The HD DVD clubhouse

[Dr. Spankenstein]

Mwhahahahahah! That's the spirit!

It's not up to me, but I say "You're in!"

You've got moxie!

 

[freaksavior]

I got me a xbox hd-dvd drive

Just fyi for anyone with a harmony remote.

when you go to add the hd drive add it as dvd/microsoft/9Z5-00013 and it will find it.

I got
Batman Begins
King Kong
Superman Returns

 

[effmaster]

I got me a xbox hd-dvd drive

Just fyi for anyone with a harmony remote.

when you go to add the hd drive add it as dvd/microsoft/9Z5-00013 and it will find it.

I got
Batman Begins
King Kong
Superman Returns

Awesome
What movies did you get for free or have you not done your 5 free HD DVD offer yet?

 

[effmaster]

Ha ha I thought that this was really funny to look at guys:

 

[effmaster]

Dont own, but support strongly. I want to see Sony fail.

Sign me up.

added welcome to the club m8

 

[effmaster]

btw what do you all think of the pic I put in the first post with HD DVD being there in place of Wal Mart?

Do you think that it is in the right placement or that it needs to not be there at all? Any suggestions would be great!

 

[MilkyWay]

i like how hd dvd is an actual dvd and blu ray is what a hd type format disk

lots of support for hd dvd including Microsoft the father of good computing

why even have a ps3 i like my Nintendo DS better than a ps3 and im being serious besides its all a vicious circle Sony Laptops run a Microsoft OS contributing to Microsoft funds i dont get it Sony should stick to mp3 player and tv that they used to be good at untill the ipod came out and other lcd/plasma tvs became better

 

[freaksavior]

Awesome
What movies did you get for free or have you not done your 5 free HD DVD offer yet?

troy, charlie ad the chocolate factory, italian job, hulk, fire wall

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

I got me a xbox hd-dvd drive

Just fyi for anyone with a harmony remote.

when you go to add the hd drive add it as dvd/microsoft/9Z5-00013 and it will find it.

I got
Batman Begins
King Kong
Superman Returns

Congrats on the 360 HD DVD drive! I want one!

Also, thanks for the tip for the Harmony/HD drive. I don't know how I lived without this remote! (Well, I do. It went like this..."Honey, where'd the TV remote go!" "Isn't it next to the remote for the receiver?" "No. I see it here with the XBOX, DVD and Media center remote. Where could it be?" Praise the baby Jesus that those days are over!

I quick FYI for anyone looking for an awesome HD DVD to check out. It's called "Hot Fuzz". A great Brit comedy about an over-achieving supercop from London who is forced to accept a new position in a rural town by his superior officers. Upon arrival, the new officer begins to round-up all manner of local offenders only to have the local Chief Inspector release them.
His new partner, Danny Butterman, is an uninspired Constable who longs for the police "action" as seen in his favorite movies-Bad Boys 2 and Point Break! The suspiscious nature of some current deaths leads our new Seargent to try and unravel the mystery behind this "eerily placid" and "frightfully laxed" community's propensity to write off every tragedy as and "accident" for the "Greater Good".

What happens next is a delightful mockery of all modern "action cop" film that "tips it's hat" to Michael Bay while giving him a swift kick to the nuts!

Not just a razor-sharp witted and perfectly chorographed comedy, this is THE best High Definition transfer I have EVER seen. Period.

Do yourself a favor and pick this one up for your collection! If you liked "Shawn of the Dead", this director's second outing (complete with Simon Peg and Nick Frost) is one you'll appreciate even more.

Cheers!

 

[effmaster]

As our number of members grows I must remind everyone to please remind any buddies or fellow users here on TPU that you have that you think may join this clubhouse to join it. It will only further strengthen our numbers. The more HDDVD supporters here on TPU the better our voice (and our pocketbooks) will be heard by the internet and by the movie studios.

Also I must encourage you people out there that don't have HD DVD players as of yet to buy the HD DVD combo format of some of the Harry Potter movies when they come out this week. From what I hear the sales of thes HD movies along with the sales of HD players will be a selling point for them to consider the HD side that they think will win. Hopefully those 750,000 HD DVD owners will step up with their purchases too I might add.

 

[cjoyce1980]

open formats like HD-DVD always get my vote

down with blu-ray and for forcing this silly format on us sony.....its poo poo, and dont you remember betamax!?!?

 

[effmaster]

open formats like HD-DVD always get my vote

down with blu-ray and for forcing this silly format on us sony.....its poo poo, and dont you remember betamax!?!?

You have been added cjoyce. ha ha

And btw I think Sony has already forgotten not only that but also the recent UMD movies for PSP. Seriously whens the last time some studio came out with a new movie for the PSP. Did Spider Man 3 even make it to the PSP format this time?

 

[bassmasta]

I'll join! an hd-dvd player is on my 360 atm, only transformers tho

 

[freaksavior]

has anyone got it working on the pc? i want to watch it on my pc but i dk what software i need. i got nero 8 with the hd-dvd/blu ray plugin and my system can run it so idk what to do next...anybody know?

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

^^CyberLink PowerDVD

As our number of members grows I must remind everyone to please remind any buddies or fellow users here on TPU that you have that you think may join this clubhouse to join it. It will only further strengthen our numbers. The more HDDVD supporters here on TPU the better our voice (and our pocketbooks) will be heard by the internet and by the movie studios.

Also I must encourage you people out there that don't have HD DVD players as of yet to buy the HD DVD combo format of some of the Harry Potter movies when they come out this week. From what I hear the sales of thes HD movies along with the sales of HD players will be a selling point for them to consider the HD side that they think will win. Hopefully those 750,000 HD DVD owners will step up with their purchases too I might add.

...or you could fly the banner in your sig.

 

[effmaster]

^^CyberLink PowerDVD





...or you could fly the banner in your sig.

Awww I guess I will have to get rid of the Screw the RIAA part in my thread since you can only have one picture in your sig at one time.

Also how would I place a link on the picture to bring the people over to the clubhouse thread?

Edit youve been added Bassmasta welcome to the clubhouse m8 cheers

Second Edit: Oh and freaksavior this should help out. i will PM it to you in case you dont see this immediately:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=325&type=expert&pid=3

 

[freaksavior]

i gtg reformat my computer my raid array got screwed up some how i had 600gb of stuff too!

but after its done i'm gonna do that

 

[effmaster]

i gtg reformat my computer my raid array got screwed up some how i had 600gb of stuff too!

but after its done i'm gonna do that

Were you able to retrieve or save anything from it at all?

 

[freaksavior]

its weird. the array is shown to be destroyed but I am in windows right now, but it is REALLY slow but i need to reformat anyway. so yes, i am able to get some info off thanks god.

I need to keep me files in better order. i got movies scattered on the drive idk were some even are.

 

[effmaster]

its weird. the array is shown to be destroyed but I am in windows right now, but it is REALLY slow but i need to reformat anyway. so yes, i am able to get some info off thanks god.

I need to keep me files in better order. i got movies scattered on the drive idk were some even are.

Copy what movies youcan find to DVD'S (that is assuming their DVD quality and not HD quality since you only just got your HD DVD player:confused): If im right you can save and consolidate space right there. lol. And then. What I would recommend though is to keep going through everything and moving the stuff you have already looked at into a said folder while still looking at everything else, if there is a virus, you may eventually come across the problem, (if its a software problem causing it that is) if its a hardware problem then I really have no idea.

Heck my portable Western Digital 120GB harddrive sometimes acts up on me and I will hear clicking sounds, then i will just put it in a different USB port and it will work fine, I figured there was something wrong with the port so I p[lugged in my 2GB USB 2.0 Flash drive and it worked. Go Figure lol.

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

eff,

We all shold be able to make the banner a hotlink for the thread. We would each need to first download the banner to our HDD then upload the picture for the sig, hightlight the picture, click "Hotlink" button and paste link to thread.

I'll have to try later as I am off to work (3pm-11pm). Plus, I'm rebuilding my Desktop so I can dual-boot XP/Vista. Wish me luck!

(I had to take my sig down cuz it was to large (file size and/or image size). I'm gonna have to figure out how to keep it readable without compressing it too much. I'll standardize one that we can all use and report back later!

Cheers!

 

[freaksavior]

for some reason the picture looks a little grainy on my monitor. it's 1920x1200 and a 8800gts and powerdvd ultra

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

Have you noticed any scaling issues with different media: games, video files, photos?
What is your res set to output in the NVIDIA Control panel? Are you using DVI, VGA or HDMI out?
What movie are you watching?

PowerDVD also has a number of setting that can only be set before the movie is played. Have you looked through these?

 

[freaksavior]

scaling? Nvidia shows 60hz @ 1920x1200 DVI-D, batman, superman

 

[Dr. Spankenstein]

Those sources are pretty clean.

By scaling, I mean that you are feeding the video card a 1920x1080i signal. You are asking the card to send your monitor it's native res of 1920x1200. So to keep the Aspec Ratio the same as the source material, there must be some scaling along the way. Could be the monitor or the card. Check NVIDIA control panel and see if "Stretch to fill" or "Do not scale" is checked. In you monitor's menu, look for settings for "Aspect ratio".

PowerDVD's Advance settings allow adjusting the aspect ratio 4:3 or 16:9, and the Display preference. There is also an HD DVD tab in the Configuration menu. Under Display Mode Preference you should check and make sure that "HD" option is checked, not "Downconvert to SD".

Here's a reference for you!