Notice For Blu-Ray Optical Drives; Blu-Ray Movie Playback; Blu-Ray Movie Playback Compatibility And Update - HP Z Workstation series User Manual

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Notice for Blu-ray optical drives

If you installed a Blu-ray optical drive, note the following:

As Blu-ray is a new format containing new technologies, certain disc, digital connection, compatibility

and/or performance issues may arise, and do not constitute defects in the product. Flawless playback

on all systems is not guaranteed. In order for some Blu-ray titles to play, they may require a DVI or

HDMI digital connection and your display may require HDCP support. HD-DVD movies cannot be

played on this workstation.

Playing back Blu-ray HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) content such as

commercially distributed Blu-ray HD movies requires a fully HDCP compliant path on your computer.

The HDCP technology checks compliance of each component in the path from the content on the

Blu-ray disc all the way to the display monitor, including but not limited to graphic cards and monitor

adapters.

The HP Z400, Z600 and Z800 Workstations have been designed with this in mind; nearly all

configurations with currently available HP Professional Displays are compliant. Older HP xw4600 and

xw9400 Workstation configurations may not have fully compliant paths based on the installed

graphics card and display monitor; HP recommends confirming separately that you have a fully

compliant system if commercial content playback is a requirement for your use. HDCP compatibility of

your graphics card and monitor can be determined by checking the QuickSpecs at

http://www.hp.com/go/productbulletin.

For the best HDCP performance, HP recommends that you install the latest updates:

Blu-ray player firmware

Playback application patches

Graphics firmware and drivers

Updates are located on the support web site for your specific product at

workstations.

ENWW

http://www.hp.com/support/

Notice for Blu-ray optical drives

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