HD DVD Player

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Den Member 911 Posts 9/02	Posted - Aug 7 2006 : 1:11PM I finally gave in and bought the RCA HDV5000 player. I bought 5 HD DVD movies and they are really good! But, when I tried to play my only 2 Adult HD DVD discs, they would NOT play. Help? [invalid URL removed]Island Fever 3 Pirates They are clearly marked as HD DVD. They do play in my computer. Are there any Adult HD DVDs that will play on HD DVD player? Thanks, Den [Link]
PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03	Posted - Aug 7 2006 : 2:00PM I don't think they work because they were formatted for Windows Media Player HD? Just a guess.... "The universe is hostile, So impersonal. Devour to survive." - Tool [Link]
codybangs Digital Playground 676 Posts 8/04	Posted - Aug 8 2006 : 1:15AM Den wrote: I finally gave in and bought the RCA HDV5000 player. I bought 5 HD DVD movies and they are really good! But, when I tried to play my only 2 Adult HD DVD discs, they would NOT play. Help? Island Fever 3 Pirates They are clearly marked as HD DVD. They do play in my computer. Are there any Adult HD DVDs that will play on HD DVD player? Thanks, Den Click to expand Hmmmm.. not sure why it didn't work. We have a HD-DVD player at work and it plays fine on there. There's no regional coding on the DVDs so that can't be the issue. [Link]
codybangs Digital Playground 676 Posts 8/04	Posted - Aug 8 2006 : 1:16AM PL wrote: I don't think they work because they were formatted for Windows Media Player HD? Just a guess.... "The universe is hostile, So impersonal. Devour to survive." - Tool Click to expand Well, HD-DVD Player uses WMV so it doesn't matter. Standard DVD Player uses TS. [Link]
Den Member 911 Posts 9/02	Posted - Aug 8 2006 : 6:31AM codybangs wrote: Hmmmm.. not sure why it didn't work. We have a HD-DVD player at work and it plays fine on there. There's no regional coding on the DVDs so that can't be the issue. Click to expand Please send me the 2 HD DVD's so I can finish the reviews. Test them on your HD DVD player before sending them. Thanks, Den [Link]

codybangs Digital Playground 676 Posts 8/04	Posted - Aug 8 2006 : 11:04AM Den wrote: codybangs wrote: Hmmmm.. not sure why it didn't work. We have a HD-DVD player at work and it plays fine on there. There's no regional coding on the DVDs so that can't be the issue. Click to expand Please send me the 2 HD DVD's so I can finish the reviews. Test them on your HD DVD player before sending them. Thanks, Den Click to expand Okay. I will have to tell them. Been busy lately taking care of the new image policy. 2 more years.... 2 more years... arrrrghhh... [Link]
Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00	Posted - Aug 8 2006 : 7:30PM Den wrote: Island Fever 3 Pirates They are clearly marked as HD DVD. They do play in my computer. Click to expand Neither of those discs are in the HD DVD format. They are both in the Windows Media Video 9 format. That's why they play on your PC. Try putting your mainstream HD DVD's into your PC. I'm certain that they won't play. If they did, then people wouldn't need to buy HD DVD players. [Link]
codybangs Digital Playground 676 Posts 8/04	Posted - Aug 8 2006 : 8:09PM Bill wrote: Den wrote: Island Fever 3 Pirates They are clearly marked as HD DVD. They do play in my computer. Click to expand Neither of those discs are in the HD DVD format. They are both in the Windows Media Video 9 format. That's why they play on your PC. Try putting your mainstream HD DVD's into your PC. I'm certain that they won't play. If they did, then people wouldn't need to buy HD DVD players. Click to expand You're absolutely right. I didn't even know that. [Link]
Den Member 911 Posts 9/02	Posted - Aug 8 2006 : 9:04PM codybangs wrote: We have a HD-DVD player at work and it plays fine on there. Click to expand Maybe I just got 2 bad discs. Looking forward to receiving discs that will play on HD DVD player. Thanks, Den [Link]
PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03	Posted - Aug 8 2006 : 10:05PM codybangs wrote: Bill wrote: Den wrote: Island Fever 3 Pirates They are clearly marked as HD DVD. They do play in my computer. Click to expand Neither of those discs are in the HD DVD format. They are both in the Windows Media Video 9 format. That's why they play on your PC. Try putting your mainstream HD DVD's into your PC. I'm certain that they won't play. If they did, then people wouldn't need to buy HD DVD players. Click to expand You're absolutely right. I didn't even know that. Click to expand So my initial guess was right... "The universe is hostile, So impersonal. Devour to survive." - Tool [Link]
astroknight Questionable Moderator Tastes so good... 4187 Posts 11/99	Posted - Aug 8 2006 : 10:50PM PL wrote: So my initial guess was right... Click to expand reaches for calendar and red marker... [:p)] "Vegetarianism for me is about saying ‘yes’ to things - even meat." - Coupling [Link]
PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03	Posted - Aug 8 2006 : 11:14PM That's exactly how I felt! Right for the first time ever , AND I don't even get credit.... Sigh, what an unfulfilling life I lead "The universe is hostile, So impersonal. Devour to survive." - Tool [Link]
Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00	Posted - Aug 9 2006 : 12:47AM PL wrote: That's exactly how I felt! Right for the first time ever , AND I don't even get credit.... Click to expand Sorry. Let me rephrase my reply... As PL's hypothesis stated, neither of those discs are in the HD DVD format. They are both in the Windows Media Video 9 format. That's why they play on your PC. Try putting your mainstream HD DVD's into your PC. I'm certain that they won't play. If they did, then people wouldn't need to buy HD DVD players. Is that better? [Link]
K Smitten Kitten Cloud 9 530 Posts 2/06	Posted - Aug 9 2006 : 5:06AM But, Bill, isn't the WMV9 format specifically supported by the HD-DVD specs? AFAIK, HD-DVD players are supposed to be able to read the physical DVD discs too, and I was expecting that, if the files were arranged on the regular DVD disc in the same way as they would be on an HD-DVD disc (just more heavily compressed), the HD-DVD players were supposed to be able to play them. Have I gotten all that wrong? [Link]
PL Senior Member God hates us all, you know it's true, God hates this place. - Slayer 1726 Posts 10/03	Posted - Aug 9 2006 : 7:04AM Bill wrote: PL wrote: That's exactly how I felt! Right for the first time ever , AND I don't even get credit.... Click to expand Sorry. Let me rephrase my reply... As PL's hypothesis stated, neither of those discs are in the HD DVD format. They are both in the Windows Media Video 9 format. That's why they play on your PC. Try putting your mainstream HD DVD's into your PC. I'm certain that they won't play. If they did, then people wouldn't need to buy HD DVD players. Is that better? Click to expand HAHAHAHA!!! Yes [:p)] "The universe is hostile, So impersonal. Devour to survive." - Tool [Link]

Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00	Posted - Aug 9 2006 : 7:39PM K wrote: But, Bill, isn't the WMV9 format specifically supported by the HD-DVD specs? Click to expand No. However, I don't think that it would really be a big deal for HD-DVD players to be able to play WMV9 discs. The two formats essentially use the same codec. They are two slightly different versions of Microsoft's VC-1 codec. At one time, the trades were referring to this codec as WMV9, which is what I think caused some confusion. Here's a thread at AVS Forum specifically discussing these two discs and Toshiba's HD-DVD players. [Link]
K Smitten Kitten Cloud 9 530 Posts 2/06	Posted - Aug 10 2006 : 5:13AM Thanks, Bill. At one time, the trades were referring to this codec as WMV9, which is what I think caused some confusion. Click to expand I'll say there's confusion. From AVS thread: Pirates and Island Fever 3 are the only titles using the HD DVD name when they shouldn't be. I don't believe there are any others. Click to expand Here is the insert that came with Pirates . Small wonder people expect Pirates to play on an HD-DVD player. I certainly did. [Link]
