Microsoft Xbox DVD Movie Playback Kit

One of the reasons I managed to talk my parents into buying me an XBox for Christmas a few years back, was the DVD Playing function of the machine, which meant I would give them my stand-alone DVD player. However, unlike the PS2, to play DVD's on the XBox, you are required to shell out an extra ?20 in the UK for the privelidge, by purchasing this DVD Playback kit, which includes the Remote Control and a sensor that plugs into a controller port on the console. The remote control is about the same size as the majority of TV/DVD/VCR remote control units, at least all the ones in my house, and it is comfortable enough to hold and use. It features all the buttons ...  Read the complete review

I'm an X-Box owner and prior to buying a new DVD player recently wanted to use my X-Box for this purpose being aware that any attachments of remote control was required to actually utilise this function. I had rather bizarrely convinced myself that the X-Box would be similar to the PS2 and that the control pad could be used to select DVD features - I was wrong - So very wrong. The remote and receiver are sold as a package. When the X-Box was first released prices ranged from £15 - £30 but I bought mine from a supermarket DVD section for £12.99. They can be bought on Ebay and other online sites but I wanted to be assured that it would work first time and that ...  Read the complete review

Put plainly, this is what you need if you want to play DVDs on your Xbox console. The small IR receiver slots into any of the controller sockets and... well, that's it. All that's needed next is to put a movie DVD in the player and use the controller to... control it. A nice little feature of the controller is that the buttons glow gently in the dark, which useful if ever you're looking for it in a dark room when you want to pause the film for something. Otherwise, whilst having a good design, the controller does pretty much what any decent DVD player's remote control does. It's quite simply something that's needed for playing DVDs on ...  Read the complete review