Converting a CD player to a DVD player

 

Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to convert a CD player (110 disc) to a DVD player?
 

alan
don't even try
 

Slave
Unregistered guest
Go buy a DVD player!
 

New member
Username: Gman

Post Number: 99
Registered: 12-2003
True---you can buy dvd players under $100. You could never buy the parts with the extra laser needed and other circuitry for that.

It is like buying a new car from a dealer. If you tried to build the same exact car from new parts it would cost you 5 to 10 times more.
 

archvirtual
Unregistered guest
i thought about doing this to, i can't see why you couldnt just buy a 30.00 dvd player and merge the two together....maybe i am being to simplistic about this. all a cd jukebox is is a cd player with a turntable so why not swap out the parts?
 

Silver Member
Username: Edison

Glendale, CA US

Post Number: 460
Registered: Dec-03
The electronics is beyond most people - better to buy new - Toshiba SD-3950 is $60 and they sound surprisingly good too as a CD player!
 

Brousk Asiman
Unregistered guest
Here i think the question is, can you swap the laser of CD Player so it could play the DVD?? I think that is great idea, but it is challenging, I heard people done it. but not quite sure what got changed. I am pretty sure the could be done so you could your 10 cd placer with 10 DVD disc.
Good luck. I will search too for it.
 

Bronze Member
Username: Claudermilk

Post Number: 24
Registered: Sep-04
I'm no expert in Home Audio or HT (you can see by my threads in receivers...) but do know enough about electronics to know this really isn't that simple. Sure, if you can find a laser with the proper packaging form factor to swap into the CD player you'll have the right laser to read the DVD. BUT, there is all the decoding electronics behind the laser to interpret the signal it generates. Don't forget the necessary connections for the video & multi-channel audio lacking in the CD player.

Just go buy a DVD player, it'll be cheaper.
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