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Old 18th March 2008, 11:47 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Going Blu Ray, what you should know

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Originally Posted by Percul8or View Post
So you see neither will work. The 7600 because it does not have HDCP and the 8600 because although it has HDMI and HDCP it is not supported in XP yet...(fine in Vista)
Honestly, for my money, if you have a capable system (ie Core2Duo, 2GB+, 8600), Vista is simply much simpler to set up and superbly reliable for me. I'll qualifiy that by saying I only run Intel/Nvidia combo, but I don't see any reason to stick with 2005.

The hardware decoding support in 2005 is much "lighter" than what you get with Vista and the new-gen cards so that's a tangible benefit if you ask me.
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