Comments on: Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive costs £199?

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:48:33 +0000

I think £200 is too much for a HD DVD player, way too much. If it was around £100 maybe £120, I would consider it, but for £200 I’d rather buy five xbox 360 games!

By: Rossko UK

Rossko UK — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:23:35 +0000

OK fair enough, I mis-interpreted what you said. I do though still stand by my point about the speculation side of things.

By: Farstarbuck

Farstarbuck — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:29:52 +0000

Perhaps rossko if you read what i wrote you’ll see that i never said xboxic started it, thats an assumption you made on your own.
I said the reaction here on this website starts a shit storm about an article that may or may not turn out to be true. READ THE FACTS

By: Rossko UK

Rossko UK — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:56:29 +0000

Perhaps if you read the article, you will discover that Xboxic didn’t start what is essentially a rumour. Retail businesses have stated what they may be offering the HD-DVD drive for, and obviously it is going to get news. If you waited for official confirmation for everything, it would be a boring world. There is nothing wrong with speculation, it’s all good fun. Opinions make the world go round, just look at UK politics…

Who cares if the info turns out wrong? No-one is claiming it is 100%, so let it be.

By: Farstarbuck

Farstarbuck — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:25:06 +0000

Until this is confirmed by Microsoft its hear say im afraid, and its websites like this that start a shit storm for no reason if this info turns out to be completely wrong. Why not wait for official confirmation before flying off the handle.

By: kineticonline

kineticonline — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:02:57 +0000

Consumer mode? better graphics?(find me a 1080p native TV) it makes less noise?(unfounded as you havent hear one yet) better media functions?(the only demos of the media functions made it look like an expensive psp that wast finished) better exclusive titels? (Debatable) porbably less errors? (Its sony we are talking about, and the cell yeild is how small?) more franchises? (u mean like Mc Donalds?)
Sounds more like Sony fanboy mode

By: The_Glovner

The_Glovner — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:01:09 +0000

I hardly think this one periperhal which you have a choice to purchase or not is going to really matter that much.

Sony are missing 2 Christmasses in Europe and only have a tiny amount to release elsewhere, they have already been pulled up for lie after lie and the price of the console is still stupid. Where as this is a HD-DVD drive, that plays movies, and is cheaper than other stand alone HD drives on the market.

Your point is now moot.

By: kineticonline

kineticonline — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:56:56 +0000

On its own, yea i think the price is reasonable enough, im just gonna be pissed if it gets bundled with a big discount

By: Hologuts

Hologuts — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:12:19 +0000

I don’t watch movies too often (and never buy any), so the only time I would even consider this is when the local Choices DVD rental store has a large quantity of HD Movies for rent. That, I expect to take some time.

As for price, even though a lot of people will complain, this is really aimed more at people who have or will buy a 360, a HD DVD player will probably cost around £1000+ (prices that seemed to be announced), but because this player uses the 360 it can be sold cheaper. I think when I am ready to buy A HD DVD, it would be this one.

The Hybrid HD/BR player I expect to be a lot more costly than the HD or BR players, £1500+.

By: Rossko UK

Rossko UK — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:34:53 +0000

Am I the only one that thought that was a good, reasonable price then? Considering the cost of other HD-DVD players, and you get two movies to show off to your friends with (admittedly they might be crap, buy hey-ho). I’ll probably buy this.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:02:07 +0000

Those big LCD HDTVs are getting cheaper by the day. If you think HDTV is not matter, you are in for a big suprise.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:41:03 +0000

The trick is I DONT WANT HDDVD or BLURAY … so this way i don’t HAVE TO get a hdvd addon

and other disc formats re different than the hddvd because its only for movies its not a requirement for certain games.

By: Hoffer

Hoffer — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:06:35 +0000

If it’s over $200(US), I won’t buy it for sure. I’ll just wait for next year and hope a hybrid player comes out that plays both.

By: J1980

J1980 — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:35:54 +0000

To be honest I can’t be bothered with the HD-DVD thing anymore. The day they make HD-DVD games only. My xbox360 will be up on ebay so fast, you couldn’t say PS3 quick enough… any more add ons and pieces hanging off the console it’s looking like the poor mans top spec pc alternative… but I still love it.

By: kineticonline

kineticonline — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:30:41 +0000

If you payed less for a premium console i think u might have to check it again, either that or it fell of the back of a lorry

By: Nekro

Nekro — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:17:44 +0000

Thinking about it further, this add on costs more the the console, the premium console at that.

By: Nekro

Nekro — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:13:32 +0000

Man, that sucks. Glad I wasn’t planning on going for it anyway, otherwise I’d be really pissed off. Makes the PS3 with in built Blu-Ray seem tastier than ever methinks.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:12:39 +0000

Actually, $371 = E371. So the HD-DVD add-on will be $299? No thanks, even if I did have an HDTV.

By: kineticonline

kineticonline — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:11:32 +0000

If they are going to charge £200 the least they can do is have a special release price, so that early adopters aren’t punished again. Im already on my 3rd 360, which im kinda ok with cause MS have been good in fixing things when they’ve went wrong but if the HD-DVD addon is going to added into a bundle for £100, thats the limit i’d be willing to spend to get one.