Philips Jackrabbit 3 Reviews
Product Type: Philips CD writers
Description:Model ID JR32RWDVK /
Newest Review: ... the initial screw up) but the table looks pretty handy if I do. What I have to give Philips big thumbs up for is the Glossary ... more
... table. This gives the details of all those abbreviations which we have no clue about what they mean. There is a long two page list of all the specifications which is a bit confusing so I won’t go into that.
So, you might think this is a pretty good drive for a computer or laptop but it does have another benefit. This drive can also be used as a stand alone DVD too! All you need to do is plug it into your video player. I have a TV-Video combo and the only other connection on the back of that is a scart which is use...more
Customer Philips Jackrabbit 3 Reviews (2)
Philips Jackrabbit 3: What Not To Do.... (1612 words)by - written on 21/02/05, updated on 22/05/05 (Very useful, 673 readings)
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The Philips Jackrabbit was to be almost the end of my laptop but now I see it is the making of it. This is a CD-Rom, a CD-RW and a DVD player combo drive which although screwed up my laptop is now an invaluable piece of equipment. WHAT NOT TO DO: My laptop was running on Windows 98 and after reading the instructions I found out that I needed a CD-ROM to install the drive. I decided to ignore that valuable piece of information and connected the drive to my PC by USB and the power supply. Everything was going fine until I tried to find the drive on my computer to install it. The laptop crashed and continually said it was trying to install new hardware ... Read the complete review
by - written on 30/10/03, updated on 30/10/03 (Very useful, 845 readings)
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Philips JackRabbit 3 ? Play while you work! The recently launched Philips JackRabbit 3 is a CD rewriter that believes it's a DVD player! Unusual name with more unusual features is what JackRabbit 3 is all about; it genuinely has a multifaceted personality! It acts as a CD rewriter, and DVD-Rom drive for your PC and MAC both, here is the prize catch if you hook this Rabbit to your TV it performs as a standalone DVD Video player. Whenever you wanna burn (Copy) all your data, audio, video files from your computer to a Blank CD all you need to do is plug in the Rabbit to your USB 2.0 port (don?t worry ?USB? is just a type of a slot on ... Read the complete review
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