One of the best shops in Hanoi
29 Ngoc Khanh or 8 Phung Hung
Prices on products and great service

I would only do that if you're not going to be in one place for very long - laptop dvd drives are notoriously short-lived, and expensive to replace when they die. I speak from experience.

If you want to you can pick up a chinese DVD player on Hai Ba Trung street for $30-$40 last time I checked.

seeing as i have nothing but blank looks at the 6 shops i have been to to source a s-video cable i will return to hai ba trung where i first about them yesterday but this time i will get a dvd player.

By most accounts, QiSheng players are the most forgiving of the cheap DVD boxes, although I have heard that there's a potential for extended use (at one sitting) causing problems as they use plastic lenses.