Posted by littlejoeflub on 12/31/06 05:11

littlejoef...@yahoo.com wrote:
> JoeBloe wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:42:29 -0500, Derek Janssen
> > <ejanss@nospam.comcast.net> Gave us:
> >
> > >JoeBloe wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:08:14 -1000, "Hertz_Donut"
> > >> <nowhere@mindspring.com> Gave us:
> > >>
> > >>>1. Windows Media Center is based directly on Window XP Professional.
> > >>>
> > >>>2. You will need a program such as the latest version of Nero which will
> > >>>read HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs.
> > >>
> > >> If the disc CAME with the computer that has the HD reader, the app
> > >> to play should already be on the computer as well.
> > >
> > >No, you're thinking of Apple. Windows makes you go look for your own
> > >DVD players.
> >
> > It has nothing to do with the OS at all.
> >
> > It is a pre-package, pre-assembled PC. It CAME with the movie, and
> > an HD DVD reader.
> >
> > The company, or PC shop or whatever that pre-packaged it should have
> > made it capable of actually delivering what it promised.
> >
> > It is really that simple.
>
> Actually the company, or PC shop or whatever DID make it capable of
> actually delivering what it promised until "you" formatted it and
> replaced the properly configured Windows Media Center (successor to
> WinXP Pro) for an older version of the Operating System, which
> obviously lacks the capability to use an HD-DVD drive. I suggest you
> dig up the CD or DVD-ROM (more likely) that came with your PC and do a
> reinstall.

Sorry I meant "you" as in the original poster not you JoeBloe.

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