| | |  | Exercise | Home » » » » Xbox 360 HD DVD Player | | | | | | | Description: | | You've experienced next-gen gaming on Xbox 360™ … now experience next-gen DVD movies with HD DVD. The Xbox 360 HD DVD Player is the most affordable way to jump into the next generation of DVD technology, along with the flexibility to enter when you are ready. Just plug Xbox 360 HD DVD Player into Xbox 360 and enjoy the ultimate home theater experience with more clarity and detail than broadcast, cable or satellite HD. Feed your HDTV the high definition content it craves with HD DVD on Xbox 360! Includes the movie King Kong on HD-DVD. Xbox 360 HD-DVD requires a Xbox 360 game console. This is not a stand-alone HD-DVD player. | | | Features: | |
• Stunning video and immersive surround-sound audio with up to six times higher resolution than standard DVD
• Innovative interactive content enables PIP commentary, scene selection, and menu access, all while the movie is playing!
• Only HD DVD offers a 'combo' disk: DVD on one side allows playback on all your existing DVD players in your home or car
• Enjoy hundreds of great HD DVD movies this holiday from major studios such as Universal, Warner, Paramount, Studio Canal, and more
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 9.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 5.25 inches | | Product Weight:
| 5.26 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 5.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 5.2 pounds | | Release Date:
| November 07, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 355 reviews |
| | | Game Information: | | | Platform:
| Xbox 360 | | Media:
| Video Game | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
The Format May Be Dead, But That Means Savings For Me.Oct 22, 2009
I bought one of these HD DVD drives for the Xbox 360 when they were first released, and while I liked the quality of HD DVD, the ease of connection, and the general features of this device, I also couldn't justify the price of it or HD DVD movies at the time. DVD was cheaper, and when upscaled by the Xbox 360, looked almost as good as HD DVD in some cases. My Xbox 360 was itself incredibly noisy, and I also didn't love that I needed to connect via VGA in order to get that upscaling or the high-quality image that HD DVD provides... So I returned the HD DVD player and waited for a format to emerge the winner.
Fast-forward to late 2009. I've got a new Jasper model Xbox 360 which runs quietly and has a HDMI port. I decided to get the HD DVD player for two reasons:
1. The HD DVD player for Xbox 360 is the cheapest HD media player available.
2. There are more than 800 HD DVD titles out there that work with this player, and they're all available at bargain prices.
For WAY less than the cost of a Blu-Ray player alone, I got an HD DVD player and several movies. I realize the format is dead, but HD DVD doesn't have region codes, and so I'm free to choose from any of the 800+ HD DVD titles that were released around the world. Imports work fine on thi player, and most of them offer English in some way. Import titles include many movies that were not released on HD DVD in America, and I'm able to find titles for under $5 these days. No, I won't get anything new on HD DVD. Production stopped in 2008, and so I won't be able to get the last three Harry Potter movies on HD DVD, for example. However, the first several ARE on HD DVD, as are great movies like Blade Runner, Dawn of the Dead, and several others that I enjoy watching many times over the years.
Of course, being a dead format, I can't expect much support from Microsoft for this device, but I figure that used and left-over HD DVD players will be laying around in pawn shops and online stores collecting dust for the next decade or so, and so I'm not too worried about being saddled with movies I can't watch. There will always be some cheap alternative to get back into watching HD DVDs.
And as a bonus, this player lets me watch DVDs on my Xbox 360 without putting the wear & tear on my console's primary optical drive. That's a handy thing.
Negatives include the drive's need for an additional AC outlet, and of course, the fact that the format is dead.
This is obviously not the best choice for everyone at this late stage, and I'm sure I'll grab a standalone Blu-Ray player some day soon (I had a PS3, but Blu-ray Discs were still too expensive to be worth it to me), but for now it's a low-cost way to get the most out of my HDTV. It's a lesser substitute for the winner of the format war, but it will do for now.
As an aside, I will say that I prefer HD DVD as a format over Blu-ray Disc. HD DVD has better menu features, no region codes, smoother controls, and better network features. Blu-ray, while looking just as good as HD DVD, has gone through several specs just to get to the point of being CLOSE to HD DVD in terms of bonus features. I really wish that the major studios would have fought harder to make HD DVD the winner, but alas! It was not to be. HD DVD has joined Super 8, Betamax, Laserdisc, and VideoDisc in the hall of dead video media formats. Now all that remains is to see what kind of afterlife it can maintain.
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Piece of crapOct 07, 2009
If I could give this negative stars I would. This HD DVD player is one of the biggest pieces of $#!* i've bought for my XBOX. DO NOT LISTEN TO OTHER REVIEWS. I got to use mine around 10 times before it stopped working. Microsoft won't help you without making you pay. BEWARE THE WARRANTY! DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Works with vista!Jun 28, 2009
I added a bluray disc player to my computer and it came with software for HD DVD also. Just out of curiosity, I plugged in the Xbox HD DVD player and Vista recognized it. I didnt need any thing else to set it up. I popped in transformers (the HD DVD version), and it worked flawlessly. So it is kind of like a two in one player.
Xbox 360 HD DVDJun 17, 2009
For anyone with an Xbox 360, this HD DVD player is a must-have! I use it to watch DVDs while my wife watches regular tv. And this unit is CHEAP! Get one before they are no longer available as Microsoft discontinued them.
Awsome!!!Jun 01, 2009
This HD DVD player is great!! I have one and recently purchased one for my brother and we are both very pleased! I've noticed it even up-converts some of the newer standard DVDs as well. The only down is that is hard to find HD DVDs now since the Blu-ray take over because it seems the only way to purchase HD DVDs are by searching online at [...] sites. Im going to wait until the next gen console to start purchasing Blu-ray discs because Microsoft recently received rights to place the Blu-ray into their next X-Box 720 and with rumors have it, the HD DVD player will be compatable with the new X-Box 720 so we'll have the best of both worlds! Plus since Blu-ray took over you purchase the HD DVDs at almost the same price for a standard DVD! I highly recommend this product!
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