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• BestBuy HD-DVD Deal

  If you were thinking about picking up a 360 HD-DVD drive, now might be the time to jump on it. One of my friends (who's much better at finding the deals) was able to get the drive Heroes season one + 2 (under $35) discs in store + King Kong + 5 discs... Posted Oct 26 2007, 10:21 AM by babgvant with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: HD DVD

• Moving to Vista MC and HD-DVD

  A while back I outlined the contents and rational of my HTPC. That system was designed to run XP Media Center, and while it could handle HD ATSC (or FW) content, it lacked HDCP so it wasn't able to do HD-DVD playback (technically it probably could... Posted Aug 23 2007, 08:38 AM by babgvant with | with no comments Filed under: Media Center, Vista, HD DVD

• Nine Months

  nVidia finally got custom resolutions built into their Vista driver for those who connect up to a HDTV (overscan correction). It's still in beta , but at least it out (and it works). I installed it a couple days ago, and I must say it's nice to... Posted Jul 14 2007, 02:19 PM by babgvant with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, HD DVD, Hardware

• Over the Top

  I had a chance to check out the Next-Gen format discussions in the AVS Forums this weekend, and I was really surprised with the "passion" many of the posters felt for their format of choice. The feature sets are so similar between the two formats... Posted Jul 10 2007, 07:18 AM by babgvant with | with no comments Filed under: HD DVD