Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player

[Tchail]

I know that the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player has a USB connection, and will work on a PC.

I have also heard that the latest versions of WinDVD support HD-DVD playback.

I have a Dell 1705E laptop with an ATI 256 MB graphics card.

Any chance I could get HD-DVD playback to work?

Thanks in advance,

-Tchail

[Baldrick]

Some cpu information would be good also...no I don't want to google for your dell.

And this is software playing and not digitaltv. Moving you.

[akrako1]

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins9400/en/om/specs.htm#wp1082923

(note he said he has the ATI graphics option)

[Tchail]

Intel Core Duo, 1.85 GHz.

I have 1.25 Gb of ram installed.

-Tchail

[Krispy Kritter]

You could also check the specs recommended by WinDVD or PowerDVD for HD playback.

[Tchail]

I'm sure that my laptop's cpu can handle the playback, and I've found articles on the web confiming that the version of WinDVD 8 is capable of HD-DVD playback.

What I don't know about is this whole HDCP thing. I understand that to playback HD-DVD, you have to have a graphics card that is HDCP enabled - which apparently is some sort of hardware key.

I have an ATI Radeon Mobility X1400 video card.

Any suggestions?

-Tchail

[Krispy Kritter]

It's more than just the video card. The video card, monitor, HD-DVD drive, and OS all have to support it.

I was under the impression (though I could be wrong) that HD-DVD was only possible using Vista.

As for your video card, the specs are here and it appears to support HDCP: http://ati.amd.com/products/mobilityradeonx1400/specs.html