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, HDMI,
or DisplayPort 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.
HP Z 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:
1. Blu-ray player firmware
2. Playback application patches
3. Graphics firmware and drivers (note that the Intel HD graphics family does not support Blu-ray
movie playback on Windows XP nor on Linux.)
Updates are located on the support web site for your specific product at
http://www.hp.com/support/
workstations.
ENWW
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