Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player?

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 05:13:43PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> On 22 March 2016 at 16:24, Andrew McGlashan <
> andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 23/03/2016 12:18 AM, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> > > I own a Samsung BD-C5900 Blu ray/DVD player.
> >
> > I think you will find that the USB port on a DVD player is only for
> > playing content and/or updating the firmware of the player itself.
> >
> > There would be very little chance that it will act as a DVD drive for a
> > computer.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> ​OK, I will forget about that idea.....   I need to get better at warranty
> registrations, reliability ratings, hardware problem diagnosis and
> maintenance.
> 

There's a reasonable chance that if you attack it with a
screwdriver, you will discover that there is a modern SATA
bluray/DVD drive in there, and you can rip it out and put
it in your computer.

-dsr-