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Microsoft drops price of Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on
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article published on 6 February, 2008
Microsoft has announced that it has cut the price of its Xbox 360 HD DVD addon by $50 USD. The price cut follows recent decisions by Toshiba to drop prices on their HD DVD players.
The new price cut brings the price of the add-on in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to $129.99 USD. A few months ago Microsoft dropped the price of its add-on and promptly saw a surge in sales.
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9. February 2008 @ 10:48 |
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HD burners for the computer are $700 plus. The disks are not cheap either.
I see no real benefit in buying the XBox DVD player. For around the same money, you can get a stand alone Toshiba that has more features and better quality. Although, $79 + 5 movies for the 360 is not a bad deal at all. I wouldn't pay any more though.
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kubapolak
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11. February 2008 @ 21:05 |
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I love when the prices are going down. Too bad I didn't make in time for the amazon sale, but I hope other stores will give us a break from time to time, I'll be on the look-out.
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11. February 2008 @ 22:57 |
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Originally posted by kubapolak:
I love when the prices are going down. Too bad I didn't make in time for the amazon sale, but I hope other stores will give us a break from time to time, I'll be on the look-out.
As will I kubapolak! :)
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14. February 2008 @ 03:52 |
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Originally posted by Viperz_7:
Originally posted by engage16:
and this is why i WILL NOT buy xbox... why should i have to pay $80 nevermind $130 to play a movie on my console when it has that type of drive built in. why do you have to buy a seperate addon... let's see it microsoft... the most money hungry corporation on earth, and they do it cause they know they can get away with it... LONG LIVE PLAYSTATION!!!
YEA.. so instead of paying $350 for the system and $130 to add MOVIE watching, you'd much rather pay $600 out the door to watch movies ~ all the time wearing your $600 paperweight out faster becasue we all KNOW that PSUX3's will NEVER use the added space to enhance the games, by the time the developers figure out how to use that much space the PSUX5's will be out, so go ahead and waste your money, Japan needs all the help they can get.
Personaly I would much rather have the OPTION of purchasing an additional movie viewing device later in time when and if I have the desire and funds to back it up. Which, I have alreay done and this player works perfectly, and at this price I'll probably grab a second to have on my PC for viewing on my 22" LCD. How would you do that on your P'machine??..
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yea thats ok, EXCEPT HD-DVD WILL BE DEAD BY THE END OF 08!!!!
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varnull
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14. February 2008 @ 05:25 |
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^^ so you keep bashing on.. It won't be dead at all, just running in it's niche market.
As an open format I can see a lot more people adopting it when they realise sony's offering has many many drm drawbacks.
now if M$ had any real bravery they would also throw hundreds of millions at the film studios just like sony have.
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14. February 2008 @ 16:56 |
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Originally posted by varnull:
^^ so you keep bashing on.. It won't be dead at all, just running in it's niche market.
As an open format I can see a lot more people adopting it when they realise sony's offering has many many drm drawbacks.
now if M$ had any real bravery they would also throw hundreds of millions at the film studios just like sony have.
Most people have no clue what DRM is period :P
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Ress
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15. February 2008 @ 16:33 |
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Originally posted by engage16:
and this is why i WILL NOT buy xbox... why should i have to pay $80 nevermind $130 to play a movie on my console when it has that type of drive built in. why do you have to buy a seperate addon... let's see it microsoft... the most money hungry corporation on earth, and they do it cause they know they can get away with it... LONG LIVE PLAYSTATION!!!
And ironically the nintendo Wii pwns both in sales and has neither HD-DVD OR Blu-ray or even HD at all for that matter........... could it be its the cheapest of all 3?? When are they gonna learn this country revolves around money.......it don't matter if the thing can cook you breakfast in the morning if console A is cheaper then B or C thats what people are gonna buy
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2. March 2008 @ 07:26 |
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the loss of hd dvd is going to hurt microsofts xbox sales but however the only silver lining for microsoft is going to be the massive sales of halo.
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2. March 2008 @ 17:26 |
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my hd-dvd player came in the mail 3 weeks ago.....i regret ever buying it!! now that the format war is over i feel like such and idiot.....
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beeper1
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4. March 2008 @ 13:37 |
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noone has said that this thing is like $49.99 now. I still see movies comming out in HD. at 50 bucks it worth it for another years worth of viewing HD-DVD movies. and with the Netflix rentals why not. its just 50 bucks
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4. March 2008 @ 13:49 |
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Originally posted by tripplite:
my hd-dvd player came in the mail 3 weeks ago.....i regret ever buying it!! now that the format war is over i feel like such and idiot.....
Why? There's still well over 500 HD DVD's to choose from, not to mention all the imports you can buy. ;)
Cheer up trippy, It will be ok!
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