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Mount DVD drive on the Admin Bar?
miles2912:
Slapped a wireless card in mine to get new files.
drventure:
Yeah, I'd say go wireless.
But, hey, it's your cab. Maybe stick a slimline black front DVD on there, It'd be almost invisible at that point.
Or... mount it BEHIND the admin panel and put a drop hinge on the admin panel itself.
Or put a USB port somewhere on the bottom of the CP so you can just stick a USB mem stick in it when needed.
Guess it depends on how much of a purist you are :)
Zebidee:
I installed a DVD drive behind a control panel in a cab I did a few years ago .... here are the pics. Note that I blacked the border of the surrounding hole after taking these photos. I don't really bother with DVD drives anymore for the same reasons put forth by other posters - it is too much hassle for little benefit. Noone really uses DVD drives anymore except for installing some software or watching movies, and it is easier to just make the DVD drive accessible from the front door.
These pics come from the third cab in my sig lineup (below)
severdhed:
I say put the DVD drive inside the cabinet and see how much you use it. after a few months, if you see that you are using it alot, then mount it where you can easily get to it. not only do i not use mine, i dont even have one anymore. i hooked up the drive to install windows, then removed it. there is just no need for it in my cabinet.
Zebidee:
Actually, I do use the DVD drive for ripping my CDs to MP3s, mainly because I use my arcade cab(s) to play music from my collection. In fact, after talking about it I now recall that after installing the DVD drive (pictured above) I ripped all my CDs and auto-created playlists for them so that I could launch them from MameWAH and play my music in the background . The ripping process became just so easy. I now have about 60GB of music on my main arcade cab, so there is always something to listen to while playing Galaga or Tetris or whatever.
Having said all of that the ripping process is a one-off and does not, in itself, justify a cab-mounted DVD drive. When I think about how much work I invested into mounting it into the door, I shake my head at myself. :dizzy: