http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/ Engadget HD Comments for http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 3:43PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/i will enjoy king kong in hd until your drive corrupts.]]>Feb 25th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
Wow, real professional 'journalism', much less maturity.

I guess thats why its cheaper to hire 'bloggers' than actual journalists.]]>Feb 25th 2008 3:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 4:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
If you want to talk about wasting money. An HD DVD isn't a waste at all compared to the U.S. Goverment. 60 million dollars (20 million per missle, yeah for some reason we had to have 2 extras?) to shoot down a 1.6 Billion dollar spy sat. that was dead when it got in orbit in 2006. That's money in the trash. This HD DVD add-on is a DEAL for the ages and if I didn't have one already, I'd hit that agian. ]]>Feb 25th 2008 4:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
I bought one today so I can rip my HD DVD collection to a PC. How much do you need to spend to do that on BD again...?

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And $50 cheaper than an internal HD-DVD ROM drive for your PC.]]>Feb 25th 2008 3:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
Try again.]]>Feb 25th 2008 4:00PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
Try again."

Actually, the drive has been around $129 for a long time...

And regardless, you're basically saying that it costs $120 less to be able to rip my HD DVD movies than it costs you to rip your BD movies... Assuming you can even rip them because of BD+.

Ok, whatever helps you sleep at night. *laugh*]]>Feb 25th 2008 5:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 5:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 5:38PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 3:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
Sir, you are an idiot. For a Dollar you wouldn't buy a add-on that cost a company 120 dollars or so to make? That's like giving money away to consumers. I would buy 20 if they were $1.]]>Feb 25th 2008 5:05PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
Sir, you are an idiot for taking my statement literally. ]]>Feb 25th 2008 5:30PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 3:59PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
What the hell is wrong with you? Did this thing kill one of your family members? I for one enjoy watching DVDs through my 360. I don't have an upscaling DVD player and the 360 looks much better than my standalone dvd player. I am going to buy one of these to save the wear and tear on my 360's dvd drive. I lost an original Xbox and a PS2 to over use as a movie player, this would solve that problem. It also means I don't have to take out my game to watch a movie, a minor convenience. I will also get 5 free HD-DVDs and the ability to play the hundreds of bargain movies out there. If you think thats not worth $50, then I don't know what to tell you.]]>Feb 25th 2008 4:15PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 4:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 11:31PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/

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Thanks for the laugh! Especially all the HD DVD fans going off on a rant.]]>Feb 25th 2008 4:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
Granted, my wife is gonna throw a fit because I "constantly sell and re-buy the same crap" (her words), but it's $30 for another option for cheap HD lovin'.]]>Feb 25th 2008 4:33PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://shopping.discovery.com/product-65763.html?jzid=40588073-0-0

The $50 discount shows at checkout. For whatever reason, it didn't come up (the discount) when my buddy in TN tried it, so I grabbed a copy for him too. Very weird, but it's worked consistently for me.]]>Feb 25th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
The discount showed up before you inputted your CC#, right?
And you're not a Discovery Rewards member or some $hit?

For constellation to those who can't get this to work, I hear the version w/o Sigourney weaver is the one to get... But 29 bucks is A GREAT DEAL!!

Bummed this doesn't work in Florida]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
http://philsplace.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/dead-technology-get-your-dead-technology-cheap/

1. If you use the 360 as an extender for TV, pics, vids, etc. the HD DVD add on comes with the Xbox remote, which I think is 20-30 bucks by itself.
2. Not sure, but I think the 5 free by mail is still going, which means you get the drive, the remote and six movies (King Kong inside) for 50 bucks.
3. It still does a decent job of upconverting.

And my goodness people, the whole point of a blog is to get news in a different vehicle from the standard media. That's why this whole blogging revolution started, to give people not named Rupert Murdoch (yes I know Engadget is owned by a larger company) a chance to comment on news in non-traditional ways. I say again, if you don't want opinions, read the WSJ.
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Are you serious? No, Microsoft just felt like dropping the MSRP by 100 dollars, because they like consumers. Where have you been the past 4 days? Besides, Microsoft has pulled the plug, but will continue to support the add-on service wise and warranty wise. ]]>Feb 25th 2008 5:10PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 5:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
and let's not get into this Joshua who writes for Engadget. I mean are you for real or just a natural idiot? How did anyone give you a pass to write on Engadget is beyond me. You are a disgrace. Go finish a school or something, learn how to write, get down to earth and then maybe you may be ready to write in COMMENTS area.

This site has become an utter joke. If they closed down Engadget tomorrow it wouldn't be too soon.



@Xyzzy

Right on man.. that's exactly the point.. $50 for a PC drive that will rip any HD DVD with AnyDVD HD software will make sure that HD DVD owners still have a much better value then Blu-Ray even postmortem.]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:09PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 7:06PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/Feb 25th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
(Ps. Shouldn't your avatar show all the aspects at the moment like HD Downloads, HD DVD (its still selling), etc? Just seems alittle ERROR filled thats all.) Just because Blu-ay won, doesn't mean its the only HD format selling movies right now. I guess in your world of burning 50 dollars, it must seem like it. ]]>Feb 25th 2008 6:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
It's still HD people. Everyone here would salivate over 10 BR movies for $100.]]>Feb 25th 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
Heads up - I went to Best Buy and the shelf price still says $119, but I picked up with the intention of bringing it back to get my $60. When the cashier scanned it....$49. I know Joshua was just making an off hand comment about not retrieving it from the trash, but from where I stand, this is a great deal. King Kong comes in the box (now, not the biggest fan of the film, but,)....retail price for HD King Kong is probably $25 bucks. Which really makes the drive hard to pass up -- especially if you have a 360.]]>Feb 25th 2008 10:52PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
I don't even own a XBox, and I may get the drive just so I can get King Kong on HD DVD (and I am still eligible for the five free rebate since I bought my RCA HD DVD player off of EBay in December of 2007). I'd probably just end up reselling (quickly) the drive sans UPC on EBay.]]>Feb 26th 2008 12:51AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-now-officially-49-99/
@ Xyzzy - you CAN copy BD+ titles and playback on your pc *laugh*

@ trmacdonal - it DOES upconvert thru the VGA

@ MegaZone - i am here for the lulz

@ Leonardo DiCrapio - you can hook the player up to your pc also.....HTPC...*cough*
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