Venom
Joined: 06 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: $200 HDDVD drive for your PC? |
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http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=325&type=expert&pid=3
This is the Xbox 360 HDDVD drive. To connect the HDDVD drive uses a standard USB connection.
Quote: Looking at the drivers in more detail, you can see that the device that DOES have drivers and installs correctly on Windows XP shows settings like DVD Regions that indicates some functionality. It turns out, that even without a driver for the external device, the ability to read the data on the discs is native to Windows XP. Now, that being said, you WOULD need a driver to read the data structure of HD-DVDs, if you wanted to look at the data on the disc in Windows Explorer for instance. But to just play the HD-DVD movies, all the software required is built into Windows and the HD-DVD playback software.
So if your one of the people that likes to hook their PC up to their HDTV or projector or watches movies on their monitor this is a pretty cheap HD solution. I know I use my computer to hook up to the projector and this just makes the HDDVD driver a better deal to me.
Of course you have to make sure your video card supports HDCP. |
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