High Definition

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

In the war of Blu Ray vs. HD DVD, the latter may just win due to this:

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/34650/97/

$100 HD DVD player.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Netflix drops HD-DVD support:

http://www.dailytech.com/Netflix+Picks+ ... e10637.htm

[Tempus]

ya... its a shame but it seems that sony actually has won the format wars...

from what I have read a lot of this is due to the PS3 playing blueray disks

this does not bode well since sony never licenses its technology to anyone else and it just gets more expensive

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Everything depends on Universal. If it stays HD-DVD, there's a very slight chance HD-DVD could rebound (however unlikely). If Universal caves, the jig is definitely up.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Programs for playing back HD content in Windows:

http://www.genmay.com/showpost.php?p=22 ... stcount=21

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Convert HD DVD to Blu Ray:

http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Convert_You ... to_Blu-Ray

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Current recommend ways to play high def on your computer:

-mpc with ffdshow
-vlc
-mpc with klite codec pack
-mpc with cccp

Many don't like codec packs and recommend the first two. I've had good luck with klite so make your own call.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

BD+ (ie. the new DRM of Blu-Ray) just got cracked:

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0 ... 222&tid=93

Took 'em about 5 weeks to destroy a system that was supposed "to last close to a decade."

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

How to play high def movies with Media Player Classic:

http://blogo.biz/?p=20
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Dempsey, this will make it that you don't need Media Player for your mkv files.