I have a DVD-Rom and DVD-Video card for Powerbook and need advice

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I have a DVD-Rom and DVD-Video card for Powerbook and need advice

I acquired 2 accessory components for a G3 series powerbook. I have a dual G4 so have no use for them. There is a M4743 DVD-Rom for Powerbook and a DVD-Video PC card for G3 series Powerbook family M5163. There is also a software CD. I would like to sell them but I really don’t how to explain what this stuff does. I tried Ebay and did not find any matches. Does this make a DVD upgrade for a particular Powerbook? Is something else required? Is Ebay the best place to sell? Any idea what this stuff is worth? Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Bob

FW800 dual 1.25 GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Oct 31, 2006 11:53 AM

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Answer 1

jpl

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Oct 31, 2006 12:38 PM in response to robert sheldon

Robert,

You apparently have the DVD Video Player Kit for the Powerbook G3 Series "Wallstreet" M4753.

This is the DVD-ROM module:
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/xcart1/customer/product.php?productid=16219&cat=26 6&page=1

This is the DVD Decoder PC card:
http://www.ifixit.com/cart/customer/product.php?productid=296&cat=&page=1

The above DVD PC card is not Apple's but there were two third-party vendors who also offered a DVD kit...VST and MCE. They all served the same purpose and will all be priced similarly.

Both PC card and optical drive are required to play DVD movies on the Wallstreet, plus Apple DVD Player is only supported when booted to 9.x, not 10.x.

I really cannot give you a fair price to ask; the above hardware prices are probably high but you will get an idea.

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robert sheldon Author

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Oct 31, 2006 3:13 PM in response to robert sheldon

You certainly got me started in the right direction. The DVD-Rom is Wallstreet only. The DVD-Video is an Apple branded card which is supposed to fit Powerbook G3 series family M4753. So, it looks like I have a choice of selling the 2 parts seperately or sell as a package for Wallstreet. Actually, I had an old Wallstreet a couple of years ago. Wish I still had it to try this stuff out.

Thanks Bob

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Answer 3

Nov 1, 2006 7:09 PM in response to robert sheldon

The DVD drive allows you to read data DVDs by itself.

But If you want to watch DVD movies under mac OS 9, you need the card, sometimes referred to as a Hardware MPEG Decoder, to unscramble the pictures in real time and get the pictures onto the display.

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