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 Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject: HD DVD Australian release date |
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| Australian release date for 360 HD DVD drive announced by Luke |  | | 360 News: Out next month. | | [View Article] |
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Karai Pantsu
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:05 am Post subject: |
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I'm pretty interested in getting the HD-DVD addon, but at the same time I'm wary of getting it now and then having little to no HD-DVDs available to watch on it. Are they on shelves yet?
Besides, that's a couple hundred that I could put towards a PS3...
Too many choices!
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:35 am Post subject: |
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About what I was expecting.
Pretty good if you already own a 360, but if you don't, you're looking at $850-$900 for a 360 with the add-on, which is a bit too close to PS3 pricing.
I guess it all boils down to which format ends up dominating. Where I live, Harvey Norman only stocks Blu-Ray.
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I'm gonna pre-order mine tomorrow. May as well upgrade - as that is a very cheap player considering I would (and did) buy a 360 with NO movie playing in mind.a
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:07 am Post subject: |
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| Karai Pantsu wrote: | I'm pretty interested in getting the HD-DVD addon, but at the same time I'm wary of getting it now and then having little to no HD-DVDs available to watch on it. Are they on shelves yet?
Besides, that's a couple hundred that I could put towards a PS3...
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I'm sure there will be plenty of HD-DVD's in your local red light district
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:13 am Post subject: |
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I don't even have a HD TV to watch them on, so I'll pass.
Good investment though, you get the media remote with it too, and its region free..
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Pretty good value if you've already got a 360. The King Kong movie is a very sweet addition. Trouble is I don't have a HDTV otherwise I'd be interested.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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I will invest in one especially with the free movie. That and the PS3 the week before will ensure I can watch whatever movie I want 
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HD-DVD does have porn. Unfortunately I am married, so I need my porn to be stored in a purgable cache. Tools -> Delete Browsing History.
Still $250 is quite cheap, take King Kong off that price too and it's a pretty sweet deal.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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Nice price, it will be mine! Is it just me, or is anyone else not excited by the King Kong inclusion?
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I think it'll look pretty sweet in HD, even if the movie isn't all that great.
Hmm, I got the 360 and HD TV already, $250 isn't really that much for a player - even if the format does end up dying.
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just wondering, being that its a drive plugged through usb (rather than a standalone device) won't that possibly slow it down a bit? (atleast to its full capability)
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Nope, apparently the 360 add-on is one of the better HD-DVD players out there. Normal DVD is rubbish though apparently. This going on tech reviews, personally I can't tell the difference between a DVD on a DVD player and on the 360.
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| nikack wrote: | | Nope, apparently the 360 add-on is one of the better HD-DVD players out there. Normal DVD is rubbish though apparently. This going on tech reviews, personally I can't tell the difference between a DVD on a DVD player and on the 360. |
Are you saying that tech reviews claim the DVD playback on X360 to be rubbish, or DVD playback through the HD-DVD drive? Because playing DVDs through my 360 looks leagues ahead of my DVD player, and even better than my PC too.
Seriously, I'm pretty impressed with the quality of the DVD playback on the 360.
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| Karai Pantsu wrote: | | nikack wrote: | | Nope, apparently the 360 add-on is one of the better HD-DVD players out there. Normal DVD is rubbish though apparently. This going on tech reviews, personally I can't tell the difference between a DVD on a DVD player and on the 360. |
Are you saying that tech reviews claim the DVD playback on X360 to be rubbish, or DVD playback through the HD-DVD drive? Because playing DVDs through my 360 looks leagues ahead of my DVD player, and even better than my PC too.
Seriously, I'm pretty impressed with the quality of the DVD playback on the 360. |
Are you guys serious?? The dvd playback quality on my 360 is utter shite. It's watchable, but when the scene pans, it's not a smooth pan, rather it looks as though it drops frames. I also had this proble, though not as bad, on the original xbox. I hope the HD-DVD solves this problem.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:45 am Post subject: |
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My 360 plays movies fine but the sony dvd player in the lounge with true surround sound is better.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:59 am Post subject: |
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The 360 is a very average quality DVD player, but the convenience of it all often outweighs a bit of picture quality for me.
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Well I've had no troubles, no frame drops, etc. and I've been watching heaps of DVDs through mine. My 360 is running through VGA into my TV, and my PC is also connected to the TV (DVI to HDMI) - and the 360 beats the quality of the PC playback. The image quality is about on par, but the PC doesn't play as smoothly for some reason (Athlon 64 3500+ btw).
I'm going to go ahead and say that I never tried it in SD though. My DVD player always looked fine (if not good) on my SD TV, but once it had to contend with an LCD (and RGB output) the picture went to shite (I don't understand how or why) - so I moved on to the 360.
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I don't know if it's worth it getting a hd dvd for the 360 since there is no hdmi connection i still have to think about it.
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| Karai Pantsu wrote: | Well I've had no troubles, no frame drops, etc. and I've been watching heaps of DVDs through mine. My 360 is running through VGA into my TV, and my PC is also connected to the TV (DVI to HDMI) - and the 360 beats the quality of the PC playback. The image quality is about on par, but the PC doesn't play as smoothly for some reason (Athlon 64 3500+ btw).
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Yeah it plays better than the PC, but it plays worse than my Xbox1 with XBMC but I suppose thats has tweak.
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| Spanca wrote: | | The 360 is a very average quality DVD player, but the convenience of it all often outweighs a bit of picture quality for me. |
Yeah I agree, but since I have a proper dvd player/recorder in my room i use that instead. I'm drawn to the 360's HD DVD player as it's very cheap when compared to a stand alone player, and eve cheaper than Blu-Ray...
I reckon I'll wait though as I want there to be more movies to get... I think watching King Kong all the time will be a drag. 
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