Notice For Blu-Ray Optical Drives; Blu-Ray Movie Playback; Blu-Ray Movie Playback Compatibility And Update - HP Z600 Maintenance And Service Manual

Notice for Blu-ray optical drives

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

Blu-ray movie playback

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.

Blu-ray movie playback compatibility and update

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 400,
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:
1. Blu-ray player firmware
2. Playback application patches
3. Graphics firmware and drivers
Updates are located on the support web site for your specific product at
workstations.
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600 and 800 Workstations have been designed with this in mind; nearly all
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