Save your time folks, don;t try to read the Adobe PDF files on the Dream Plan Build DVD. As usual someone is thinking like a marketer instead of a customer. In order to read the PDF files, YOU MUST HAVE A DVD DRIVE IN YOUR COMPUTER. This is per the customer support for the DVD. I asked if future DVD’s will be the same, they did not have the answer. They will email the files if you really want them(NO THANKS).
The web note mentions DVD and the disk is part of the ‘Dream Plan Build DVD Series’. Would you not suspect that you need to have a DVD drive in your computer to access the data? Most computers built in the last couple of years have an ‘optical’ drive capable of ‘reading’ a DVD. Even most older Windows based PC’s can have a DVD capable drive added.
This is like complaining about a movie being only in DVD format, and you only have a VCR. You can buy an optical drive capable of reading DVD’s for around $50…
Jim
$50 for a drive that can read DVDs??? You can buy DVD BURNERS for that price. DVD-Rom drives should be like $20. A decent DVD burner is about $60-$70.
I wouldn’t have even tried this in the TV DVD player. But that’s just me I guess.
Aw c’mon. It’s a DVD, so naturally it will need a DVD drive on your PC if you want to read it.
You can get a new DVD drive that will read DVDs for about $15 on e-bay …
http://cgi.ebay.com/Toshiba-SD-M1502-DVD-Rom-drive-Internal-IDE_W0QQitemZ8716326056QQcategoryZ3754QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
It’s not Kalmbach’s fault if you haven’t yet entered the 21st century … [swg]
prices are going up. You can also get adobe acrobat off the net for free
Why, they read just fine on my computer? They will read just fine on any up to date computer that has a CD/DVD Rom drive.
And your point is? I believe that you also need a CD player in your computer to play a CD. BTW you also need a record player to play records and a VHS player to play them. This is not something wierd and new!
So you are upset that they are willing e-mail you the pdf files? Huh??? Better get used to the DVD thing if you like watching movies at home. It is said that this is the last year that VHS players and tapes may be made. This is called progress, you don’t have to like it, it just happens all by itself. I remember growing up back on a farm in the 50’s I remember phone calls like this, “Hello operator, you want me to run over to the Jones? Well that’s almost a mile down the road… Well, I’m a little busy right now. Why don’t you try the Fosters next door. Oh their party line is in use. Well, let me get a pen and paper. OK. the message is???..”
go get 'um joe!..LOL…chuck
It’s not called the “Dream, Plan, Build book”!
Did you know that you need a power pack to supply power to the tracks to run trains?
A plot by the model railroad industry! Forcing us all to buy power packs! The nerve!
Bob Boudreau
I haven’t got it yet…
When they advertised that it was going to be a DVD, I thought that was pretty much a dead give-a-way…