Ripping/Playing HD-DVD in comp dvd drive?

MonocleCat

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Can you rip/play hd-dvds or blu-ray dvds in a standard pc dvd burner drive? Obviously you'd need proper codecs et. al. but will it play, and at the hi-def quality? or do i need to get a hd-dvd player for proper playback?
 

Chrisbp

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No. The DVD optics are not capable of reading the track pitch of HD-DVD or Bluray. You need a drive designated as such.