petetherock Posted April 5, 2007 Posted April 5, 2007 Dear bros I found a hypermart in Australia which sells the X box add on for 199Aus$ plus KK. Can anyone advice on whether I can use it with a PC, and the specs of the PC needed? I understand there is a program called powerDVD which can run the X box without the X BOX player itself, is this correct? Cheers PS: if anyone is in Aus this weekend or so, the promo is on at Big W. 230V too so no converter needed P
tsammyc Posted April 6, 2007 Posted April 6, 2007 System Requirements for Cyberlink PowerDVD http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/require_112_ENU.html Copied below Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 or 1280 x 1024 Screen Ratio 4:3 or widescreen Processor Intel (Minimum): Pentium 4 541 3.2 GHz, Pentium D 840 3.2 GHz, Pentium D 930 3.0 GHz or 940 3.2 GHz, Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz, Pentium M 755 2.0 GHz Intel (Recommended): Pentium EE 840 3.2 GHz or 955 3.4 GHz, Pentium D 945 3.4 GHz, 950 3.4 GHz or 960 3.6 GHz, Core Duo T2500 2.0 GHz, T2600 2.16 GHz or T2700 2.33 GHz, Core 2 Duo E6300 1.8 GHz, E6400 2.13 GHz, E6600 2.4 GHz, E6700 2.66 GHZ or X6800 2.93 GHz AMD (Minimum): Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz or 4000+ 2.0 GHz, Turion 64 X2 TL-50 1.6 GHz, TL-52 1.6 GHz or TL-56 1.8 GHz AMD (Recommended): Athlon 64 FX FX-60 2.6 GHz or FX-62 2.8 GHz, Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2 GHz, 4400+ 2.2 GHz, 4600+ 2.4 GHz, 4800+ 2.4 GHz or 5000+ 2.6 GHz, Turion 64 X2 TL-60 2.0 GHz Memory 512 MB RAM or above, 1 GB recommended Hard Disk Space 60 MB Graphics Card nVidia: GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900 GX2, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GX2 ATI: X1600 series, X1800 series, X1900 series Video RAM: Graphics card memory requires 256 MB or above We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version. Sound Card PCI sound card or on-board audio Display Devices HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compliant display for digital output TV or computer monitor for analog output Disc Drive Blu-ray Disc drive or HD DVD drive (refer to list below) System Requirements for Windows Vista Media Center Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 or 1280 x 1024 Screen Ratio 4:3 or widescreen Processor Intel (Minimum): Pentium 4 541 3.2 GHz, Pentium D 840 3.2 GHz, Pentium D 930 3.0 GHz or 940 3.2 GHz, Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz, Pentium M 755 2.0 GHz Intel (Recommended): Pentium EE 840 3.2 GHz or 955 3.4 GHz, Pentium D 945 3.4 GHz, 950 3.4 GHz or 960 3.6 GHz, Core Duo T2500 2.0 GHz, T2600 2.16 GHz or T2700 2.33 GHz, Core 2 Duo E6300 1.8 GHz, E6400 2.13 GHz, E6600 2.4 GHz, E6700 2.66 GHZ or X6800 2.93 GHz AMD (Minimum): Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz or 4000+ 2.0 GHz, Turion 64 X2 TL-50 1.6 GHz, TL-52 1.6 GHz or TL-56 1.8 GHz AMD (Recommended): Athlon 64 FX FX-60 2.6 GHz or FX-62 2.8 GHz, Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2 GHz, 4400+ 2.2 GHz, 4600+ 2.4 GHz, 4800+ 2.4 GHz or 5000+ 2.6 GHz, Turion 64 X2 TL-60 2.0 GHz Memory 1 GB and above is recommended Hard Disk Space 60 MB Graphics Card nVidia: GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900 GX2, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GX2 ATI: X1600 series, X1800 series, X1900 series Video RAM: Graphics card memory requires 256 MB or above We strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version. Sound Card PCI sound card or on-board audio Display Devices HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) compliant display for digital output TV or computer monitor for analog output Disc Drive Blu-ray Disc drive or HD DVD drive (refer to list below) Supported Optical Drive HD DVD drives: Toshiba TS-L802A (slim internal drive) Toshiba SD-H802A (HH internal drive) HP HD-100 (HH external drive) Baffulo HDV-ROM2.4FB (HH internal drive) Xbox 360 HD DVD external drive BD drives: BenQ BW1000 (HH internal drive) LG GBW-H10N (HH internal drive) Sony BWU-100A(HH internal drive) Panasonic SW-5582 (HH internal drive) Samsung SH-BO22 (HH internal drive) Lite-On LX-2B1S (HH internal drive) Note: PowerDVD optimizes performance by selecting the appropriate video deinterlacing algorithm for the available processing power. PowerDVD maintains its support for processors below 733 MHz by ensuring that CLEV-2 technology will be turned off by default. PowerDVD's advanced audio and video technologies function better when used with processors above 2 GHz.
petetherock Posted April 6, 2007 Author Posted April 6, 2007 Thanks bro I will look for a set tomorrow, everything shuts down for Easter. Looks like I need a new computer too...
htfreak Posted April 6, 2007 Posted April 6, 2007 Seriously speaking Pete, with the HD-A2 going for rock bottom prices now. I reckon it's not worth the effort going the HTPC route to playback HD movies especially when you mentioned that you may have to upgrade your PC as well. Moreover, there's a piece of news in Engadget HD about the industry enforcing DRM patches to be applied on both the Win-DVD software and the player itself just so that you don't end up with a piece of white elephant. Just my two cents. http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/04/06/aacs-patch-for-windvd-hd-dvd-and-bd-players-update-or-never-wa/
petetherock Posted April 6, 2007 Author Posted April 6, 2007 Thanks, just exploring my options, I reckon I will sit and watch a bit, the whole HD, HDMI versions, etc is too bewildering right now. I just want to watch HD in peace, format, decoding format, HDMI interfaces issues not withstanding. That's why I bought my HDMI - less amp, knowing that when I want in for real, I will get something special, eg that Anthem AVM 50 or D2 is looking like my dream pre- Anyway a thread on system requirements I found: http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=46918&hl=xbox
IwishIwasToneDeaf Posted April 6, 2007 Posted April 6, 2007 Thanks, just exploring my options, I reckon I will sit and watch a bit, the whole HD, HDMI versions, etc is too bewildering right now. I just want to watch HD in peace, format, decoding format, HDMI interfaces issues not withstanding. That's why I bought my HDMI - less amp, knowing that when I want in for real, I will get something special, eg that Anthem AVM 50 or D2 is looking like my dream pre- Anyway a thread on system requirements I found: http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=46918&hl=xbox Not forgetting those Anthem power amps. ;)
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