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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 $129.99 USD. A few months ago Microsoft dropped the price of its add-on and promptly saw a surge in sales.
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hm577
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6. February 2008 @ 18:21 |
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I've read that this thing, although works, is a P.O.S.!!!
Poor quality and lowered resolution (slightly but noticeably) as well as kinda loud and shaky. For Under 2 bills, whadyaexpect............especially seeing that this has been out a long time now, well before the significant price drops on standalone players. I guess you get what you pay for generally speaking.
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adamryer
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6. February 2008 @ 18:22 |
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Im buyin one
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6. February 2008 @ 18:25 |
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it works great on my 40" lcd
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ZeusAV
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6. February 2008 @ 18:33 |
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Guess they'd better firesale them while they still can.
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6. February 2008 @ 18:36 |
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You can also use this with your computer if you don't own an Xbox 360. Here's a link with the steps.
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6. February 2008 @ 20:53 |
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finally you guys posted this article a few months ago! & no one xcept toys r us had it for 129 now it seems everyone is going this time! even M$
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atomicxl
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6. February 2008 @ 20:54 |
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$80 is a great deal. You can connect this to your computer. Plus Netflix gives you HD-DVD for no extra cost. When I got Netflix, my DVD/MP4 collection grew to epic numbers. Now my HD collection will too. Plus, $80 is a drop in the bucket. Thats 1/5 the price of a Blu-Ray player. Spending it won't really slow down anyone from saving up.
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6. February 2008 @ 21:00 |
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Sure its not the greatest player around but for an entry-level player you can't beat it. I will pick one up if they sell it at $80 again. :-)
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6. February 2008 @ 21:54 |
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Well it would be nice if there was a way to hook it up to a tv without a 360. Also I can't see getting one until an hd dvd burner is a reasonable cost so I can backup the movies I buy. But I have a feeling all these price drops are a way to deplete their stock and get rid of an obsolete media. This in turn would leave a lot of people stranded with a player that is done for. I hope not, I like the competition.
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elfman12
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6. February 2008 @ 22:57 |
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This thing works great, both on the 360 and on my PC. Great, great value, and might come in handy if HD-DVD makes it's mark as a recordable format, allowing for a cheap reader. You can even remove it from it's housing and mount it in a 5.25" bay in your pc.
Plus 6 movies all for $80 street? Nice.
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elfman12
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6. February 2008 @ 23:01 |
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Originally posted by hm577:
Poor quality and lowered resolution (slightly but noticeably)
What exactly are you referring to? Lower resolution?
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6. February 2008 @ 23:01 |
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Originally posted by elfman12:
You can even remove it from it's housing and mount it in a 5.25" bay in your pc.
That is some interesting info elfman12! Am I wrong in guessing that once installed in my rig, all I have to do is download the Win driver? Thanks in advance.
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elfman12
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7. February 2008 @ 03:02 |
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That is some interesting info elfman12! Am I wrong in guessing that once installed in my rig, all I have to do is download the Win driver? Thanks in advance.
Yeah, basically it will install a driver automatically. Now if you want to play HD movies, you WILL need PowerDVD or another playback program, but it'll access as a ROM drive just fine. Combine that with AnyDVD and you can rip to any format you'd like to view it in, like x264 and watch it from Media Center or something.
Anyway, very versatile drive... love it. I just got a BluRay internal drive (LiteOne, about $200) and it's be giving me fits trying to do the same thing... it's a sloooowww drive. I'll keep tweaking and get it running better, hopefully.
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7. February 2008 @ 10:43 |
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Firesale hahaha, thats hilarious, i mean, if sony has been able to holf some dead formats in the past like the MD or the UMD, why couldnt microsoft hold HD-DVD, i think a lot of people is going to be pissed with what they paid when microsoft releases the console with the hd-dvd integrated
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7. February 2008 @ 12:10 |
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i dont see the point to be honest.
hd-dvd is going obselete and will be completely by the end of 08.
blu-ray is owning and will probably win the format war seen as sony is behind it. Like c1c saidQuote:
But I have a feeling all these price drops are a way to deplete their stock and get rid of an obsolete media. This in turn would leave a lot of people stranded with a player that is done for. I hope not, I like the competition.
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7. February 2008 @ 12:55 |
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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!!!
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Bigperm88
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7. February 2008 @ 14:41 |
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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 $130 to play a movie on my console when it has that type of drive built in. why do you have to buy a seperate addon... let's see it microsoft... the most money hungry corporation on earth, and they do it cause they know they can get away with it... LONG LIVE PLAYSTATION!!!
I take it you have not loaded a game on your PS3. The load times are outrageous, even with a lot of the content dumped onto the HD (To increase loading speeds).
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7. February 2008 @ 15:39 |
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actually i don't own a PS3 i would if i had the hdtv but right now that's not happening... but going back on topic, have you forgotten about all the isssues with the xbox 360 so far? power supply catching on fire, red ring of death, general overheating, their premiere game "Halo 3" cause numorous console failures... xbox is another faulty microsoft product...
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sharks06
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7. February 2008 @ 15:53 |
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Originally posted by hm577:
I've read that this thing, although works, is a P.O.S.!!!
Poor quality and lowered resolution (slightly but noticeably) as well as kinda loud and shaky. For Under 2 bills, whadyaexpect............especially seeing that this has been out a long time now, well before the significant price drops on standalone players. I guess you get what you pay for generally speaking.
Whatever PS3 Fanboy! I have had this for over a year and the quality is solid. I also have a PS3 and both are very comparable!
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vinny13
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7. February 2008 @ 16:13 |
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It's a great price, but I wouldn't buy one... M$ doesn't have sales without reason behind them... There's always a catch.
Next week or so they'll probably anounce that they're stopping production... They always do somethin' to screw the customer over... Multiple times for some.
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8. February 2008 @ 12:15 |
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I'm buying one ASAP, probably with my PS3. Taxes are coming in and I have some $$$ for toys. Can't beat the price and there are a number of good HD movies that I want to own. Plus I just bought a 22" LCD monitor with HDMI in, and can change the source input with the push of a button. The quality woud look great on my new monitor. pwnage!
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8. February 2008 @ 22:48 |
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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!!!
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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8. February 2008 @ 23:51 |
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That is some interesting info elfman12! Am I wrong in guessing that once installed in my rig, all I have to do is download the Win driver? Thanks in advance.
Yeah, basically it will install a driver automatically. Now if you want to play HD movies, you WILL need PowerDVD or another playback program, but it'll access as a ROM drive just fine. Combine that with AnyDVD and you can rip to any format you'd like to view it in, like x264 and watch it from Media Center or something.Quote:
Thank you for the detailed response elfman12, I appreciate it and look forward to adding am Xbox 360 HD drive to my rig! :)
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 8. February 2008 @ 23:53
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8. February 2008 @ 23:53 |
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yes just got mine today, totally worth it!!
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9. February 2008 @ 00:36 |
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Now I'm totally confused. I have been burning and backing up DVD's for several years with no complaints. So now what's all this format changes? Is there an HD or Blueray reader/burner that we can backup our movies with but will also be able to play on a stand alone player? I wish they would come out with one burner/writer and player that does it all. Do you guys think that's possible in the future?
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