HD-DVD add on

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2006
    There's software for Windows to read HD-DVDs, so if you can read from a disc in the drive I don't see why playback would be an issue....
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2006
    As long as you have a powerful enough machine to software decode it, I don't either.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited November 2006
    The link to the article where they actually connected one to a PC seems to be invalid.

    EDIT: it's valid and I was able to download the drivers for it, maybe I should get the add-on...$169 if I get Amazon CC at the same time, not too bad for HD-DVD player (since I have a HTPC already.)
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited November 2006
    Hello

    How are you guys running 1080P into your tvs? I haven't seen an lcd or plasma that does 1080p over component.
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  • Home Theatre
    Home Theatre Posts: 469
    edited November 2006
    I read that the sound was horrible on the HD-Dvd add on. Could someone tell me is it really bad? They said it was really soft.
    Everything I own burned in the fire!!!!!!!!!!
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  • mutelight
    mutelight Posts: 1,054
    edited November 2006
    Home Theatre wrote:
    I read that the sound was horrible on the HD-Dvd add on. Could someone tell me is it really bad? They said it was really soft.

    The sound is the same volume as any DVD. Also I have noticed when I switch over to TrueHD (Although it is not TrueHD) the volume increases and becomes slightly more detailed, so something is going on.
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  • bdaley6509
    bdaley6509 Posts: 1,167
    edited November 2006
    My Sony SXRD HD TV accepts a 1080i signal and upscales it internally to 1080p through component. The current gen SXRD TV's accept a native 1080p signal.
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  • PoLk FaN
    PoLk FaN Posts: 81
    edited November 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Hmm... looks like even if you don't have a 360, you may be able to use the HD-DVD drive on your Windows PC. Hmmm....
    my friend at work said the samething prettycool.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2007
    Hmmm, wtf...I was just commenting on how I don't have one of these last night as there was no real point in wasting the money, and now all of a sudden I got one as a late Christmas present at one of our family parties today....:rolleyes: LOL! Guess I'll be keeping it.

    Well, I have it all hooked up, but one thing I noticed right away is that sound is heavy out of my Center and terrible everywhere else. In fact I can barely hearing it coming out of the other 4 speakers, and hardly any subwoofer action as well.

    My games on the 360 sound fantastic. Am I missing something here? Any help would be appreciated....
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  • Lsi9
    Lsi9 Posts: 616
    edited January 2007
    A friend told how when playing cds on his 360 there was NO bass, might it have something to do with toslink out?

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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2007
    I got it working a little better....
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited January 2007
    demi,

    I asked you in the lsi 15 sale thread but you never answered.

    I don't see them in your sig, did you get them? If so, you like them better then your 600i speaks?

    That sucks about the HD-dvd. I guess with game systems you only get one or the other, not both.

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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited January 2007
    dave, the decoding the add on does through toslink sucks ****. it creates 'undynamic' sound. m$ will offer a dts option in the coming weeks/months. but i just up my speaker levels here and there and the sub as well and all sounds great. and the rumor/more possibly real new xbox with 120 gb hard drive and hdmi 1.3 are the only way to get the trueHD audio outta the bugger.

    my issue with the add on is the fact that i have lip sync issues. i've got/had 20 billion things connected to my receiver and this add on is the only one with sync issues. it's another known issue. many have the problem on other forums. i've returned my first one and the second one is exactly the same. the video comes before the audio. no amount of delay in my receiver can account for it. this problem is more of an issue than the known 'undynamic' sound through the toslink. hopefully it will be rectified soon. i think some answers may come from CES.

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    bobman1235 wrote:
    I have no facts to back that up, but I never let facts get in the way of my arguments.
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  • vhabaygiurbm
    vhabaygiurbm Posts: 49
    edited January 2007
    I absolutely love it.......
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