Xbox 360 HD DVD Add-on... to PC?

[LH4]

well with the big xbox 360 HD DVD Drive price drop, i've been thinking of picking one up! lol but i dont have a 360. so i was wondering, could i hook it up to my laptop easily and then hook my laptop up to my HDTV and watch HD DVD's on it? because we don't have an hd dvd player in the living room, and it would be cool to be able to pick this up with all those free movies and remote for $50 so i have the option to watch my hd dvd's in any room.

 

[IcEWoLF]

You should be able to do that, I thought PG said something about that regarding Scott's purchase today:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/hd-dvd-blu-ray-war-zone/126287-i-feel-good.html

 

[docpadds]

Instructions for Vista and XP are here:

RUN XBOX HD-DVD Drive On Your PC Using Windows XP and Vista

Was just looking at this as an idea today but my HTPC is running Linux/MythTV and its not nearly as easy.

 

[LH4]

oooh yay. lol well, it says you need a good video card.... do you need all those requirements to watch it on an HDTV?

 

[John Kotches]

oooh yay. lol well, it says you need a good video card.... do you need all those requirements to watch it on an HDTV?

You need something to decode the video; so yes you do if you're hooking it up to a PC.

 

[LH4]

lol so if youc an hook it up to a PC... couldn't you hook it up somehow to a PS3. i know probably not since it's SONY and Blu-Ray... but my laptop isn't all that good

 

[DarrenS]

I picked one up for $50 havent hooked it up yet

 

[Ronald_Jeremy]

You need something to decode the video; so yes you do if you're hooking it up to a PC.

He will also need high-def outputs in order to hook it to a TV. Would have to be a PCMCIA card and probably pretty expensive!

 

[diogen]

He will also need high-def outputs in order to hook it to a TV.

VGA, component, DVI, HDMI - all will do, depending on available inputs on TV...

But if the PC is not relatively new (less than a year), the video card would probably be of not much help in decoding HD DVD video and a powerful CPU will be needed...

Diogen.