HD DVD XBOX Add On - Now $119.99 at Best Buy

[gijoela]

Click here (*includes 5 free movies)

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1158321865239

For movie deal

http://assets.xbox.com/en-US/hardwar...HDDVDOffer.pdf

For those of you who want to know how in fact to hook up your player on a PC, here's the deal.

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid...e=expert&pid=3

[michealo]

at this point, why not buy a standalone?

[xboxboi]

Originally Posted by michealo

at this point, why not buy a standalone?

some people want to use the add on for computer - else, its best to get the A3.

[Favelle]

Originally Posted by michealo

at this point, why not buy a standalone?

I'd rather poke my eyes out with a rusty fork than own a standalone. Standalones are for NOOBS.

[xboxboi]

Originally Posted by Favelle

I'd rather poke my eyes out with a rusty fork than own a standalone. Standalones are for NOOBS.

:lol: no comment

[Favelle]

Lol! ....

[redfirebird2008]

Originally Posted by michealo

at this point, why not buy a standalone?

3 words. Rip to computer.

[hidefimports]

How do you rip to computer? Amazon just shipped my xbox HDDVD addon. I have no xbox 360.

[redfirebird2008]

Originally Posted by hidefimports

How do you rip to computer? Amazon just shipped my xbox HDDVD addon. I have no xbox 360.

You need AnyDVD HD. If you look around the Internet, you can get it for free but I won't tell you where to look. It normally costs 79 Euros, which is $116.

http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvdhd.html

You will also need the proper version of PowerDVD to watch a high def disc or rip. This costs $100, but as I said you can get it for free if you're resourceful.

http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/produ...n_112_ENU.html

[hidefimports]

$100 for the software to play HDDVD? Damn, screw that.

[diabolo]

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-HD-DVD-Player/dp/B000JHO4L0 $119.99 FREE Shipping + 6 HD DVD movies

[redfirebird2008]

Originally Posted by hidefimports

$100 for the software to play HDDVD? Damn, screw that.

Not $100 if you can figure out how to get it free.

[michealo]

when did glorifying piracy become the HD DVD way?

[Favelle]

Originally Posted by hidefimports

$100 for the software to play HDDVD? Damn, screw that.

You do realize that the $100 for the software ALSO plays BD's AND HD DVD's, right? How much does a combo standalone player cost you? Hmmmm......

[redfirebird2008]

Originally Posted by michealo

when did glorifying piracy become the HD DVD way?

Who said I was glorifying it? I'm a poor college student. So yeah. I have a Mac and don't have any of this software to begin with, but I know about it. I am far more likely to buy another stand alone when they get cheap enough than to bother with the add-on/rip/burn to BD process since that would probably be very expensive. A BD burner plus BD media is pretty damn expensive right now compared to regular DVD burning. Heck, blank DVD DL discs are still pretty expensive. Good for backing up 8 gigs of data at a time, but probably not worth the price.

Originally Posted by Favelle

You do realize that the $100 for the software ALSO plays BD's AND HD DVD's, right? How much does a combo standalone player cost you? Hmmmm......

This logic is incomplete. $130 for the add-on, plus however much for an external Blu-ray computer drive, plus $100 for playback software. Probably a total somewhere in the $400ish range. Cheaper than the combo players, but probably not worth it unless you have your computer hooked up to a big HDTV.