Any help or info greatly appreciated. As a member of 'swapadvd.com' I recently recieved an HD-DVD of THe Last Samurai (Tom Cruise) popped it into my Samsung HD player and nothing.....Then popped it into my laptop and clicked play HD-DVD and still nothing. The guy that sent it said he had just viewed it on his XBOX and it was fine. I'm thinking they are not compatable...What say ye?
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XBOX HD-DVD RECIEVED THROUGH SWAPADVD.COM WON'T PLAY ON MY SAMSUNG (1 Viewer)
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Depends which "Samsung HD" player you are talking about. Samsung only ever made one dual format player, the BD-UP5000. Any other model you should not be expecting to be able to play the disc.
HD-DVD is not the same as "blu-ray", only a few dual format players were ever made, the Samsung mentioned and a couple LG models. Only a few combo drives for computers, also.
HD-DVD is also not the same as "HD upconverting", tons of regular DVD players somewhat misleadingly plaster "HD" somewhere in their model name & on the box, but they only play regular DVDs. Only players with the
HD-DVD is not the same as "blu-ray", only a few dual format players were ever made, the Samsung mentioned and a couple LG models. Only a few combo drives for computers, also.
HD-DVD is also not the same as "HD upconverting", tons of regular DVD players somewhat misleadingly plaster "HD" somewhere in their model name & on the box, but they only play regular DVDs. Only players with the
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