VISTA and xbox 360 HD Drive

[jradams76]

My friend is going to let me borrow his HD Drive and I wanted to see if it would work on my HTPC setup. I have a Mitsu DLP TV hooked up to my HTPC via DVI/HDMI as my TV only has a HDMI port. Will this software allow me to play a hd dvd with the xbox drive since my tv and video card are not HDCP complient? Or do I have to rip the dvd to the HD first to play it? I'm hoping I can play it directly from the dvd.

[Charlie]

You can play it directly without ripping. This is only if your PC has the power to plus the right powerdvd as well.

[jradams76]

What about using WinDVD? Or do I have to use PowerDVD?

[roog]

As for PowerDVD, you have to have PowerDVD Ultra to play HD DVDs. You can download a program called Cyberlink Advisor at http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/support/bdhd_support/diagnosis.jsp and run it to see if your system is capable of playing HD DVDs.