http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/11/13/xbox-360-hd-dvd-for-pc/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:32:43 -0500 hourly 1 http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/11/13/xbox-360-hd-dvd-for-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-139763 Palavering Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:13:15 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/11/13/xbox-360-hd-dvd-for-pc/#comment-139763 It is not as simple to install an Xbox 360 HD-DVD to a PC as this article implies. If you have a Vista operating syste, however, one need not look for drivers; the drivers for the HD-DVD come loaded with the Vista OS. But viewing titles on a Windows PC--XP or Vista--requires a recent cpu (a dual core cpu) and a fast video card, too, and a software program to view the title. Cyberlinks PowerDVD Ultra works, but it costs $99. For the typical Windows user this means spending another $300 to $400 before their PC can handle the HD-DVD files. I am running an AMD dual core 4200 with a ATI X1900 Pro graphics card. I had to purchase AnyDVD decryption software to make backup copies of my HD-DVDs ($30); the software places your HD files on the hard drive--so you'd better have plenty of storage space--and then buy the aforementioned Graphics card ($230), and purchase PowerDVD Ultra ($99), which has a few bugs in it but performs adequately. So, the X-Box 360 Hd-DVD drive does work on a Windows PC, but the expense of the DVD drive is only the beginning! It is not as simple to install an Xbox 360 HD-DVD to a PC as this article implies. If you have a Vista operating syste, however, one need not look for drivers; the drivers for the HD-DVD come loaded with the Vista OS. But viewing titles on a Windows PC–XP or Vista–requires a recent cpu (a dual core cpu) and a fast video card, too, and a software program to view the title. Cyberlinks PowerDVD Ultra works, but it costs $99. For the typical Windows user this means spending another $300 to $400 before their PC can handle the HD-DVD files. I am running an AMD dual core 4200 with a ATI X1900 Pro graphics card. I had to purchase AnyDVD decryption software to make backup copies of my HD-DVDs ($30); the software places your HD files on the hard drive–so you’d better have plenty of storage space–and then buy the aforementioned Graphics card ($230), and purchase PowerDVD Ultra ($99), which has a few bugs in it but performs adequately.
So, the X-Box 360 Hd-DVD drive does work on a Windows PC, but the expense of the DVD drive is only the beginning!

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