Will the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive work in MCE 2005?

Chris · **19th February 2007, 10:09 AM**

I ordered one of these on the weekend and plan to mount it in my MCE 2005 machine. I know people have got it working in XP but not sure if MCE will pick it up, have heard it will only recognise it as a CD Rom drive. Anyone heard anything?

supafly · **19th February 2007, 01:25 PM**

I have heard that it will work with Vista straight up, and with drivers will work with XP, i dont think it would work in MCE, but ive never tried it so i dont know for sure. Have you got a 360? it might be easier just using it with 360???? :S

Chris · **19th February 2007, 04:24 PM**

No I haven’t got a 360 yet. Will probably buy one if I can’t get the HD DVD drive to work in MCE. Someone might find a work around by the time they are released.

supafly · **19th February 2007, 04:28 PM**

well they have been out for close to 6 months in USA, Europe, etc and nothing yet...... heres hoping though.

slimf · **19th February 2007, 05:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chris

I ordered one of these on the weekend and plan to mount it in my MCE 2005 machine. I know people have got it working in XP but not sure if MCE will pick it up, have heard it will only recognise it as a CD Rom drive. Anyone heard anything?

Well, it will work (in xp with drivers, native in vista) BUT your not going to be able to do anything with it until you get somthing like cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra (currently the only software HDDVD player software on the market)

~99 USD!

and it got a bug...

When Ultra is installed sound on 7 and SBS dont work... (assuming a codec issue because the sound is actually in the recorded files and plays back fine on other systems!)

Power DVD 7.0 however the sound on those channels works fine.

simbot82 · **19th February 2007, 06:11 PM**

it won't work within the mce interface (apparently it can with an ugly hack that doesn't integrate all that cleanly)

Better of with Xbox 360 setu pas an extender taking care of your HD-DVD needs. but wait for the HDMI 120gb xbox to be released

supafly · **19th February 2007, 07:03 PM**

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but wait for the HDMI 120gb xbox to be released

I wish i could say that now. lol the inner gadget head in me will be telling me to buy one when it comes out and then ill have spent $1100 on the bloody xbox 360. lol.

deang · **26th March 2007, 10:37 AM**

Hi there,

can these drives be purchased now? I can't seem to find them listed anywhere is Australia.

Very cheap way of watching HD DVD.

Cheers,

Dean

supafly · **26th March 2007, 10:46 AM**

Indeed they can be purchased now, go into your local EB Games store i know they have them. I own a game shop and i ended up just taking 5 games into EB (my competitor) and traded them in, ended up paying $95 for my HD-DVD Add on, because my wholesaler had been slack and not sent them to me yet.

This drive is well worth the money, it looks absolutely great and the way special features work with HD-DVD is brilliant.

You also get a free copy of KING KONG HD-DVD too if you didnt already know.

getafix · **26th March 2007, 10:41 PM**

I got mine today from EB Games + the wireless steering wheel

The problem is that I am in Aus holiday so I can't test it yet. I have to wait until I get home in 2 weeks before I can check it out. Just hope everything fits into my cases. You have to scout around and it seems EB stores is the better option.

Cheers
G