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x-box 360 hd-dvd drive

Discussion in 'HD DVD discussion' started by swarmpack, Nov 28, 2006.

  1. swarmpack

    swarmpack Regular member

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    i wanted to know if the 360 hddvd drive can work on the pc i heard that there were hacks for it to work for the pc. if so can you provide the links and will i need to purchase a new monitor i currently have a gateway EV700 and its about 21or 22 inches i forget. i would really like to buy this insted of the $500 dollar version. please reply and thanks for reading.
     
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    I think you'll also need a high-end graphics card with HDCP and software that will play HD-DVD's.
     
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    Yes I forgot about that, and these

    Windows XP
    Windows Media Player 9 Series
    2.4 GHz processor or equivalent
    384 MB of RAM
    64 MB video card
    1024 x 768 screen resolution
    16-bit sound card
    Speakers

    Optimum Configuration
    (to play 1080p video with 5.1 surround sound)

    Windows XP
    Windows Media Player 10
    DirectX 9.0
    3.0 GHz processor or equivalent
    512 MB of RAM
    128 MB video card
    1920 x 1440 screen resolution
    24-bit 96 kHz multichannel sound card
    5.1 surround sound speaker system

    Exclude the Media Players though, and I think you may need vista but I'm not sure.

    Edit: The thing I read about needing vista I think was only for the HP HD-DVD drives coming out not hacking the 360 one.
     
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    Someone told me you can plug it directly into the USB port of your PC, and it'll work if you have software to play it (decoders, etc.)
     
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    I herd that too a while ago but since they came out I haven't herd anything else about it. If Microsoft releases drivers for it like they did with the 360 controller than it will work easily.

    Edit: I just read a post that said that the 360 drive works on PC, but you will still need HD requirements, and apparently you have to have Vista to be able to watch HD-DVD on your PC.
     
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    Windows XP home sp2
    2.2 GHz processor amd athlon xp 3200+
    1024 MB of RAM
    256 MB geforce 5200fx
    1024 x 768 screen resolution
    16-bit sound card
    Speakers

    those are my specs can any onee recemond a good cheaper end monitor.
     
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    It will work and it is a nice monitor. But if you are going to watch HD-DVDs they will be in widescreen. That isn't a widescreen monitor so if you don't want black bars on the top and bottom of your screen you may want a widesreen. However if you don't mind that monitor looks fine. If you do want a widescreen I would recomend one of these.

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...ategoryId=pcmcat104900050011&id=1149205183966

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...ategoryId=pcmcat104900050011&id=1149040474473

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...ategoryId=pcmcat104900050011&id=1140393958039

    "also do they sell i ATAPI port to IDE adaptors"

    To tell you the truth I really don't know. But you could always search google for one.
     
  11. dblbogey7

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    Here's a tutorial on how to use the 360 add-on on a WinXP PC with an HDCP compliant video card. He played HD-DVD movies using Cyberlink Power DVD HD-DVD Edition - maybe a pre-release beta:

    http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=325&type=expert&pid=3

    Cyberlink and Intervideo are reported to be releasing software HD-DVD players before Christmas.

    http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/supp...sp?FID=2581&nProdId=31&ProdVerId=-1&nCateId=5

    I've read reports from the internet about succesful HD-DVD playback using the Japanese version of Intervideo WinDVD Platinum 8.

    http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/permalink/148348/148368/ShowThread.aspx#148368
     
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