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A DVD-ROM cannot be read in a CD-ROM drive. A DVD uses a shorter wavelength to read bits off of the disc, so a CD-ROM drive cannot physically detect any information on a DVD.
I would appreciate it if you did not assume I was a complete ignoramous!!
I know that sort of thing! I understand a hell of a lot about computer technology. In fact in that respect I'm what some would call a "nerd" becaude I know so much about it. To be on the safe side you can assume I know about that sort of thing and things more advanced.
How can the Gamecube play burned DVD-Rs without any modifications to the physical optical drive unless its just a (gasp) DVD-ROM drive?
And if it is a DVD-ROM drive, it follows that Gamecube games are DVD-ROMs.
I never actually said they weren't DVD-ROMs. I said they were a propriety version.
The Gamecube mod chips seem to be fairly simple to install (connect four wires), and allows you you to load custom bios software onto the Gamecube to disable copy protection so it can play unauthorized DVDs.
So what? What's that got to do with it? That sort of third party illegal hardware exists for all of the console. In what way does that prove me wrong?
I do believe Nintendo did state that Gamecube games are more difficult to pirate than Playstation 2 games. They added more protections (like leaving the first sector of the DVD blank and reading the data backwards), but that doesn't change the fact that it is still a DVD technology. The Xbox does something similar (by spinning the discs backwards).
I never said it wasn't a DVD technology. I simply said it was a propriety DVD technology.
So I'm not sure how Gamecube games are more proprietary, and how that would equal greater costs.
I'm not sure why it costs more either. I just know that companies like SquareSoft complained about how much more it costs to manufacture GameCube disks than X-Box and PS2 disks.
I would appreciate it if you did not assume I was a complete ignoramous!!
I know that sort of thing! I understand a hell of a lot about computer technology. In fact in that respect I'm what some would call a "nerd" becaude I know so much about it. To be on the safe side you can assume I know about that sort of thing and things more advanced.How can the Gamecube play burned DVD-Rs without any modifications to the physical optical drive unless its just a (gasp) DVD-ROM drive?
And if it is a DVD-ROM drive, it follows that Gamecube games are DVD-ROMs.
I never actually said they weren't DVD-ROMs. I said they were a propriety version.
The Gamecube mod chips seem to be fairly simple to install (connect four wires), and allows you you to load custom bios software onto the Gamecube to disable copy protection so it can play unauthorized DVDs.
So what? What's that got to do with it? That sort of third party illegal hardware exists for all of the console. In what way does that prove me wrong?
I do believe Nintendo did state that Gamecube games are more difficult to pirate than Playstation 2 games. They added more protections (like leaving the first sector of the DVD blank and reading the data backwards), but that doesn't change the fact that it is still a DVD technology. The Xbox does something similar (by spinning the discs backwards).
I never said it wasn't a DVD technology. I simply said it was a propriety DVD technology.
So I'm not sure how Gamecube games are more proprietary, and how that would equal greater costs.
I'm not sure why it costs more either. I just know that companies like SquareSoft complained about how much more it costs to manufacture GameCube disks than X-Box and PS2 disks.
