Why I went with HD-DVD...

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: Shawn

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
HDCP only applies to digital connections. VGA is analog.

I'll never be able to watch HDDVDs on my LCD unless I use VGA .

Not true. You can use AnyDVD and it'll remove the restrictions on the fly. I tried it and it worked.

No one is using the HDCP flag now. You can play HD-DVDs using a VGA/Component/DVI (non-HDCP) connection without decrypting it.

No one uses the ICT flag, but playback software enforces it on all discs over digital connections nonetheless.

I thought you could do 1080p with the 360 using the VGA connection.

1080i upconverted to 1080p

Well I thought it was 720p upconverted to 1080i, then 1080i to 1080p once your HDTV is done converting the signal from 1080i to 1080p. Modern HDTVs like plasmas and LCDs will only output a progressive signal. So if you input a 1080i signal, it will display it as 1080p.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
No one uses the ICT flag, but playback software enforces it on all discs over digital connections nonetheless.

I thought you could do 1080p with the 360 using the VGA connection.

VGA is analog

I understand. That is why VGA is not HDCP compliant. If the flag was used, you wouldn't be able to watch HD-DVD movies using that connection (well at least not at anything greater than 480p).

As I said , current software doesn't allow playback of HD DVDs and Blu-Ray discs over DVI or HDMI if the whole chain isn't HDCP-compliant (your original comment mentioned HD DVD over non-HDCP DVI, this is not true). For example, if I don't load AnyDVD, I cannot play back HD DVDs through a DVI-HDMI cable on my TV; PowerDVD simply refuses to output over the non-HDCP protected link.

Ahh, I see. You were keying in on the DVI (non-HDCP) connection. Ok, that clears it up. And you know what, I completely misread mercanucaribe's post. I thought he said, he will never be able to watch HD-DVDs movies because he only has a VGA connection. My bad.

 

[BHeemsoth]

332H....nice TV.

I've got the same one.

 

[mlm]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: Matt2

What about Betamax and their craptastic mini-cd?

isnt mini disk still used for recording?

It was still alive and kickin' well in Japan a couple of years ago. I'm not so sure about now, but that's a pretty good run for a format.

 

[Eug Wanker]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
There are, however, ways around this; I can use my MacBook Pro (which has a non-HDCP ATI GPU) to output to my TV's HDMI in without problem.

So, you said PowerDVD 7 on Windows (with AnyDVD), right?

I tried loading PowerDVD 7 on my MacBook, but no dice. It sees my GMA 950 and then refuses to run, even if AnyDVD is installed. The stupid part is that the CPU alone (Core Duo 2.0) should be fine for HD DVD decoding but PowerDVD 7 simply refuses to even try without a recent GPU. Why they are doing this I dunno, because they apparently support it fine in PowerDVD 6.5. The other ironic part is I know of people with the right GPU, but who have turned off GPU acceleration because of driver problems, yet it still works just fine. So this GPU requirement seems totally arbitrary. :|

I guess I'll just stick with my 360, but there are audio issues. Fortunately, they're supposedly fixed in the next HD DVD update for the 360.