Minimum Hardware for BluRay/HD-DVD Playback?

[Jman999]

Obviously no one knows for sure at this point, but what will be the minimum computer specs required to play the new high-res formats?

Thanks,
-Jonathan.

[guns1inger]

First, a Blu-ray or HD-DVD ROM drive

You should be able to playback with a P4 3.0 or better, maybe even less. 512 MB memory, although 1GB should be standard nowadays. I don't think the specs will be outrageously high.

[waheed]

Try downloading some high definition trailer clips from the microsoft website (they are in wmv format) and play them on your computer.

This will give you a general idea whether your computer can play high defintion.

[studtrooper]

The new 1080p trailers on there actually skip on my machine... Damn WMP10 isn't SMP compatable