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Philips' JackRabbit32 DVD/CD-RW External Drive

Posted by timothy on from the cheaper-than-a-notebook-with-superdrive dept.

James Bell writes "Designtechnica.com has just posted a brief first look of Philips new JackRabbit32 external DVD/CD-RW drive. This appears to be the first information leaked on the net about this product from what I can tell. This drive has multiple video out ports for hook up to a television or other video sources. There is also Dolby Digital 5.1 support as well as USB 2.0 and Firewire support. The drive can also play audio or MP3 CD's as well. Since the decoder is onboard, it should be easy to get the Jackrabbit32 to run under Linux I would imagine."

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  1. fuycp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    up your cunt!

  2. Boring by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This article is boring.

  3. Re:vinyl-R by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    Yes, it is very easy in fact. You get a ball of plaster, flatten it, and spin it on a turntable at 33 1/3. You also tape a needle to the speaker cone of the source you're playing - presumably a CD. The needle carves the analog music into the plaster. When the plaster hardens, take a crap on it. Take both the plaster mold and your crap and bake it in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes. Break away the plaster and there you have it - a record that will work on any turntable! It's only one sided but still, it's a homebrew hack. I've done this serveral times converting my ASIA and GTR bootlegs from CD to "vinyl."

  4. Product merger... by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 1, Troll
    If this drive could also read and write high-capacity Iomega media, they could call it...

    (wait for it)

    ...the Jaz JackRabbit!

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