Den Member 911 Posts 9/02	Posted - Aug 10 2006 : 11:21AM K wrote: Small wonder people expect Pirates to play on an HD-DVD player. I certainly did. Click to expand Thanks. I forgot about that. I certainly expected it to work on my HD DVD Player. Wonder how Cody got it to work on his HD DVD player at work? Cody promised to send me new HD DVDs that will play on HD DVD player and I will report back at soon as I get them. Thanks to everybody for help on this. Den [Link]
codybangs Digital Playground 676 Posts 8/04	Posted - Aug 11 2006 : 1:20AM Den wrote: K wrote: Small wonder people expect Pirates to play on an HD-DVD player. I certainly did. Click to expand Thanks. I forgot about that. I certainly expected it to work on my HD DVD Player. Wonder how Cody got it to work on his HD DVD player at work? Cody promised to send me new HD DVDs that will play on HD DVD player and I will report back at soon as I get them. Thanks to everybody for help on this. Den Click to expand I didn't. That's what I thought the DVD authoring guy said have told me. [Link]
Den Member 911 Posts 9/02	Posted - Aug 11 2006 : 4:20AM codybangs wrote: I didn't. That's what I thought the DVD authoring guy said have told me. Click to expand Cody, sorry, I don't follow this reply. From a previous post you said, 'We have a HD-DVD player at work and it plays fine on there.' Do you have a Pirates HD DVD disc that plays on a HD DVD player? Do you have a Island Fever 3 HD DVD disc that plays on a HD DVD player? Thanks, Den [Link]
codybangs Digital Playground 676 Posts 8/04	Posted - Aug 11 2006 : 3:16PM Den wrote: codybangs wrote: I didn't. That's what I thought the DVD authoring guy said have told me. Click to expand Cody, sorry, I don't follow this reply. From a previous post you said, 'We have a HD-DVD player at work and it plays fine on there.' Do you have a Pirates HD DVD disc that plays on a HD DVD player? Do you have a Island Fever 3 HD DVD disc that plays on a HD DVD player? Thanks, Den Click to expand I was under the impression before from our guy here that the HD-DVDs did work but I was wrong. So at the moment, no our HD-DVDs(Pirates and IF3) do not work on HD-DVD players, only on PCs that are WMV compliant. Sorry for the confusion. Edited by - codybangs on 8/11/2006 3:17:24 PM [Link]
Den Member 911 Posts 9/02	Posted - Aug 11 2006 : 9:18PM codybangs wrote: I was under the impression before from our guy here that the HD-DVDs did work but I was wrong. So at the moment, no our HD-DVDs(Pirates and IF3) do not work on HD-DVD players, only on PCs that are WMV compliant. Sorry for the confusion. Click to expand Any idea when the problem will be fixed and DP will offer free replacements for the people who thought they were HD DVDs? I mean, we are only talking about one of them being the DVD of the Year for 2005 (Pirates). And, I sure hope you don't repeat this error on Insland Fever #04. Good luck. Den [Link]
codybangs Digital Playground 676 Posts 8/04	Posted - Aug 11 2006 : 10:24PM Den wrote: codybangs wrote: I was under the impression before from our guy here that the HD-DVDs did work but I was wrong. So at the moment, no our HD-DVDs(Pirates and IF3) do not work on HD-DVD players, only on PCs that are WMV compliant. Sorry for the confusion. Click to expand Any idea when the problem will be fixed and DP will offer free replacements for the people who thought they were HD DVDs? I mean, we are only talking about one of them being the DVD of the Year for 2005 (Pirates). And, I sure hope you don't repeat this error on Insland Fever #04. Good luck. Den Click to expand Well, I learned it wasn't a problem because at the time when it was authored, the HD-DVD players weren't even out in the market yet. I have heard that we might end up releasing many of our titles in HD-DVD format sometime this year. When I find out more info about some of the HD-DVD specs of Island Fever 4, I'll let you know. Oh yeah, and customers who do request the HD-DVD version when it comes out, we will gladly do a switch for free. That's what I've heard. [Link]
Den Member 911 Posts 9/02	Posted - Aug 11 2006 : 11:08PM codybangs wrote: Oh yeah, and customers who do request the HD-DVD version when it comes out, we will gladly do a switch for free. That's what I've heard. Click to expand Good news, keep us posted. Thanks, Den [Link]