Posted by ZEKE, of the NERDS on 08/03/06 13:53

"Phat Bytestard" <phatbytestard@getinmahharddrive.org> wrote in message
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> On 2 Aug 2006 13:53:14 -0700, "G-squared" <stratus46@yahoo.com> Gave
> us:
>
>>Windows Media player -- in hi def.
>
> The two do not exist together.

Windows Media Player 10 does a great job of playing HD at any resolution (at
least up to 1020p)

An excellent example of .WMV used for HD movies is

T2 -- EXTREME (here's the AMAZON link, but its everywhere for 9 bucks)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008PC2O/

*** start My review on amazon
A big problem with this and "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" is that they
were released before Windows Media 10 was available, and so required a few
add-ins to make it play in WM-9. Unfortunately this skin is not upward
compatible. in order to make it play, you must:

1. Either do not install or Go to control Panel, add-remove programs, and
uninstall the player that was installed by the disk called INTERACTUAL VIDEO
PLAYER or suchlike.

2. Look in the root directory of disk two for a program called DVDRUN.EXE
(you may not see the ".EXE" extension.) double click to run that program.
DVDRUN.exe will go on the internet to obtain a 5 day license to play the
movie. (after 5 days you can go get another one when needed.) The license
will be installed and managed by Windows Media 10.

3. Use windows search to find the .ASX files on the DVD. .ASX files are
Windows Media 10 playlists. For Terminator 2, the first file is called
CHAP_0.ASX but you should be able to use this method for other "legacy" DVD
versions of .WMV movies. You only need to click on the first file, the other
chapter lists are chained automatically.

For newly released WMV-HD and, hopefully, future versions of T2, Windows
Media Player 10 and above will simply start automagically and begin playing
the movie.

The minimum recommended system is a pentium 4 at 3.0 GHz or higher, i found
i get an acceptable quality with a bit of stuttering with a 2.8 GHz
computer. I have an AGP video card RADEON 9550, and i find increasing the
AGP speed reduces dropped frames.

If you love action movies, and you have an HDTV monitor, this movie might
just be your excuse to buy or build a new multimedia computer for your
family.
*** end review

The windows VISTA operating system (if it ever ships, *laugh*) includes
MEDIA CENTER
in all versions. Media center is a special version of Windows XP. Media
center organizes off-air
recording, and manages playout to several monitors around the house as
needed.

By the way, i did an off the air HD recording at 1920 X 1080i and the
results were absolutely beautiful
the only downside... a one hour program took 50 Gigs.

disco legend zeke

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