Toshiba HD DVD Players Are Running Windows CE
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Thanks to tapsas on AVSForum, you can see a diagnostic screen on your HD DVD player by pressing “Display-1-9-5-Display” on your remote. The interesting thing is, it appears that 2nd Gen and newer HD DVD players are running the Windows CE operating system. If you guys can run this code, please take a picture of the results and post a link in the comments.
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And yet they include the GNU public license in every HD DVD manual. Consider the possibility that the WinCE is embedded in a subsystem, such as the disc controller.
First off, photos of that info screen have been around for ages already, so it’s not exactly news. Secondly, WinCE is there for HDi applications and nothing else. This has also been covered ages ago on AVS and other forums.
Im more interested in comparing the diag. screen from all the different players.
"Im more interested in comparing the diag. screen from all the different players."More fun that facts, I’ll admit. The bottom line is that your implication that HDDVD players are controlled via WinCE is incorrect. The processor runs Linux, and this has been known for some time now.Perhaps a "clarification" would be of service to your readers.
Kevin,
The first gen players were linux based, as i don\’t recall the GPL notice in the box on my XA2 like there was with my HD-A1.
http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS6897869924.html
Tyler–Go read your manual. Or try the HD-XA2 manual (pages 64-70). Included are licenses for the Linux Kernel, Busybox, glibc, Open SSL, and freetype. Other software is copyrighted by Toshiba. No mention is made of Microsoft. Having written firmware for MS, and noting my contractual obligation to avoid Linux in that, I would be shocked to find that Microsoft software cohabiting with Linux.Manual here: http://tacp.toshiba.com/tacpassets-images/models/hd-xa2/docs/HD-XA2_E.pdfhttp://support.toshiba.ca/support/ceg/manuals/#You will see much the same in the A2 A3 & A30 manuals. The GPL does not appear in the A35 manual for unknown reasons.
Sorry. no such thing as line breaks in your commentware. Manual here: http://tacp.toshiba.com/tacpassets-images/models/hd-xa2/docs/HD-XA2_E.pdf List Here: http://support.toshiba.ca/support/ceg/manuals/#
Thanks for the info, I guess my follow up post will have a less catchy title