Update: It's official. Xbox.com now lists the Xbox 360 HD DVD player at an MSRP of $49. W00t! (Thanks, Cal)Rumored for a while now, it has just been unofficially confirmed that the MSRP of the 360 HD-DVD add-on has been reduced from $130 to $50, cheaper even than a newly-released game. So far, K-mart and Amazon have reduced their price (and Amazon offering free shipping). Microsoft has not yet updated their price so this is still unofficial, but even so, it's likely that other retailers will be following soon. With the production ending on all HD-DVD players everywhere, the HD-DVD add-on is now good only as some sort of obscure collectors item. Then again if you've got a President Grant burning a hole in your pocket and you've got a hankerin' for some quick and easy HD movie action, this is a good short-term solution until all the cheap HD-DVDs dry up. Besides, if you're quick you could always get these free ones, and then not have to immediately buy any HD-DVDs at all. Remember the losing format, and look forward to digital distribution to (with luck and lots and lots of bandwidth) save us.
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2-25-2008 @ 7:06AM
bonzai said...
"the HD-DVD add-on is now good only as some sort of obscure collectors item"
Oh, so its not good for actually playing my HD-DVD's as well? Wow, thats too bad.
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2-25-2008 @ 11:57AM
MrKniceGuy said...
sheesh, yeah. I didn't realize mine wouldn't work after they stopped supporting it. Too bad. I guess I'll just put it in the vault with the laser disc player.
2-25-2008 @ 7:07AM
L said...
lmao if it drops here in the uk i am picking one up.
it really is a shame cause if it was this price before x-mas i am sure mills of people would of got one. but lets not go into that LETS ENJOY SUPER CHEAP HD MOVIES =D
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2-25-2008 @ 7:23AM
Adam said...
It better drop in the UK, I'm tired of us getting the shitty end of the stick in regards to... well everything... but more specifically price cuts...
With this theres no reason why we can't have it for around £30 but I'd be willing to bet places like Amazon UK wont go any lower than £50... teh re-dick-a-loose...
2-25-2008 @ 7:55AM
Raheem said...
Adam if you're so tired of it, why don't you move? I plan to!
2-25-2008 @ 8:04AM
Adam said...
@ Raheem
Alas if it was only that easy!
2-25-2008 @ 7:39AM
todd said...
Amazon is actually higher.
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2-25-2008 @ 7:42AM
Corey said...
yeah, it says $136.76 for me
2-25-2008 @ 7:46AM
Mike said...
Amazon itself is sold out, that's why... what you see right now is being sold by some place called Beach Audio.
2-25-2008 @ 7:45AM
Mike said...
Best Buy is also selling it for $50. That's where I just bought mine.
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2-25-2008 @ 9:58AM
Fezmid said...
Thanks, Mike! I just bought one from Best Buy as well.
It'll be nice to be able to rip my movies to my harddrive to use as a HTPC in the future instead.
2-25-2008 @ 12:51PM
Michael Paul said...
I picked mine up at lunch. I'm not planning on them living up to the 5 movie rebate, but I'll get it in the mail tomorrow anyway.
I need to test it out as a PC player, because when my CRT breaks I might get that looks GOOD displaying movies...
2-25-2008 @ 7:58AM
Oorang said...
Blu Ray to go the same way eventually...
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2-25-2008 @ 9:25AM
Randy said...
Glad I sold mine on eBay before the bust.
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2-25-2008 @ 11:05AM
Buttscratch said...
i work at gamestop, its 50 bucks now.
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2-25-2008 @ 11:10AM
craig64 said...
If I ever see if for that price I'm going to be tempted to buy it. Is it true that if you put regular DVD's into it that they'll look better than if they're in a DVD player?
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2-25-2008 @ 11:29AM
lysernix said...
It's true that they would look better that they would on a *non-upscaling* DVD player.
The Xbox 360 already upscales, so if you were comparing the "regular" 360 drive vs. this HD-DVD drive... no... any played DVDs will look identical.
2-25-2008 @ 11:14AM
mattclarkie said...
I don't like HD-DVD, I am a Blu-ray fan, but I said if it went to £30 I would buy one for the hell of it.
Amazon.co.uk are at £64 or $120, and that is half price, so the full price was $250. How much was it in the US at full price at Christmas.
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2-25-2008 @ 1:48PM
Kyle said...
Anyone getting it from Best Buy should do store pick up. Get rid of the shipping price and your order is usually ready in 20 minutes.
I just ordered mine and it's ready to pick up. A new toy to play with today! :)
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2-25-2008 @ 2:52PM
James said...
This is probably the wrong place to be posting this, but if you *must* have a high-def disc player, *save your 50 bucks* and put it towards a used PS3. That's what I did, and I'm really happy with the result. I don't use mine has an HD movie player, but a) if we *do* move to all digital distribution, I can upgrade my hard drive without signing over my firstborn to MS (seriously, like 200 bucks for a hard drive worth ~60?) and b) it makes my PS2 games look really, really pretty. Oh, and I guess eventually it will have a new Final Fantasy, or something, but IMHO it's worth it just for A and B above.
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