Hdcp

[prerich]

Originally Posted by Beta-guy

I thought I'd update anyone here, since I've recieved alot of help, Thanks! I got the Burner today, and I tried it out and sure enough all my concern went away the computer played it well, especially with the 5.1 speakers. the only downside is I'm limited in resolution so I'll have to wait a while and buy a 24" monitor that can do 1080P.

I also HAVE to use Vista to adhere to HDCP, but a minor irritation but still it play BD flawlessly besides, I tried the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow' I figured with BD+, high bitratrate AVC, and DTS MA all being used at once if anything was going to stump my computer that would.

one last question does PowerDVD 7.3 support PiP/BD Live?

PowerDVD Ultra 7.3 with the latest patch is PiP compliant. PowerDVD 8 is fully profile 2.0 compliant.

[Beta-guy]

Originally Posted by prerich

Orbit is right Win XP SP2 (now SP3) is HDCP compliant.

I dual boot with Vista Ultimate, and Windows XP X64.

Windows XP and Windows XP X64 are different, XP (32 bit) is designed for the home user, while Windows XP X64 is basically Windows 2003 Server converted into a desktop OS. XP has support for HDCP (and is up to SP3) while XP X64 is not HDCP compliant and only have SP2.

Unless there is a patch or something I'm not aware of I'm stuck using Vista for watching Blu-ray.

[prerich]

Originally Posted by Beta-guy

I dual boot with Vista Ultimate, and Windows XP X64.

Windows XP and Windows XP X64 are different, XP (32 bit) is designed for the home user, while Windows XP X64 is basically Windows 2003 Server converted into a desktop OS. XP has support for HDCP (and is up to SP3) while XP X64 is not HDCP compliant and only have SP2.

Unless there is a patch or something I'm not aware of I'm stuck using Vista for watching Blu-ray.

No patch - you are correct sir

[srjj1]

HDfury seems okay, however it is better to buy a HDCP monitor and card like I did. Did you see the price of it??????? However good if you have a TV that doesn't have HDMI. Great to see that their is a legal alternative to using software.