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Hacking XBox 360 HD-DVD To Play On XP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cheap-HD dept.

Dan writes, "The XBox 360's affordable HD-DVD, with the help of some custom drivers and a specific player, has been hacked to work with any Windows XP machine. This may have created the cheapest HD-DVD player on the market to date."

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  1. Re:DVD-HD or Blu-ray by thejrwr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    haha got to love the mod system on ./

        40% Flamebait
        30% Insightful
        30% Overrated

    MAKE UP YOUR MIND!

    (Thats just my view tho)

  2. Fight the power! by pfz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Be free to do what you want with what you own! It's almost as if Microsoft thinks people will ignore good harware at a low price just because of some silly software. All hail the original X-Box hacker bunnie and his badass book, Hacking the XBox...

    check him out in the documentary:
    ALTERNATIVE FREEDOM:
    a documentary about the invisible war on culture:
    features:
    Lawrence Lessig
    Richard Stallman
    DJ Danger Mouse (of the Grey Album and Gnarls Barkley)
    doseone
    and more...

    http://alternativefreedom.org/

  3. Re:DVD-HD or Blu-ray by orasio · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Korea, only old dying people use BSD.
    Netcraft confirms it.