No. DVD decoder boards do, but most of those are gone -- use the software
decoder.


"Franklin Wright" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Theo" wrote:
"Franklin Wright" wrote:
Anyway, it turns out that the DVD codec is a piece of
software that appears on the CD labeled "PowerDVD"
(of course) that comes with the combo drive. relief!

Actually... it can be either software or hardware. But for simply
watching
DVDs, software does fine on most new PCs, so thats what came with your
player.

Do the DVD-R/W drives have hardware codecs?

FranklinWright