn't an issue.

The issue is if I really need one.

I have a Mac Mini and it plays DVD's and pretty good monitor (if not flat or bigger than 13 inch) so I can watch movies on that. The TV I do own is about the same size as the monitor (13 inches) so I don't gain much from having a DVD player and watching it on my TV instead.

I eventually plan on getting a big great HDTV and Blu-ray player to replace the tiny TV i have, but that won't be to soon.

So now the question is do I need a DVD player? It would be somewhat awkward to watch all movies on my computer monitor instead of traditional TV, and kind of odd if I have a girl around to gather around the monitor instead of TV, but the TV is still tiny.

hmmmmmm decisions, decisions. Now is the time I wish Wii did have DVD movie support.

[oohhboy]

Stick with the Mac.

The DVD software on it is superior to any DVD player out there. Since your screen sizes are about the same there would be no advantage to having another box around just for DVD. Also since your TV is so small, I am guessing hat it doesn't even sport stereo sound.

Assuming that your running 10.4.xx it has a great de-interlace functions and zoom and what not.

Also I don't know why you think it's weird to watch something on a monitor since it is the same thing....

[ShyGuy]

No additional DVD player is necessary in the above scenario.

[blackfootsteps]

It would be somewhat awkward to watch all movies on my computer monitor instead of traditional TV, and kind of odd if I have a girl around to gather around the monitor instead of TV, but the TV is still tiny.

Quick access to the porns, if she's into that.

[Pale]

Try and get her to buy you a 40 gig PS3... that gives you a great DVD player and Blu-Ray for the future.  =P  If that doesn't work, stick with the Mac.

As for the gathering around the computer monitor thing... Try and come up with a cool way of positioning it in your dorm room/apartment.  At one point in my college days I made it so if I spun my monitor around 180 degrees, it faced my futon for superior viewing.

[AV]

Try and get her to buy you a 40 gig PS3... that gives you a great DVD player and Blu-Ray for the future.  =P  If that doesn't work, stick with the Mac.

As for the gathering around the computer monitor thing... Try and come up with a cool way of positioning it in your dorm room/apartment.  At one point in my college days I made it so if I spun my monitor around 180 degrees, it faced my futon for superior viewing.

Money isn't a problem for a new $50 DVD player, no way my mom is going to buy me a PS3.

The thing I thought about is I pawn off mom's dvd player and I keep the money and just use my mac.

I have a Mac Mini: 1.8 GZ with gig RAM so it's pretty good little machine


UPDATE:

I sold my mom's old dvd player and got $10 store credit at this electronics store. I got these speakers for my iPod, this antenna enhancer for my cell phone, some sour straws. Whatever my mac mini is fine.