kotaku.com — If you own an Xbox 360 and are looking for a less expensive way to get an HD-DVD player I'd say definetly pick this up. The inconvenience of having two devices instead of one and the increased noise is far, far outweighed by the low price for what is another wise fine player. Check out the attached video.
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chriskzooNov 12, 2006
Why would anyone pin their hopes on HD-DVD? Let me break it down for you: There are about 25,000 HD-DVD players sold thus far in the US. Now consider that beginning next Friday there will be 12x as many Blu-Ray players sold, as every PS3 is a Blu-Ray player. If you're a movie publisher, whou are you going to cater to - 25,000 people, or 400,000 people. Then consider that every subsequent PS3 ups the Blu-Ray player penetration, but not every 360 ups HD-DVD penetration.So you have to consider attach rate for the HD-DVD to 360's sold. It's probably going to be 5-10% at MOST, which means as far as HD-DVD is concerned, 360 sales are not that importatnt.That being said, for people with a 360, this is a very chead hi-def movie option, I just think that HD-DVD is going to languish in the long run, unless those dual discs pan out.
thund3rstruckNov 12, 2006
Definitely going to wait for the reviews on this one. The original XBOX and PS2 DVD movie playback looked really pitiful when compared to standalone DVD units. I'd have to be absolutely certain that the picture clarity of this unit was equivalent in quality to the standalone HDDVD units
andreoNov 12, 2006
If you put anything in the drive that is not a DVD or HD-DVD then you get a message that says something along the lines of: "the disk that you inserted could not be recognized. If this is a audio CD or game CD then insert the disk in the drive located on the 360 console". The message doesn't go away until you remove the disk.
andreoNov 12, 2006
I picked mine up yesterday. I've only seen King Kong on it, I bought Batman Begins today and moved all my HD-DVD picks from Netflix to the top of my que. The picture was breathtaking. The sound seemed a bit on the low side. But from what I've been reading Batman has better sound. I couldn't be happier and not only do I have no regrets about buying the drive. I actually feel that I got more then a great deal on it, even at full price. My thought after watching a few minutes of KK was that I can think of no way some company will be able to produce a TV standard that looks better then what I'm watching right now. Though I know one day it will happen. Also as I was testing. I popped in a SD-DVD. My first thought was: how will I be able to watch this crud again knowing that my TV can do so much more. Yeah, I know. I sound like a fan boy. But it honestly looked that much better then even up-converted DVDs. BTW: my equipment: Samsung HL-S6187W. Pioneer vsx-316. 360 connected via VGA cable.
happyscrappyNov 12, 2006
Andreo, good summary.Kotaku said the same thing. Why would someone who has an HDTV not want an HD disc player?Sony says the same thing, so they built it in and saved people money in the process.
PaulTheBookGuyNov 13, 2006
and there are 6 million xbox 360 owners, and maybe millions still in stores soon to be purchased for christmas.Theres what, 10,000 ps3s or something stupid like that...something tells me HD-DVD by the end of Christmas season will be a lot closer in te race. Im buying one for my xbox, and I thnk most xbox users will.
umdweiDec 17, 2006
The VGA cable is key...
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