On Feb 4, 2025, at 4:18?PM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:
Apple called it a Superdrive. I ?have one in my 2012 MB Pro and also an external one in case the internal one stops working (I rarely play DVDs but routinely rip music CDs).
Thanks, Dane and Otto.
I¡¯ll look for mine, plug it in to my M3 MacBook Pro, see if I can play DVDs with it, and if so, purchase that DG Mahler 1,2, 3 disc (performances at different venues). Most of the reviews are 5 star, but a few say they¡¯re VERY upset with amazon because ¡°they just don¡¯t work.¡± That makes me think there was some incompatibility between the NTSC format of the DVD and the equipment on which it was to be played. And, I don¡¯t know whether EITHER my computer or my TV (to which I ALREADY HAVE a 4k-capable DVD player attached) can play NTSC-formatted material.
One reviewer gave a critical review of the performance because Bernstein was ¡°too theatrical.¡± Bernstein was BERNSTEIN. The reviewer also said the sound was not good and blamed the venue (the long, tall, skinny and rock-hard Ely Cathedral). If responses were possible to amazon reviews, I¡¯d make one, the video I¡¯ve just watched confirms Bernstein¡¯s theatrics, but to expect a sonic experience equivalent to Davies Symphony Hall from a 1000 year old edifice is just plain WRONG!
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Jim Robertson
