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Bigperm
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 Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 18:56 Post subject: [XBOX360] HD-DVD Player |
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Well i picked up the HD-DVD player for 360 this weekend. It was $199.99 and came with KingKong.
Anyways im very impressed with the quality. Its much better than the HD movie channels i have, heck it looks better than any HD channel i watch. And how it integrades into the dashboard it really nice. I now have a split circle beside my dvd tray on the dash. Bottom of the cricle is HD-DVD, and the top is DVD.
IMHO it seems better or smarter to have two seperate drives for each purpose; my 360s dvd drive will not get over used for movies and games and vice versa. MY only gripe is that its a little bigger than i thought.
So far i have watched King Kong, Riddick, Superman Returns and they all look amazing. And the menu features are much better than standard dvd. Its nice to be able to access the menu while the movie still plays in the background. Alot of the HD-DVDs i picked up were also combo format, which i think is a very good idea. One side is DVD, the other is HD-DVD.
I would recomend this addon for any 360 owner with an HD set. And there is no HD-DVD player in the price range if you allready have a 360.
Anyone else have or try one. Thoughts?
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Zeljo
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 19:02 Post subject: |
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nice! How is the connecting of the HD-Dvd drive performed?
are there any pictures of the drive itself?
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digifred
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 19:21 Post subject: |
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Thks m8
Can you also play Xbox360 games on the HD DVD player ?
If so , there is another drive 2 hack ....
Greetz
Fred
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Hows the fucking quality on an LCD or some fuck like that!
Is it annoying to see a fucking film on it because of the fucking loud xbox?
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 20:08 Post subject: |
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I'm planning on picking one up for christmas since it also plays hd dvd's on vista without any additonal drivers. €190 for a hd dvd wich you can use both with the 360 and your pc is quite a nice deal.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 20:09 Post subject: |
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I think HD DVD will be the Betamax of the future. 
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Supino
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 20:52 Post subject: |
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@Jenni
Why do you say HD-DVD and not BluRay?
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 21:02 Post subject: |
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| d3rd3vil wrote: | Hows the fucking quality on an LCD or some fuck like that!
Is it annoying to see a fucking film on it because of the fucking loud xbox? |
Can the mods just ban this idiot again? You're not funny! |
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Jenni
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 21:28 Post subject: |
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Kintama, no.
Supino, bluray has far more media coverage and it has a constant speed over the entire disk. The bluray writers are already out.
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nouseforaname
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Jenni
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 21:45 Post subject: |
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Just fucking checked and no it's fucking not. 
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Bigperm
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 21:51 Post subject: |
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Blue ray playback that i have seen is subpar compared to hd-dvd IMO anyways. I have seen so many pour encodes on blueray. Well i think blueray will lose the war since it also isnt selling as much media as HD-DVD (What the guy at best buy said anyways) and the fact that everyone knows DVD, and hence the HD-DVD name is more common. (Im not sure about EU Jenni, only speaking for canada) And the duel format (Not sure if blueray has this) is a selling point right there. You can buy it for your existing player, then when you get your HD-DVD player, just flip the disk over. Also, i have never seen a blueray ad on TV but i have seen many Hd-dvd ads. And another thing. Analysits are very sceptical about blueray becasue of Sonys track record, all of there formats in North America have failed with the consumer market. Anyways, im happy with my purchase.
@Zeljo
It connects via USB. You first have to insert the instalation disk, then it promps you to connect the drive. Done
@digifred
I think microsoft said no games would be on hd-dvd. But microsoft always seems to under promise or hype there stuff. Even though microsoft said no hd-dvd games, i would be supprised if this changes in a year. (Like the 1080p updates) but this is all hersay, and IMO of course.
@d3rd3vil (Aka Supermax)
I have only tested it on my DLP 720p Native projector, but only running 720p and projecting to 103 inches; the quality was amazing. And maybe you need a better stereo system, i have a nyco intercooler running and i cant even hear my 360 running during movies. People used to ask the same about my projector, since it has 2 large fans. I dont notice it at all.
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 22:45 Post subject: |
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| Bigperm wrote: | | Blue ray playback that i have seen is subpar compared to hd-dvd IMO anyways. I have seen so many pour encodes on blueray. |
The reason for that is because blueray movies are still encoded with mpeg-2 wich results in poor quality compared to vc-1 (hd dvd).
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Bigperm
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Dec 2006 23:33 Post subject: |
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| whoKnows wrote: | | Bigperm wrote: | | Blue ray playback that i have seen is subpar compared to hd-dvd IMO anyways. I have seen so many pour encodes on blueray. |
The reason for that is because blueray movies are still encoded with mpeg-2 wich results in poor quality compared to vc-1 (hd dvd). |
Didnt know that. I just thought they were rushed encodes or something like that.
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Supino
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Dec 2006 01:23 Post subject: |
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Why bluray insist on useing mpeg-2 encoding, is beyond me...
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azzman
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Dec 2006 02:33 Post subject: |
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some of the newer releases are using AVC and VC1
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| Posted: Tue, 5th Dec 2006 18:15 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | Kintama, no.
Supino, bluray has far more media coverage and it has a constant speed over the entire disk. The bluray writers are already out. |
and theyre very expensive so no one is buying them and HD DVD is outselling BR 11 to 1
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Dec 2006 11:09 Post subject: |
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MS don't care either way, they have their codec on both formats, who ever wins MS wins regardless
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Dec 2006 11:18 Post subject: |
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Most people I talk to will be going with HD-DVD rather than BluRay, me included.
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Bigperm
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Dec 2006 17:32 Post subject: |
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| dvsone wrote: | | Jenni wrote: | Kintama, no.
Supino, bluray has far more media coverage and it has a constant speed over the entire disk. The bluray writers are already out. |
and theyre very expensive so no one is buying them and HD DVD is outselling BR 11 to 1 |
Yea, thats kinda what the guy at best buy said.
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