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Posted by JoeBloe on 01/01/07 21:16
On 31 Dec 2006 11:03:39 -0800, "aloof" <mraloof@gmail.com> Gave us:
>Wow, quite the passionate group I posted to here. :)
>
>Anyway, Company Man was right (though I figured it out prior to his
>post). What I needed to install was the UDF 2.5 file system driver on
>the machine so Windows could recognize the files on the HD-DVD disc. I
>was able to find one on the web and that seems to have made Windows
>happy with it (e.g. Explorer now shows the name of the movie when it's
>in the drive, I can browse the directories/files, etc.).
>
>To answer some of the things people mentioned above:
>
>> No, you're thinking of Apple. Windows makes you go look for your own
>> DVD players.
>
>It's not actually Windows to blame here. Windows XP came out way before
>UDF 2.5 was defined so I can't fault it for not coming with the driver.
>Vista actually comes with support natively it seems. So when I upgrade
>I should be fine there.
>
>Also, I also have a MacBook Pro which I really like but I hadn't yet
>heard of any Macs that came with HD-DVD drives. Maybe I've just missed
>them.
>
>> (so, like...there are computer companies that DON'T give
>> you everything in the box?) :)
>
>It's because I chose to flatten the box that I got myself into this. I
>realized this prior to doing it. The unfortunate part is that HP (the
>maker of the machine I purchased) doesn't provide you with actual
>Windows install disc. It instead gives you "recovery discs" which force
>you to install it their way. I have my reasons for needing pure XP
>though, if I didn't I'd certainly be running MCE.
>
>> 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.
>
>It's a drivers thing in this case, not an OS thing. Media Center
>doesn't have some native ability to play HD-DVD discs that XP doesn't
>provided you have the right drivers.
>
>Also, note I'm not really blaming the "company" for what I did. It
>would be nice if they'd have the proper drivers available on their
>website instead of only giving you the option of making your own
>recovery discs. However, I am not in agreement with anyone who expects
>my machine to never be formatted as that's just naive and unrealistic.
>It's even funnier given how the machine came with all sorts of papers
>informing me of how it was Vista ready and how to join the Vista
>upgrade process but the one support rep I spoke to was saying how they
>do not support formatting the machine or upgrading it's OS to any other
>OS.
>
>In the end, I'm fine with it all as it's easy enough to figure out the
>manufacturer of each component, head to their web site, and
>download/install the appropriate driver. This is what I end up doing
>each time I get a new machine (especially when I build it myself)
>anyway.
>
>Anyway, thanks to everyone for the help including the folks afflicted
>by what seems to be some sort of usenet rage.
Great response. You are probably smarter than a lot of those that
answered.
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