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    XBOX HD-DVD add-on for HTPC

    It works! And you get to send the signal over HDMI, too (unlike VGA if you're using the console).

    I already have an HDCP-compliant video card. Maybe I'll pick up one of these - far cheaper than the HD-A1 player
    THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
    AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
    AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
    DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF
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    I recognised the 'add-on for' bit as English...the rest, well, who knows?
    Speaking of Erith:

    "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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    • #3
      It'll probably be even cheaper when you can get the internal HD-DVD drives.

      Can your PC actually decode it efficiently, though?

      It takes a LOT of horsepower to decode h.264 @ 54 Mbps.
      "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
      Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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      • #4
        I think my OC'd Core 2 Duo will be able to handle it. Right now, my concern is finding capable software. I'd prefer to be able to use Zoomplayer, but might have to go with the Japanese version of WinDVD.
        THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
        AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
        AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
        DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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        • #5
          This is actually pretty cool. Are there any other external HD-DVD drives available? If so, how much do they cost?
          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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          • #6
            I don't know of any. The review mentioned an internal HD-DVD drive, which would be ideal for me.
            THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
            AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
            AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
            DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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            • #7
              How much did the internal drive cost?
              I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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              • #8
                He didn't say, nor did he mention the make or model
                THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
                AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Provost Harrison
                  I recognised the 'add-on for' bit as English...the rest, well, who knows?
                  There's an HD-DVD player for the Xbox 360 that connects via USB. You can get it to work, with a little tweaking, with a regular PC. An HTPC is a "home theater" PC, i.e. one you connect to a TV and use as a media center.

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                  • #10
                    The upshot being you get a really cheap HD-DVD player (relative to the others out there).

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Kuciwalker


                      There's an HD-DVD player for the Xbox 360 that connects via USB. You can get it to work, with a little tweaking, with a regular PC. An HTPC is a "home theater" PC, i.e. one you connect to a TV and use as a media center.
                      Speaking of Erith:

                      "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                      • #12
                        HD-DVD = a new type of disc that carries hi-def movies.

                        Xbox 360 = the Microsoft game console, surely you've heard of it

                        USB = the ports on your computer that you plug mice, keyboards, flash drives, pretty much everything into. You probably have 2-6 of them.

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                        • #13
                          Explain to him what a penis is.
                          "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                          Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Kuciwalker
                            HD-DVD = a new type of disc that carries hi-def movies.

                            Xbox 360 = the Microsoft game console, surely you've heard of it

                            USB = the ports on your computer that you plug mice, keyboards, flash drives, pretty much everything into. You probably have 2-6 of them.
                            You're really not too bright, are you?
                            Speaking of Erith:

                            "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                            • #15
                              Yeah, I have the flaw that I give people the benefit of the doubt, and try to be helpful rather than sarcastic.

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