>>Do any laptops with DVD players feature a hardware decoder? >How can you tell? Beats me, all I know if what I've read. I don't own a DVD drive, I've been waiting to see how the whole DVD/DeCSS/MPAA thing shakes out. I don't want to own a drive I can't use. >I have a DVD/CDRW combo drive in my laptop, >but I have no idea how to use the DVD part. Not even after Wes' fine presentation?