Xbox 360 HD DVD Player price cut

erichblas2005

http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=5531

Microsoft Corp. on Wed. discounted the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player to $129.99 in the latest round of video game price cuts.

The peripheral, which allows Xbox 360 owners to play HD DVD format high-defintion titles, previously sold for $179.99 and $199.99.

Toshiba last month price cut all stand alone HD DVD Players following an announcement from Warner Bros. that it will produce high-definition content exclusively on Sony Corp.'s Blu-ray disc.

Sony in Oct. 2007 released a $399 40GB Playstation 3 SKU to U.S. retail. Each unit includes a built-in Blu-ray disc player.

Retailers this week are promoting steep discounts on HD DVD products.

Amazon.com on Wed. slashed the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player to $79.99 to spur sales to the No. 1 rank in the Video Games division.

Additionally, it cut 50 percent off more than 100 HD DVD titles this week.

Circuit City this week began offering a Toshiba Satellite laptop with a built-in HD DVD drive, a free Bourne Ultimatum on HD DVD format, and a wireless router for $799.98 after rebates.

Stand-alone Blu-ray player sales recorded an 82 percent share in the week ending Jan. 27. HD DVD recorded the remaining 18 percent, according to data from Nielsen VideoScan.

jmoney3457

is this like an external player plug into the 360?

NiGHTS

Yes. Can be used with a PC as well.

Sledgehammer70

Correct me if I am wrong but you have to have a GPU that supports HDCP for playback?

Thrax

That is correct.

Sledgehammer70

Thought so.. just wanted to triple verify

jmoney3457

Sledgehammer70 wrote:

Correct me if I am wrong but you have to have a GPU that supports HDCP for playback?

whats GPU & HDCP stand for?

NiGHTS

Graphics Processing Unit

High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection

GnomeWizardd

I had it running through my pc for a while then i sold it, worked pretty good

cambrose

Too bad it looks like bluray is gonna steamroll...since all the major studios are on their side now.