| Title: |
Is Your PC High Definition DVD Ready? |
| Description: |
Use this guide to see if your computer is high definition DVD (HD DVD/Blu-ray) ready |
| Author/Publisher: |
DVDGuy |
| Ease of use: |
Not Rated |
| Software Used: |
Arcsoft Totalmedia Theatre, CyberLink BD / HD Advisor, PowerDVD Ultra, WinDVD, WinDVD High-Definition Advisor Tool |
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As recommended by Cyberlink, you will need NVIDIA ForceWare drivers later than version 93.71 and ATI Catalyst drivers later than version 6.7 in order to ensure compatibility with PowerDVD Ultra for Blu-ray or HD DVD playback. It is worth keeping an eye on this thread @ AVS Forum, since there are certain combinations of drivers that will work best with PowerDVD Ultra. But the general rule is to get the latest drivers, which will work better with PowerDVD Ultra or WinDVD.
When this guide was first wrote, there was really only one commercially available product to playback Blu-ray and HD DVD movies, PowerDVD Ultra. Since then, several alternatives have popped up, including PowerDVD's main competitor, WinDVD. WinDVD 9 Plus Blu-ray adds both Blu-ray and HD DVD playback, and rivals PowerDVD Ultra in terms of support (both now support Blu-ray Profile 1.1).
So that's it for now. More information will be added to the guide as it becomes available. While Blu-ray and HD DVD playback should already be possible for some people, hopefully Blu-ray and HD DVD playback will become less simple as better hardware and more software become available.
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