Poll: Poll : So who is getting the 360 HD-DVD drive ??

So are you getting the HD-DVD dive?

  • Yes

    Votes: 91 43.3%

  • No

    Votes: 51 24.3%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 68 32.4%
  • Total voters
    210
Stand alone is preferable of course, but the gap between the two (360 - £129 and stand-alone £449) is just too big to jump in the next 6 months.
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As I said, I'm happy to wait for a dual-standard player even if that means waiting for a couple of years.

I remember when DVDs were first released. They were expensive, sometimes came in weird formats (anyone remember flippers?), lacked any real extras and some of the transfers were a bit dodgy too (of course, later corrected in "special editions"!). I can wait for HD-DVD/Bluray to mature. :)
 
Am i the only person that doesn't want to see a combined HD-DVD/Blu-ray player?

The problem i see with combo players, is that it could stop one format from winning the war. If one format doesn't win, we will never ever see anything close to the library of material you can get on DVD. Which is a bad thing imo.
 
HEADRAT said:
I have a 50" DLP that will just love HD-DVD so its a yes from me.
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Yup, me too :cool:


suarve said:
DVD seems look fine tbh. Haven't actually seen a HD DVD yet but thne quality can't be much better than a DVD can it? Will i even be able to tell?
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If you have a large screen HD TV then yes, you definately will notice the difference.
 
Undecided, I'll wait and see what the reviews say about the picture quality of film playback first, as well as how noisy the 360 is during playback. If its anything like the dvd playback of the xbox/ps2/360 i'll pass and pick up a dedicated HD-DVD player.

That is unless games ever start appearing in hd-dvd, which I believe microsoft have said won't happen.
 
That price i prob will and might ditch my main dvd player. Im not fussed about who will win in *** format wars, tbh HD-DVD seems a winner to me.

Also we should start seeing SD-DVD/HD-DVD discs starting to ship, for a few more quid you get SD-DVD and a HD-DVD version either on a "flipper" or two sep discs.

So yes I will get one at that price. Upgrade PC with xmas bonus or HD DVD and some HD MOvies on my 75" projector :) :)

Kimbie
 
cheets64 said:
Cmon on, its always been like that, I can remember DVD costing £24.99 techonlogy is moving faster and HD DVD will be as much as DVDs £10-14 in a years time.
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Also worth remembering theres no region coding on HD-DVD so plenty of chance to order cheaper discs from overseas for instance.
 
lowrider007 said:
Does anbody know how this is going to work yet, e.i. Will you be able to watch full HDDVD content (720p/1080p) through the component/vga, or will it scale it down due to HDCP :confused:
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If the producer enables ict on their hd-dvds then it will be downscaled to 960x540 because the 360 doesn't support hdmi or hdcp.
 
Nikumba said:
Also we should start seeing SD-DVD/HD-DVD discs starting to ship, for a few more quid you get SD-DVD and a HD-DVD version either on a "flipper" or two sep discs.
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Hybrid discs are already being released: Kicking off with Tokyo Drift.
 
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