Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive
Could this be a reaction to all the announcements from the Blu-ray camp or something related to the high level of defects of the Xbox 360 consoles?
Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Drops to $179 – Daily Tech: Microsoft introduced its HD DVD player for the Xbox 360 last November for a price of $199 USD. The Xbox 360 launched without a high definition disc player, so the USB-based HD DVD add-on gave Microsoft the additional firepower necessary to combat the PlayStation 3’s standard Blu-ray disc drive.
Effective August 1, the HD DVD add-on will retail for $179 USD. In addition, customers who purchase the peripheral between August and September 30 will also qualify to receive five free HD DVD movies.
A US$20 reduction doesn’t seem much, but the five free HD-DVD movies make this offer seem more attractive.
I’d be WAY more impressed if they dropped the price on the HDD addons to something within reason.
And watching bruce lee, for the 1000th time in HD isnt what I want to see
Does anyone know whether this USB based HD DVD drive works on PCs?
yes it works.. with the proper software and a POWERFUL pc.
I wonder how the movies will be given out. When they started offering the PS3 with five free blu-ray movies it really got me interested. However, it was a list of a dozen or so to choose from, most of which I already had or didn’t want.
Also, it has been bundles with King Kong. If that continues you’re getting six movies. at roughly $20 each you’re only paying $59 for the HD-DVD add-on. But then you just paid $400 plus on the console that has a decent chance to be a brick right out of the box.
…and the mainstream yawns. While the console price drops are interesting, as a whole this doesn’t impact the majority of technology buyers.
When the next generation iPods get more attention than HD-DVD/BluRay this holiday season, what are you going to do?
I wonder at the USB connection….
Its only good for 400mbits…And I thought TRUE 1080 was Larger then that..
Please,
remember on a PC….
With a KB, Mouse, printer, Scanner, and all this OTHER STUFF on the USB port…..anything that take MAJOR bandwidth, will not work to well with other items fighting for contention.