Anthony G Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Link Saw this over at dealsea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 In case this helps...10% off HD-DVD and BD players coupon. YMMV on whether they take it for the add-on. https://moversguide.usps.com/img/coupon/bestbuy/200801_clientarea.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 The 360 HD-DVD player is a fantastic secondary DVD player if you value playing your movies through your 360 for the integration, but prefer not to burn out your 360 drive playing Barney DVDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony G Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 I may bite on this but I have a question before I do. Will the titles that were released on the HD DVD format only, end up coming out on Blu-ray? A best guess will do if your not sure. Thanks. Ant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 They probably will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnemaEms Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Honesty, I would take the $50 and put it toward an A3 if you really want a player from a dead format. -Dean- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCREWNUT Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Honesty, I would take the $50 and put it toward an A3 if you really want a player from a dead format. -Dean- Yeah I second Dean's motion! What do you do if your 360 goes red ring? You have a useless HD DVD add on! Get an A3! I know I might and put my A2 in the bedroom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony G Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Actually, I should have been more clear. I don't want one if the HD-DVD exclusives are going to show up on Blu-Ray. That is what I was wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 Actually, I should have been more clear. I don't want one if the HD-DVD exclusives are going to show up on Blu-Ray. That is what I was wondering. Most of them will, eventually. There's some doubt about some classic / niche titles that sold very poorly...but the rest should show up on BD eventually. I picked this up with the 10% off coupon. $48 is a pretty good deal for the 5 free discs and King Kong. I'll use it on my HTPC eventually, or maybe on my main PC here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 If my Xbox 360 Red Rings, it doesn't mean I can't use the HD-DVD accessory, it means I need to fix or get a new Xbox 360. I I'm surprised more people here haven't experienced the value in having an almost always on Xbox 360 where you switch between movies on the HD-DVD drive, games on the 360 drive, and streaming videos from a remote PC. I don't use it for Photos and Music as much as I thought I might. But I love having one interface for all this stuff, and not having to switch back and forth from a DVD player to a DVR to a 360 to a Tivo. Right now I have consolidated down to just Tivo and 360 for the most part and its really cool. Anyway, I think I'm going to buy another 360 add-on so that I have a backup, or so I can use it with a second 360 should I ever decide to upgrade to the HDMI model and put my old 360 in small 56-inch TV room. An A2/A3 would be useless because HD-DVD is dead, and it has no integration with my 360. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 If my Xbox 360 Red Rings, it doesn't mean I can't use the HD-DVD accessory, it means I need to fix or get a new Xbox 360. I I'm surprised more people here haven't experienced the value in having an almost always on Xbox 360 where you switch between movies on the HD-DVD drive, games on the 360 drive, and streaming videos from a remote PC. I don't use it for Photos and Music as much as I thought I might. But I love having one interface for all this stuff, and not having to switch back and forth from a DVD player to a DVR to a 360 to a Tivo. Right now I have consolidated down to just Tivo and 360 for the most part and its really cool. Anyway, I think I'm going to buy another 360 add-on so that I have a backup, or so I can use it with a second 360 should I ever decide to upgrade to the HDMI model and put my old 360 in small 56-inch TV room. An A2/A3 would be useless because HD-DVD is dead, and it has no integration with my 360. The Harmony solves most of my activity-switching problems. My main issue with the HD-DVD addon was the noise of the 360. My 360 has a very noisy, higher pitched fan noise sound that on a bad night makes my head hurt. It would be nice sometimes to be able to watch a movie and if Screwnut or whoever wanted to play Halo then I could stop and go. But most of the time if I'm watching a movie I want to be left alone The A2/A3 is a very good DVD player. Better than your average player...about on par with an Oppo 970. A great bargain at $50-$80 unless you can't take the startup time...or unless you've got a Faroudja/Reon/etc based DVD player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonner Cyn Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 I forgot that this can be attached to a PC. Hmm, now I wonder if I should go ahead and get a second one. A couple of questions before I decide: 1 - Does the player come with the software needed to play HD DVD on your computer? 2 - Are there programs out there (like Media Player Classic) that will allow you to take screenshots of HD DVD content? I was almost ready to buy one for my brother, but after talking to him I realized that he really would not use it enough to justify the purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 1 - Does the player come with the software needed to play HD DVD on your computer? No, as it's sold as a 360 attachment, not a PC one, remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonner Cyn Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Is there any freeware for playing HD DVD? Or am I going to have to invest in software as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 You need PowerDVD Ultra on a PC for HD-DVD / BD playback (I think WinDVD version something supports it too)...also, if your PC isn't running an HDCP protected video card and monitor, AnyDVD HD will strip the HDCP from the playback so you can play it via standard VGA / DVI. I don't have the energy to organize all of this yet (despite having PowerDVD Ultra I got on the cheap somewhere last year). Too much other stuff backlogged to do. Relevant how-to stuff and general HD-DVD drive on HTPC thread at AVS: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=748426 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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