Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD

I purchased my Xbox 360 High Definition DVD drive from Curry's when the war between HD and Blu-Ray was just starting. Having already purchased a HD DVD, I really needed to get the player, so at £130, I thought, why not. I don't know if anyone has noticed, but HD isn't really around anymore. Blu-Ray won the war. I never purchased anymore DVD's at the time, as they were so expensive when it came out. So I currently own one HD DVD and player and that is all. I'm sure you can get pre owned DVD's off the interweb, probably still some new ones knocking about as well. I haven't seen any in shops now though for a quite a while. The quality of HD if ...  Read the complete review

£20 for a HD DVD Player, you're kidding right? Well, I'm not! The store 'Game' did a special offer for one week only where they sold the HD DVD players for £20. If you missed out, you'll now have to fork out £40 for one of these. Now don't get me wrong, I KNOW HD lost the battle to Bluray, but there are stocklists of thousands of HDDVD's still floating around stores, available to rent, some stores such as Zavvi selling them for as little as £5 each, that's cheaper than a normal DVD! The HDDVD player upscales the quality for any standard format dvd also, so for £20, you get one of the best standard DVD players out there on the ...  Read the complete review

You're probably sick by now of hearing "Next Generation" this and "High Definition" that, but what does it all mean? A far better movie viewing experience is what! The age of High Definition is among us, with High Definition meaning a sharper and more defined picture which therefore shows more detail throughout films. The optimum resolution of a High Definition picture is 1920x1080, whereas a standard definition DVD or TV signal only displays a resolution of 640x480; and therefore High Definition is said to be six times shaper and more detailed than ordinary standard definition signals. Awesome you might be thinking, but what's the catch? ...  Read the complete review

Right so we all know by now that HD DVD is pretty much gone. blu Ray has won and Sony are loving it. However there is still space on my shelf for this, Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive. I picked mine up only 3 days ago after finding out that they were being sold in my local Toys R Us for £20. I know some people have managed to get better deals but these are actually getting quite rare due to such low prices. And for that price as a temporary source of HD movies you really cant go wrong. The DVD drive itself, from the time I have had it is awesome. The minute the universal logo loads up on a HD dvd you know youve made the right choice with your £20. ...  Read the complete review

Over the past year or so there has been a bitter war between HD DVD and blu-ray over who woud be able to produce dvds and players of high definition standard. The war has now been won by bu-ray ( a feature available on the ps3), and HD DVD have been said to have died out and buying a player for these would be pointless. However, i strongly disagree and believe it would be a worthy investment to buy one of these HD dvd players for your xbox 360 console. As long as you have a good HD television then it would certainly be worth it. The price of these players has dropped drastically after it was announced that these dvds would no longer be produced. The ...  Read the complete review