Shannon Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 (edited) Apparently Best Buy has them for $50 plus 5 free movies right now.Well this was too good of a deal for me to pass up so I went out and got one. I was always planning on getting on for collector's purposes anyways. Ran into a guy at the store who had heard as well. Whoever created this thread might wanna change the title. Anyways it would have been nice if HDVD lasted a little longer, if anything, to help knock down the price of blu-ray. Now the Sony is the only kid on the block, it will take longer for that to occur. Edited February 25, 2008 by Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 For the 5 free movies alone it seems like a good deals. Some of the titles are decent. Better grab one now than for $250 as a rare accessory on eBay in 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 (edited) Apparently Best Buy has them for $50 plus 5 free movies right now. I was in BB today and they were listed as $119 If I had known they were $50 I'd have got a couple if only for the free disks. King Kong also comes free in the box, so that's 6 flicks. Edited February 26, 2008 by moycon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hex65000 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Just to ask the proverbial stupid question, were there any HD-dvd game releases? I'm in the bronze age of video playback (DVD through composite video), but if there is an advantage to picking up a player for possibly interesting games I'd like to know. Hex. [ When I am done here, I am playing MORE Geometry Wars... ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 At $50 I'd probably buy one just for the movies but I won't spend much since I now own a BlueRay drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I knew these were gonna drop soon - I saw 5 at BB tonight so I bought one @ $124.99CDN - salesdrone said they would be $50 tomorrow, so I said I would come back for the PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Just to ask the proverbial stupid question, were there any HD-dvd game releases?Nope. Only useful for movies. But since I like to collect add-on peripherals I got on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendon Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Well, at $50 I picked up one for my son and one for myself yesterday at Best Buy. While some might think the add-on is a waste of money, for me, its a pretty good deal: less than the price of a game, 6 free movies, and an upconvert DVD player in my game room now. Plus, if you have a MovieStop (owned by GameStop) in your town, then you can already find cheap prices on used HD-DVD's. For example, I stopped by MS and picked up The Mummy, Backdraft, Apollo 13, and Bourne Supremacy for $10 each. They had many, many other used HD-DVD's for $10 to $20. TWO QUESTIONS FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY OWN THE ADD-ON: 1) I looked thru the manual and played around with the unit for awhile but I can't figure out how you use the included remote just to operate add-on. For example, if I push the OPEN TRAY icon on the remote, it opens the 360 tray. If I push the ON/OFF button it turns the 360 console on or off. Is there a way to set the remote to operate only the add-on? 2) Is there a power button (or way to turn off the add-on other than unplugging it) if you are not using the unit but playing a game on the 360? I hate for the add-on's power to be on when I'm not using the unit but again I found nothing in the manual that address's it. Sorry if the questions are dumb and the answers obvious.... just please humor this senile old man. Mendon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icbrkr Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Another interesting thing about the add-on: It *is* a USB based device and is detected by OSX and Windows (this is from personal experience). Heck, for $50 you can have an external DVD/HDDVD drive for your computer - that's not a bad price even for a standard external drive! There are ways of ripping the content off of the HDDVD currently too (if you want to make MPGs of them for streaming) but the process is slow and currently a pain in the ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Another interesting thing about the add-on: It *is* a USB based device and is detected by OSX and Windows (this is from personal experience). Heck, for $50 you can have an external DVD/HDDVD drive for your computer - that's not a bad price even for a standard external drive! There are ways of ripping the content off of the HDDVD currently too (if you want to make MPGs of them for streaming) but the process is slow and currently a pain in the ass. I hooked mine up to my HTPC last night.. it takes some mean processor power to play an HDDVD though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 (edited) Well, at $50 I picked up one for my son and one for myself yesterday at Best Buy. While some might think the add-on is a waste of money, for me, its a pretty good deal: less than the price of a game, 6 free movies, and an upconvert DVD player in my game room now. Plus, if you have a MovieStop (owned by GameStop) in your town, then you can already find cheap prices on used HD-DVD's. For example, I stopped by MS and picked up The Mummy, Backdraft, Apollo 13, and Bourne Supremacy for $10 each. They had many, many other used HD-DVD's for $10 to $20. TWO QUESTIONS FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY OWN THE ADD-ON: 1) I looked thru the manual and played around with the unit for awhile but I can't figure out how you use the included remote just to operate add-on. For example, if I push the OPEN TRAY icon on the remote, it opens the 360 tray. If I push the ON/OFF button it turns the 360 console on or off. Is there a way to set the remote to operate only the add-on? 2) Is there a power button (or way to turn off the add-on other than unplugging it) if you are not using the unit but playing a game on the 360? I hate for the add-on's power to be on when I'm not using the unit but again I found nothing in the manual that address's it. Sorry if the questions are dumb and the answers obvious.... just please humor this senile old man. Mendon Once you ran the install disk, it changed the "DVD drawer" icon on the dashboard to be 2 levels. When you select the drive, just push down one more time. One