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Brand new for 20 euro, even the remote itself is more expensive, so figured it was worth buying as it does give you a extra drive to play DVD's and all in (don't have to swap my games), it's supposedly more quiet, and i can use the remote, so imo it's a pretty good deal even if the format is dead.
Are there any other advantages that i don't know about btw? I've heard you can use it on the pc and all.
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The HD DVD drive is also compatible with Microsoft Windows XP PCs. Windows XP will recognize it as a DVD drive, but drivers have surfaced so Windows XP will see it as the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive. Windows Vista and Mac OS X both natively recognize it
[QUOTE]Following the discontinuation, the HD DVD Player was reduced to $49.99. The UK price was cut toQuote:
The unit can also function as a USB hub, with 2 ports on the rear (however, the hub only works when the HD DVD Player is plugged in). It also includes the clip for attaching the wireless network adapter to it,like on the Xbox 360 itself.
The drive will not read Xbox titles, Xbox 360 titles, audio CDs or mixed media CDs
Thanks for the info. Yeah i know that it was cheaper, and might be again, but 2 stores offered it for 10 euro and they were sold out within the hour, if more stores offer it for 10 then i will buy 2 extra's for myself, for now atleast i'm sure i have 1 for a reasonable low price.
Lmao, who would have figured that. :DQuote:
The unit can also function as a USB hub, with 2 ports on the rear (however, the hub only works when the HD DVD Player is plugged in)
You should start buying movies then, because they're gonna run out sooner or later due to the fact they ain't being made anymore.
Yeah.... I bought one when they first came out... I actually don't use it no more as I have a proper HDDVD player that I use for DVD upconverting.
In all honesty, it does its job and that's it. DVD play back is kind of shitty on the x360 anyways as it doesn't do a good job though HDDVD playback is pretty good.
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I might, but i'm not sure, on 1 hand yes they will run out and all that, on the other hand, is that really such a bad thing? Blu-Ray has won, you will be buying discs for a dead format.Quote:
Originally Posted by Konrow
I guess it depends if i can get my hands on some even cheaper HD-DVD players, because basicly if i were to get a whole collection and the drive would break, then i would have nothing.
Honestly, I'm fine with standard definition (480p). Don't think I'd be getting blu-ray player any time soon.
I was wondering though, how good is the upconverting on the HDDVD player. Does it work with divx movies as well?
With an x360 then it's non existent. Not to mention standard DVD playback is horrible on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pfa
Stand alone then it does a pretty good job compared to other players under $300usd.
Though if you want to upconvert DVDs to HD resolutions then the best option is the PS3. It does a better job then any other player on the market when it comes to upconverting.
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