Xbox HDI alternative?

[quote user="FullHornet"]It makes absolutely no sense why an Xbox One would play DVDs and Blu-Ray's and not play HD DVDs.[/quote]HD DVD and Blu-ray are formatted differently on the disc. Blu-ray players cannot read HD DVDs and vice versa. The exception being
multi-format drives designed to read both (I have two).



Beyond the physical inability to read an HD DVD in a Blu-ray drive, there's the issue of software. HDi Interactive Format was the standard used to create HD DVD menus and other content on-disc outside of the actual movie files. Blu-ray uses scripts and Java.
Unless playback software can understand HDi Interactive Format, HD DVD menus won't work and the disc won't play.



If it was possible for Blu-ray players to play HD DVD, people wouldn't be holding onto HD DVD drives.

[quote user="Dodece"]Why am I not surprised. You talk a great game, but in the end you are peddling a load of nonsense.[/quote]How is a complete lack of any development of HDi player code "nonsense" ?

We are talking about a universal media format.

You
may be. I'm talking about what is required to play a HD DVD movie according to spec. No HDi, no support.

A format that many BluRay movies make use of.

No, they don't. Blu-ray does menus and other interactive features very differently.[quote user="OneBgBdArtemis"]I
would like to add and respond to whoever the numbnut was that said the software doesn't exist, that, it, does indeed exist. It's on a disc that shipped with the unit when new.[/quote]And that code is written for use with the 360's CPU. It will not work on
the Xbox One's CPU. Development ceased on HD DVD player software years ago. There is no point to Microsoft developing an x86 player for HD DVD.

Hmm, I have a very similar problem BUT unpuging and restarting the SAT box doesn't resolve anything nor has a factory reset but all the HDI devices and different cords work fine on my other xbox one and TV's

just one day it stopped just before Christmas which seems due to a preview update on 12-22

Just asking as I have a thread open in the preview section too

Hi, Emma. My name is Ron, I'm an independent advisor. I will be more than happy to help you.

You will need to use the mini-display-to-HDI adapter connected to your Imac device then connect the other side of the mini-display cord to the port in your adapter box. The next step would be to connect your HDMI cable from your console's HDMI port to the HDMI port of the adapter you are using.

@ Dark - I haven't actually bought a new GPU yet. Just going through my options right now. Had to buy a PC NOW with school getting ready to start. So I went out and found the best deal I could with the budget I had. I'm happy with the results. Got a
lot of PC for little cash. The cool thing is that the new PC was a necessity... the PS4/X1 is a convenience... if I really want to I could drop $400-$500 on a new GPU, as that's what I'd spend on a console... but at the same time, $150-$250 will still offer
a huge upgrade and be more than sufficient to meet my needs.

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Good points you're making though. There is give and take with PC vs console (exclusives, graphics, online, etc), but some things that have swayed me are: cheaper gaming (Steam sales, free to play, etc), less restrictive gaming (mods, indies, etc) and the
ability to upgrade the system in the future, as I see fit.

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I agree on the optimized comment, but not on "everything a PC can do an XBone or PS4 can do". It's because consoles have such limited applications that they're able to be optimized and compete with the PC market for 8-10 years per generation. They play
games and run some limited apps/content. Sure, more processing power might get squeezed out when similar hardware is compared side by side... but consoles just don't have the flexibility or massive multitasking capability of PCs.

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I'm not saying I'll never own a PS4 or X1... the PS4 is more likely, and the X1 is less likely (unless the kinect gets removed, but let's not go down that road, we all have differing opinions on it, and are unlikely to change). So eventually I might get
around to playing some console exclusives. But there is plenty coming out in the future on PC that will keep my interest - BF4, Elder Scrolls Online, Titanfall (huge one for me), Batman: Arkham Origins, Assassins Creed 4, etc.

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And it's entirely arguable that console is better for gameplay... PC's often offer more in depth controls and settings that a console just can't.