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Old 21 July 2006, 04:42 AM
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Firstly will the WMV HD stuff from Amazon work over here if I unlock the DVD player on my PC? (as at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...v=glance&n=130 )

And I assume the HD DVD is for the new Blu-Ray equivalent players?
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WMV HD has to be played through a PC and will not play in a standalone DVD player.

you are correct HD DVD's can only be played in HD DVD players.

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Old 21 July 2006, 07:49 AM
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So I can stick the WMV HD stuff in my PC over here and play it on an HDMI connected TV?
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You certainly can

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Does anyone have any links to HD downloads? My Panasonic plasma which is HD ready comes next week
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...tshowcase.aspx
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Find they jump a little bit when playing back. Using 7800GT and Opty @2.6, thought would be quick enough

And any more content or even full length stuff available?
Old 21 July 2006, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by drjsd
Find they jump a little bit when playing back. Using 7800GT and Opty @2.6, thought would be quick enough

And any more content or even full length stuff available?
Have you tried play back through power dvd 7?
Old 21 July 2006, 11:40 PM
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Some DVD Players WILL play WMV HD files (cannot remember for the life of me which one!) - check out DVD players on AVforums.com for loads of info.

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Originally Posted by bob269
Have you tried play back through power dvd 7?
Was just using Windows Mediaplayer, but sure I have some other players lying around, will give it a go.
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Originally Posted by drjsd
Was just using Windows Mediaplayer, but sure I have some other players lying around, will give it a go.
Try this, its free and plays just about anything even zipped/iso files.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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Originally Posted by bob269
Try this, its free and plays just about anything even zipped/iso files.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Cheers, will give it a go when I get home tomorrow
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