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Subject: HD DVD Question?

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Name: aliyas
Date: June 3, 2007 at 10:16:26 Pacific
Subject: HD DVD Question?
OS: winxp
CPU/Ram: 2.4Ghz/512MB DDR
Model/Manufacturer: Intel/Pentium 4

Comment:

Hi guys Is it possible that i can run HD DVD on my DVD Rom?

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Response Number 1

Name: jackbomb
Date: June 3, 2007 at 11:41:32 Pacific
Subject: HD DVD Question?

Reply: (edit)

No.
Your processor wouldn't be nearly fast enough to play HD-DVD movies anyway.
Pentium III--Descendant of Intel Core.
Pentium III-S 1400 @ 1.63GHz, 512K L2
X800XT AIW OC 580/600
2GB of RAM
250GB HD
SB Audigy 2
QDI Advance 12 mobo
Smugly running Vista

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Response Number 2

Name: Sabertooth
Date: June 3, 2007 at 12:33:05 Pacific
Subject: HD DVD Question?

Reply: (edit)

Besides the CPU requirement, your optical device (DVD-ROM) is fundamentally unable to support that format because it is incompatible with HD DVD & Blu-ray media.

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Response Number 3

Name: clampy
Date: June 8, 2007 at 12:30:38 Pacific
Subject: HD DVD Question?

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u need a hd-dvd compatible videocard. and a hd-dvd compatible monitor. Hdpc they call it. to run hd content in full screen :)
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