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Rumor: 360's HD DVD player to drop to $50
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2-22-2008 @ 11:07AM
Bravo6 said...
lol
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2-22-2008 @ 11:08AM
Gemini Ace said...
I'm so getting one!
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2-22-2008 @ 11:09AM
Scott said...
The caption + the look on the dudes face = very well done Mr Burgggggggg
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2-22-2008 @ 11:10AM
Neuromancer said...
I wish I'd never bought one of these things, and that was well over a year ago... Not sure why any sane person would buy one now, even for $50. RIP HD-DVD.
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2-22-2008 @ 11:24AM
Mark said...
Probably because they don't explode in a month. So for $50 you can buy HD-DVDs on clearance (what will those be? $5?) and then enjoy some HD movies for a 3+ years until the drive dies and then throw everything out. Even with knowing you're going to throw it out, if you calculate the money spent for the hours of enjoyment I'm sure it'll be cheaper than doing a lot of other things. (including going to a movie theater)
2-22-2008 @ 1:22PM
evilJaze said...
^ Dude makes a good point.
2-22-2008 @ 11:13AM
mike said...
If it drops down to $25 Ill pick one up just so I can buy the import version of terminator 2 hd-dvd, the best quality release of my favorite movie to date. Total cost woul be $50 for the player and movie and its something I would pay just for that one.
Then again, they may eventually do a proper blu-ray release in the future so who knows?
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2-22-2008 @ 11:18AM
Adam said...
I'd probably still pick up the drive if some clever soul cracked it to be used as an external drive on a pc, but even then that'll still be pretty pointless :-/
Ah well, bring on the blu...
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2-22-2008 @ 11:45AM
nerrrrrrd said...
read more X3F SUCKA!!!!
http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2006/11/13/360-hd-dvd-on-pc-you-bet/
2-22-2008 @ 11:59AM
Adam said...
oooooh thanking you muchly!
2-22-2008 @ 11:23AM
Wendell Broussard said...
I'm still happy with my HD-DVD player purchase. I enjoyed watching HD movies on it via Netflix and the few titles I bought. Now I use it for all my DVDs and HD-DVDs so I don't have to take my games out of my 360 when I just want to watch a movie. It's almost worth getting one just to have the convenience of a second DVD drive for less disk swapping IMHO. Now I'm just waiting for the Blu-Ray version.
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2-22-2008 @ 11:27AM
Tony said...
If you know HD-DVD is going to die, why bother. If I needed enjoyment, I'd rather put it toward games or regular DVDs. No thanks. This would have to be $19.99 and come with some movies before I'd even remotely consider it.
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2-22-2008 @ 1:32PM
GrizzlyAdams said...
It DOES come with movies. King-Kong is packed in, and you get a coupon for ordering 5 more movies of your choice.
2-22-2008 @ 11:28AM
NukeAssault said...
50 bucks? I get one just for the hell of it.
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2-22-2008 @ 11:33AM
Boff said...
I was hoping we'd be getting them free with every 12 month Gold membership renewal. Oh well!
Is this US only then? Any news on a UK price drop??
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2-22-2008 @ 11:33AM
Neon Jebus said...
If it still includes the free movies offer that would pretty much pay for itself.
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2-22-2008 @ 11:34AM
Pieman523 said...
gamestop has them used for $50
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2-22-2008 @ 11:43AM
Adam said...
They make a great upconvert player.I had one and when i put regular dvd in compared to my 360's supposed upconvert thru hdmi the hdvd player did it amazing.Also theres still alot of movies out there on hddvd and they will drop to like 5 bucks easy.You could buy alot of the movies on bluray for hddvd cheaper and just 50 for the player.That alone makes it worth it not to mention get a cheap hddvd burner and burn movies lol.
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2-22-2008 @ 11:45AM
hunter2223 said...
Does the Base 360 Upscale DVD's or does it require the HD-DVD to do that?
If it requires it, then that would make this almost worth it to me when I get my HD TV. If the DVD in the 360 does it then, no.
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2-22-2008 @ 11:48AM
jmurzzy911 said...
ill definately buy 1 at that price
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