Posted by Mr. X on 01/08/06 06:01

"jolt" <ergoacess@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:8rSdneuqh-YFi13eRVn-pA@comcast.com...
> Now try to play them. I think that most will find they can't play them
> because they don't have fast enough equipment to process the files.
> There's the rub you need a powerful (costly) STB to do 1080p. I'll live
> with the limitation that cost imposes on HD-DVD, where it would seem they
> will offer STBs that will not support 1080p to control the cost.

The problem is not the resolution it's the codec and DRM.

I can play 1920x1200p60 MPEG2 even on my 6 year old 1.3GHz AMD and OC'd ATI
9500pro board (8 shader 2b pipes @350MHz, 128M of 128 bit RAM @310MHz).

But I can't play 1280x720p "HD WMV" with DRM on it.


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