PS3 plays HD-DVD with Ubuntu Linux and add-on HD-DVD drive

"Penguin Commandos for Gore." <getrich@1upandup.com> wrote in message
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> On Apr 23, 2:33 pm, Bilge Merk <bilge_m...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > So, somebody decided to go out and do it, get the PS3 to play HD-DVD
> > with Linux and the xflop 3-****ty HD-DVD drive. Of course, at the
> > same time, it rips the HD-DVD movie so it can be remuxed to be just
> > another video for the PS3. This tutorial keeps mentioning Blu-ray in
> > the title but it is only about HD-DVD:
> >
> > Play HD DVDs on PS3 Ubuntu Linux and HD-DVD add-on
> >
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...BluRayAndHDDVD
>
>
> Cool use a hack that ticks off Sony on their own system to play high
> def films, USING THE MICROSOFT HDDVD DRIVE ATTACHMENT.
>
> Let's see, it is now $799 for a duel format player. WOWIE.

And bilgemerk bragging about HD DVD? What next? Is it going to finally
admit that the PoS3 is the proverbial Pluto Nash sized bomb?