is this possible to upgrade to HD-DVD

I got a HP dv6095ea with HD Screen, i wounder is there any possible way to upgrade the DVD-RW to a internal HD-DVD room?

Thankx

 

Once the parts are available and cheap enough, there is no reason why not. I think it'll have to wait for a while though.

If you aren't bent on an internal drive, something like the XBOX360's HD-DVD drive will work with laptops too.

 

I thought the computer's video card must support HDCP in order to be able to play HD DVDs or Blue-Ray disks.

 

But you know, having a internal drive is much better than an external one even the XBOX360's HD-DVD is quite cheap, isn't it. But in order to carry around sometime internal is the best. Hp have already released a lot of laptop come with HD-DVD, do you think is this gonna be possible if we buy a HD-DVD but diffrent modle then combile it into ours.

You dosen't need a HDCP video card to play an HD or BR disks, all you need is to check if you screen resolution is enough to play an HD or BR disks.
1028x800 etc..

 

No i think these days to play those movies you need even your video card to be compliant

if the drive fits into the drive bay then it should work fine

 

in order to play those movies, every hardware component that handles the video stream must be HDCP compliant, that includes the video card, the HD/BR drive, associated drivers, the playback software, the monitor etc etc. The purpose for that is so there's no place where the decrypted stream will be unprotected. I don't think the dv6XXX series has any of those.

 

It has to .

 

how can it not? it has the video card which these days should be compliant (i know nvidias are) the software and drivers are installable and the LCD should be fine i reckon.

personally this is all crap! ppl are already having issues playing cuz of problems with software and drivers. i mean u pay through the roof for a player and buy genuine discs and they STILL want to give you grief! if they screw me over that way i would never buy another movie again and get pirated stuff just to tick them off

 

hi there I got Hp Dv6095 and it got HD screen as well, so all i need is a HD DVD drive. I have already test my screen to see if it is able to play HD movie, apple movie trailer http://www.apple.com/trailers/ and it was working perfectly good.

So try it yourshell and see if it can be able to play one of this clip/

 

I thought all those HDCP requirements were for when outputting the video digitally to an external device via DVI/HDMI. I thought when using the VGA output it was not necessary since its an analog signal. Now displaying on the internal screen might be a seperate issue because its probably connected to the video card digitally.

 

An HDCP capable GPU is also needed to playback "pre-recorded" hd disks on the actual laptop screen. The only time you won't need HDCP is if you want to playback your own hd disks.

 

Let me throw in my $.02. Playing back HD DVD and Blu-ray discs is a royal pain in most cases, even on systems configured by the manufacturer with such drives.

The official stance of AACS is that in order to send any kind of a digital signal (DVI or HDMI) both the player (or graphics card in a PC) and the monitor must be HDCP compliant. If analog connections are used, then HDCP is not required, however, if an ICT (image constraint token) exists on the disc, then the analog outputs will only be able to output 1/4 resolution video. ICT is a hot topic, and its unlikely any discs with ICT will be released prior to 2011 or 2012.

So, while that's the official stance, the reality is more murky. Getting a PC-based HD DVD or Blu-ray player up and running can be a huge pain, often not working despite all components being HDCP-enabled. Also, keep in mind that some large monitors (like the 30" models) operate at a resolution too high for the existing HDCP implementation, so they cannot properly perform a HDCP handshake. Also, signed graphics card drivers are required in order to playback titles.

Okay, everyone confused? Fortunately, Cyberlink (who makes PowerDVD, far and away the most popular HD media player) has a utility you can download to test your system for potential problems -- grab it here. Give it a shot and see how your system tests.