Thursday, March 8, 2007
Playing HD-DVDs in Vista
Posted by Damion Chaplin in "HARDWARE" @ 03:30 PM
"One of the things I like most about the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive is portability. I can connect it to my Xbox 360 or I can plug it in to a PC elsewhere in the house. The only tricky part is figuring out all the right pieces to making HD-DVD playback work on your PC. Windows XP doesn't currently support HD-DVD playback without finding a hacked driver for the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive, so if you want HD-DVD playback, moving to Windows Vista is your best option."
Jake Ludington does a thorough job of explaining what will be required for you to watch HD-DVDs on your PC. Put succinctly, you'll need an HD-DVD drive, software capable of decoding & playing HD-DVD content, a video card that supports HDCP and a monitor that also supports HDCP (no easy feats there unless you've got a new Dell [Jason]). Interested in watching HD-DVDs on your PC? Give the article a read. Me, I'm just waiting for someone to buy me an HD-DVD drive in the first place. :wink:
Jake Ludington does a thorough job of explaining what will be required for you to watch HD-DVDs on your PC. Put succinctly, you'll need an HD-DVD drive, software capable of decoding & playing HD-DVD content, a video card that supports HDCP and a monitor that also supports HDCP (no easy feats there unless you've got a new Dell [Jason]). Interested in watching HD-DVDs on your PC? Give the article a read. Me, I'm just waiting for someone to buy me an HD-DVD drive in the first place. :wink:
