Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD Reviews

It may have lost the HD DVD format wars, but to be honest, I really can't see what Blu-Ray ever had over HD-DVD. It's more or less the Betamax of the digital world. No, not THAT digital world. Beta (HD-DVD) vs VHS (Blu-Ray)... and Beta lost, but was never really forgotten... or totally gone. OK, before I carry on, I've never ...  Read the complete review

For most people, format wars can be an inconvenient and often very expensive experience for movie fans. The Blu-ray - HD DVD battle was likened early on to the battle fought between Betamax and the ultimately victorious VHS format in the 1980s. I think this overestimated the importance of these HD formats with the step up from video to ...  Read the complete review

I brought one of these after i got annoyed with my Toshiba HD DVD taking so long to load up films i thought i would try this out insted. Once it arrived i plugged it into the xbox via the USB cable provided but it also has to be externally powered with another plug which meant i had to get another 4 way adapter, once i powered ...  Read the complete review

Back when the xbox console was first released there was a fierce battle emerging between two knew forms of high definition, the HD dvd and the Bluray Disk format. The console itself is not capable of playing any HD disk but instead requires an external drive, and so began the list of advantages the sony playstation 3 over the ...  Read the complete review

Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive (HD DVD Drive) I bought a HD DVD Drive around a year ago just after Blu ray won the battle between HD DVD and Blu Ray. I bought it because it came with a free Xbox 360 media remote and the remote was £20.00 and the HD DVD player was £25.00! So I tought it was a good deal. I never thought I would ...  Read the complete review

The Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive does exactly what it says on the tin. And a bit more besides. I picked this drive up just before the war with Blu-Ray was over, which was a little upsetting, but that's the way the cookie crumbles I suppose! Now, they can be had for next to nothing, and the media itself is even cheaper, so it's a ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  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 ...  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. ...  Read the complete review

For HMV it would appear not, they have a large selection of HD DVD's for less than £3. Which makes this HD DVD Drive add-on for the Xbox 360 a brilliantly good choice for the price. I've recently seen these for £12.99 in Game, and £19.96 in Toys 'R' Us, as HD has lost the 'format war' after BluRay triumped. As these can be ...  Read the complete review

Well, since the HD-DVD lost the High Definition Storage war to the 'Blu-Ray' you may think - is there really a need for this? The answer, is yes! You can pick this little fella up for around £20 now, sometimes cheaper if you shop around a bit - which for a high definition player is astounding. Fair enough, there aren't anymore ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Ok so HD-DVD has been dropped by toshiba, this was mainly due to the fact that universal the main backer of the format backed out and switched to blu-ray. This to me is not a problem, becuase of the dropped format the price of these units has dropped drastically, i picked mine up from Gamestation for £24.99 with 2 HD-DVD movies. I must ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

INTRODUCTION Finally, the joys of high definition content can be experienced by all within the UK thanks to Microsoft’s latest development; the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive has taken more than twelve months of development time and over four million lines of code to make it to market, but will all that effort be enough to make us want to, ...  Read the complete review