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PDC DVD Materials Arrived

I finally got the DVDs for PDC 2003. It wasn't exactly what I was hoping for, but I'll manage. See, I don't have a DVD-ROM drive in my computer yet. I know, isn't it a shame? Anyways, I was hoping (nievely, maybe) that the DVD would be something that I could stick in my Xbox and watch in the comfort of my living room. Well, you can... if you have a Media Center PC. The videos are WM9 encoded, so you have to run them off of your PC. I guess I have another reason now to pony up and buy one.
Posted: Jan 29 2004, 03:27 PM by interscape | with 7 comment(s)
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Darron said:

I was pretty dissapointed with mine as well. I expected the same as you did, and was shocked they got it all one two discs.

Then to top it off, my disk2 was blank... :(.
# January 29, 2004 6:30 PM

Shannon J Hager said:

When did the email say that they were sent, if I may ask?

I still haven't received mine but they were supposedly sent almost a week ago via 2nd day air. 2 days later an email said that my InfoPath package was mailed and would take up to 10 days. The InfoPath package was here 2 days later and I'm still waiting on the Longhorn package.
# January 29, 2004 6:40 PM

SBC said:

regarding the DVD drive - get the Sony CRX300 (newegg.com has it for ~$50). It's a DVD reader and CD burner. Works great..
# January 29, 2004 6:55 PM

Robert McLaws said:

My e-mail said it was sent on the 22nd. I have yet to receive the Longhorn stuff.

Too bad they don't have it so that you can play discs with WM9 files on an Xbox.
# January 29, 2004 7:42 PM

Todd Moon said:

Just get a DVD burner. They're pretty cheap now-a-days. And then you can make us all copies. :)
# January 30, 2004 12:16 AM

Dennis v/d Stelt said:

Hi there,

A collegue of mine has got his DVD's as well. And we live in The Netherlands.

The problem I had with the DVD's is that there aren't any full presentations on the DVD. I would've liked that. I haven't seen the DVD's yet, (heard about the lack of video's) but I've heard the PPT slides from the Microsoft PDC site are on them. Demonstrations of code are in video though.

Oh, and, you can watch DivX and XViD and more if you install a mod in your XBox. When you've got that, you can also play copied games ánd backup rented or loaned games on your HD, as a little extra! ;)

I don't have an XBox, I don't like console games. All the games I DO like are also on my pc.
# January 30, 2004 3:13 AM

Shannon J Hager said:

My email said my Longhorn package was sent on the 22nd as well, I finally got it Friday the 30th. I hope they didn't pay for that 2nd day air the email claimed, it wasn't worth their money.
For some reason, I got 2 identical packages. Strange.

I was surprised to see that Longhorn wasn't actually included in the package.
# February 3, 2004 2:17 AM