can I play a HDDVD on the XL201?

[dademar]

Does somebody know if I can play HD DVD with my XL201? I bought a HD DVD but I can't play it ...can some body help me?

[Blencogo]

Hi dademar and welcome to Club Vaio.

I think you have answered your own question!

No you cannot play HD DVD or Blu-Ray on your XL201. If you look at the specifications for your model you will see the drive supports the following formats only: -

CD-ROM : 24 x Speed
CD-R : 24 x Speed
CD-RW : 10 x Speed
DVD-ROM : 8 x Speed
DVD +R : 8 x Speed
DVD +RW 6 x Speed
DVD -R : 8 x Speed
DVD -RW : 4 x Speed
DVD Dual Layer : 2.4 x Speed

[dademar]

cpould I upgrade my XL 201 to play HD DVDs?

[Blencogo]

You would have to buy an external HD DVD Drive - I think you can buy them for around 250€ up to 900€. Internal drives (if you can find one) are over 800€.

Better still, wait until prices fall and combination HD DVD/Blu_Ray drives are available.

[Lar77]

you could get one of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-065-LG and play HDDVD and blu ray (and burn to them too!) but you'd need an external enclosure to use it, something like one of these I think http://www.amazon.com/Addonics-AE5IDECSU2-External-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B0001XU8XK


The xbox 360 HDDVD drives work too (I have one connected to my 301). The drivers are a bit painful to get to load but they do if you give it time. Then install PowerDVD Ultra to play them with.