level is for the HD DVD, the other for the tray on the 360 itself. The power button turns the whole thing on and off (the 360 and HDDVD) there is no way to change this. As long as the 360 is on, the HD DVD will be powered up as well. Edited February 26, 2008 by Lord Helmet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 sweet jesus, hopefully they will have some left when I get off of work today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Order online: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1158321865239 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 (edited) ok, here's the next question. Does the player use the 360 for power and video/audio, via USB? It doesn't have an HDMI output separate from the 360 does it? EDIT: 6 free movie promo is over Edited February 26, 2008 by Atari5200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 (edited) ok, here's the next question. Does the player use the 360 for power and video/audio, via USB? It doesn't have an HDMI output separate from the 360 does it? EDIT: 6 free movie promo is over You can get the 6 free movies. Go to to Best Buys website and click on "Gift by mail". The 6 free is good until 2/28/08. The HD DVD drive is powered by an AC adapter and does not have an HDMI port built in. The drive attaches to the 360 via USB, and the HDMI will be off the 360 itself. Edited February 26, 2008 by moycon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 ok, here's the next question. Does the player use the 360 for power and video/audio, via USB? It doesn't have an HDMI output separate from the 360 does it? EDIT: 6 free movie promo is over You can get the 6 free movies. Go to to Best Buys website and click on "Gift by mail". The 6 free is good until 2/28/08. The HD DVD drive is powered by an AC adapter and does not have an HDMI port built in. The drive attaches to the 360 via USB, and the HDMI will be off the 360 itself. nice, apparently the $50 price tag is universal, only place that is not sold out around me is K-mart. I have them holding me one, but probably will get the one from best buy if they deliver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalton4life Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 (edited) I bought mine today at Best Buy. I was a little surprised as they had at least 10 on them on the shelf. According to my rebate receipt you have until 2/28 buy the player and the rebate must be post marked by 3/31/08. The only reason I bought mine today was a friend told be I only had 2 days left to get one and still get the 5 free movies deal. Edited February 27, 2008 by dalton4life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Yesterday the Best Buy here had tons of them. Could've made an HD DVD fort. Could've made two and had a battle with the unsold disks. Some thoughts: 1) Another power brick, yuck. 2) I can hear fan noise coming from the 360 while I watch the movie, also yuck. I might have forgiven this except the PS3 runs quieter somehow. 3) King Kong looks fantastic in 1080. 4) The selection of free movies is pretty good and probably makes the whole thing worth it, even if it'll probably be boxed up on a shelf in the basement by this time next year. 5) I'm thinking another good thing is that HD DVDs will start going out on massive clearance so that might sweeten the deal a bit, and also mean the thing will earn a place in the peripherals that are hooked up after all, who knows. Blade Runner on clearance may help that. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 (edited) I bought one. I planned on buying a remote anyway which by itself is $20. I figured what the heck. <edit> King Kong looks awesome in HD. I thought they had canceled the free movies promo when I bought it so that's even better. Not thrilled with all the titles though. Man HD-DVD and BlueRay have cheap packaging compared to DVDs. We spend more and get cheaper packaging? Stupid greedy studios. Edited February 27, 2008 by JamesD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilnick Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I like the smaller packaging of the HD DVD/Blu Ray/PS3 games myself. The cases don't seem any cheaper to me, just smaller. Many titles do not have any notes packaged inside the case though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I got mine last night and I cannot tell the difference between HD DVD and regular DVD on my tv. I guess for collection purposes it wasn't a total waste of money. I have a 42" 720p tv, so if you have something similar, don't waste your money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 I got mine last night and I cannot tell the difference between HD DVD and regular DVD on my tv. I guess for collection purposes it wasn't a total waste of money. I have a 42" 720p tv, so if you have something similar, don't waste your money. I have a 37" 720p tv and I CAN tell the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 my wife and I both couldn't tell the difference. But again, the only movie I'm going by is King Kong and I do not have the standard dvd version of King Kong, but in our general opinions, no difference in picture quality between HD King Kong and any of our other regular DVD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianoid Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Alright boys and girls, price drop of the HDDVD accessory to $50. And the buy a player get 5 movies free offer expires tomorrow, so get 'em fast! There are a bunch of movies released for the format (hundreds, dare I say?) and it's not like the quality is lower than BD. I'm waiting to get more discs for $5 and under. You can already get tons for under $10. Since when would frequents of AA be afraid of a dead format? BTW, I chose Babel, Thing, Charlie, U2 and Darkman. Anyone else? Some choices were based on no better options in the category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 There are a bunch of movies released for the format (hundreds, dare I say?) Yes, there are hundreds: http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/releasedates_historical.html and a few more new ones on the horizon: http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/releasedates.html I wonder when the disks will get the big clearance price cut... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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