Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on to hit $49.99?

by Darren Murph, posted Feb 23rd 2008 at 11:48AM

Truthfully, we reckon this moment is inevitable. With HD DVD hung out to dry by everyone and their long lost cousin, it's simply a matter of time before players are being traded for rides on the carousel. Nevertheless, reports are already circulating that Microsoft's Xbox 360 add-on drive could sink to $49.99 in the not-too-distant future, which may actually make it worth grabbing for the very respectable library of HD DVD titles already out there. Whatever you do, don't pay full price for this thing.

[Thanks, Steve]

Filed under: Industry, HD DVD, Players, Others

Tags: deal, deals, hd dvd, HdDvd, microsoft, price, price drop, PriceDrop, rumor, sale, xbox 360, Xbox360

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mugatu @ Feb 23rd 2008 12:54PM

At this price point I don't see a reason for Xbox owners not to buy in to HD DVD. $50 for the player and some movies selling for $12 each on Amazon, wow. I'd like to argue against buying since the movies will scratch and the player will eventually fail, but I can't. The point of entry is practically free.

Buy it while you can, inventories are not being restocked and are going to go VERY fast. I give Amazon one week until all good movies are gone.

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Felix @ Feb 23rd 2008 4:41PM

wow, that is �25, meaning you get one Blu-ray already in UK. Average Disney BD price is �27. Most of them are �25

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regeya @ Feb 24th 2008 11:14AM

Heh, at that price, I might jump already. I don't have many movies in HD DVD (and that's not terribly likely to change; might pick up a couple of classics like Robin Hood and Casablanca, if I can find 'em), but am not *quite* ready to lose what I do have. At that price, I could at the very least plug it in long enough to make sure it works, then transcode it later when I have a BD burner available (or, if they don't come down any time soon, transcode with massive quality loss to BD-9...hey, people transfer DVD movies to SVCD via womky quant matrices like KVCD...)

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plozen @ Feb 25th 2008 10:10AM

The price finally hit, Best Buy has it for 50 bucks.

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