Comments on: X06: Xbox 360’s HD-DVD add-on priced and dated!

By: ZombieXL

ZombieXL — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:55:16 +0000

The potential that since its USB it will be hacked to work with a PC?

Also it’s probably just an internal PC drive (SATA or PATA) in a case with a USB interface, which means it could possibly be the cheapest PC HD-DVD drive for a while.

By: James Paice

James Paice — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:10:41 +0000

But surley in a couple of months HD DVD will cost the same as this anyway, is there no other “advantages”?

By: The_Glovner

The_Glovner — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:44:54 +0000

Price.

By: James Paice

James Paice — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:39:32 +0000

So can someone please tell me why i should get one of these and not an HD DVD player, what advantages are there(if any)over an HD DVD player apart form just looking similar to a 360

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:23:52 +0000

update:
This months sales for hddvd vs bluray movies

11 to 1 , that is up from last month of 8 to 1 HAHAHA this is histercal

720p looks unbelievably crisp… 1080p is great but only over 50-60″ anything under or near that 720p is the best and is very clean

BTW if your screen deinterlaces well 1080i is basically the same as 1080p lol go figure

The load time on the disc WAS NOT BECAUSE OF HDDVD it was the original playe,r the newer ones are a little faster and knowing MS this addon will be even faster.

By: WhetWurm

WhetWurm — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:49:05 +0000

Sweet. Beats $500 for the Toshiba HD1A.

The HD-DVD movie quality is really all over the place. Some movies are gorgeous (Serenity, Sky Captain) and some are hideous (Tomb Raider). All of them sound really good though. Personally, I won’t be getting a 1080p TV for a while so 720p is fine by me. The only thing that really sucks about the HD-DVD drives is that they take FOREVER to load a disc. Upwards of 30-45 seconds! I hope that’s been shortened to 10 seconds in these puppies.

By: Rockaholica

Rockaholica — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:25:56 +0000

how do these movies look in 720p? anyone early adopters know if its worth getting for 720?

By: mathias

mathias — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:18:51 +0000

eventhough I don’t have a 1080p tv set

By: mathias

mathias — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:16:27 +0000

first….. but thats not important…

whats important is 199 is not bad for a HD dvd player my only concern is it native 1080p…. with component…