Whats neat is anyone with a fairly recent pc can pick up one of these and connect them to a Vista based machine and they automatically install the drivers etc. Plug in, ready to go and start watching movies. Provided you have playback software like windvd or vlc player for free.
You can even borrow movies from friends with the 'right' software and 'back them up' for your friend should his hd-dvd become damaged...assuming you have 30gb of space free per movie. Still though, wouldn't 'expire'.
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Wes @ Dec 4th 2007 10:42PM
Whats neat is anyone with a fairly recent pc can pick up one of these and connect them to a Vista based machine and they automatically install the drivers etc. Plug in, ready to go and start watching movies. Provided you have playback software like windvd or vlc player for free.
You can even borrow movies from friends with the 'right' software and 'back them up' for your friend should his hd-dvd become damaged...assuming you have 30gb of space free per movie. Still though, wouldn't 'expire'.
Truth Teller @ Dec 5th 2007 12:45PM
Not just Vista.
They work very nicely with a Windows XP PC too.
I just sold mine after a having it as a ROM drive for a year (for 80/$160 too!).
I might just buy another one at those kind of prices.