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Zebu Fellenz · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 2567

Prices are coming down. Thumbs Up

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8490689&type=product&id=1186003684236

Erik Very Happy

JustGreg · Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 3098 Location: Kenosha, WI

Great price for sure. Almost, ALMOST makes me want to build an HTPC. I'm waiting for stand alone's to come down in price. The LG BH200 below should kick start the competition for dual format stand alone's...I hope. It looks as tho both formats are here to stay for the foreseeable (sp?) future.

http://reviews.cnet.com/video-players-and-recorders/lg-bh200/4505-6463_7-32595250.html

Erik do you know if that drive will burn dual layer in both formats? Sorry I didn't research on my own...I had a late night in the HT and just dragged out. Embarassed

(Just in time to hopefully watch the Packers thump the Bears on their home turf...and it's frigging cold and windy in the midwest today.)

Greg

Moose · Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 788 Location: Minnesota

Sold Out Online.

WanMan · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 10270

What one saves on the drive will have to make up for in the video card department and maybe having to buy the retail software to get REAL support. I can only conclude the reason why I had BSOD was due to the video chipset in the Abit F-I90HD motherboard. I have since returned the unit (yesterday), and replaced it with a standalone appliance. Of course, its still tempting.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:16 am Post subject:

Mine doesn't run. YET. I can see the contents of the disk but as soon as PowerDVD loads I get a really quick BSOD and then the system reboots. Too quick for me to see what the error was. I was hoping I would be able to watch something on this over the holidays, now it's going to be days and days of arguing. That's the HTPC way....

/end rant

WanMan · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 10270

I wonder if you have to select a Region in the hardware to playback DVDs and BDs.

nuttall_chris · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject:

My combo drive has been working perfectly from day one Smile

I was using an Nvidia 8500GT in XP but I have now upgraded to Vista and an ATI 2600XT. XP didn't want to play nice with my audio drivers when I wanted to use Dolby TrueHD but it works perfectly in Vista. Also the Nvidia 8500GT card would not allow me to use custom resolutions in Vista. First I replace the 8500GT with my 6600GT but then a few days later the fan broke on the 6600GT and smoked the card so I decided to replace it with the ATI 2600XT and it has been working perfectly since. Smile

For software I am using PowerDVD Ultra version 3319a. Don't use the software that came with the drive. Don't purchase the software from Cyberlink as in the lastest version they have crippled some of the features that I like the most, including the ability to play back disks that have been copied to your hard drive.

If you want to keep it legal, purchase it from Cyberlink then download version 3319a (google 3391a and torrent) and use that version.

Also AnydvdHD is your friend Smile

Chris.

Zebu Fellenz · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 2567

nuttall_chris · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject:

It worked perfectly until the fan broke and the card smoked Sad

I was able to use software to do all the decoding as I am running a Quad core proecessor.

Chris.

lyd · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 390 Location: Lake Mills, Wi

I've been messing with mine since my blu-ray discs came at around 11 this morning, and have yet to get picture or sound out of it. Really starting to tick me off.

No crashes or errors, just non-functionality. All three of the discs I've tried so far act slightly different, but the upshot is that they wind up looping on one or another number in the "title" field, and I never see an image or hear a peep. No idea what the problem might be, at this point.

lyd

nuttall_chris · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:52 pm Post subject:

lyd · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 390 Location: Lake Mills, Wi

lyd · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 390 Location: Lake Mills, Wi

I uninstalled that and installed a new copy of 3319a. Exact same symptoms.

I'm still really stumped as to what the problem might be, but that doesn't seem to be it.

lyd

Zebu Fellenz · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 2567

nuttall_chris · Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 3:33 am Post subject:

scottap · Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 177 Location: Palo Alto, CA

I think the video card has to be HDCP compatible for it to work. I got this 2600 card at Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121087

Works great with the drive and is only $72 after rebate.

nuttall_chris · Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:08 am Post subject:

lyd · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 390 Location: Lake Mills, Wi

Got it working. I'm kicking myself for not thinking of this earlier. I was running an older version of the XTreme-G forceware drivers from tweaksrus/tweakforce. Cleaned that out, installed the latest WHQL, and Bob's your uncle.

lyd

WanMan · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 10270

All, this product clearly advertises that it can output HD resolutions over analog video transport. As such, there is no binding HDCP on the analog output. I did not get a chance, though, to test the HDMI output on the Abit F-I90HD before I returned the combo drive.