Can cheap make HD DVD beat Sony Blu-ray? $80 Xbox 360 player with 6 free HD DVDs
Filed under: Electronics, High Definition | By: Daniel
Posted on: February 6, 2008 | 16 Comments
Many of us believe that the Hi-def war is nearly over with Sony Blu-ray the winner as it’s smashing HD DVD in many countries.
The question is: Can cheap make HD DVD beat Sony Blu-ray?
I ask this because we found a deal on Amazon priced at $80 for the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player with 6 free HD DVDs.
Now that is a fantastic deal, but can it help HD DVD like the Sony PS3 helped Blu-ray.
Source: Read | Check the deal on Amazon
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GOD I AM SO SICK OF THE WHOLE BLU RAY WINS CUZ OF PS3 BULLSHIT!~ DOESN’T ANYBODY KNOW YOU CAN DOWNLOAD BLU RAY MOVIES AND BURN THEM ONTO HD DVDS!!!??!?!?! HD DVD IS GOING TO WIN ONCE PEOPLE LEARN HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS TO BURN THE DAMN BRD. ALL THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS FOR TOSHIBA TO START GETTING THOSE BURNERS OUT THERE.
okay, “therat”, exactly what are you going to do w/ your piddly betamax-like discs once you burn them? blu-ray has mega storage space, you dink. lol @ u!
(p.s. click on my link.)
with over 9 million xbox360’s already sold you better believe it could make a difference. it would make a good way for xbox owners to get hi-def movies almost given to them. sign me up.
Here is a list of top companies supporting Toshiba
1) Microsoft (doesn’t make hardware except SH*TBOX)
2) Universal (they have to wake up soon)
3) Paramount (not for long)
Here is a list of companies supporting BLu Ray
Board of Directors
Apple, Inc.
Dell
HP
Hitachi
LG
Mitsubishi Electric
Panasonic
Pioneer
Philips
Samsung
Sharp
Sony
Sun Microsystems
TDK
Thomson
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney
Warner Bros.
Contributors
Acer Incorporated
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Almedio Inc.
Alticast
Aplix Corporation
ArcSoft, Inc.
AudioDev AB
Broadcom Corporation
Canon Inc.
China Hualu Group Co., Ltd.
CMC Magnetics Corporation
Corel Corporation
Cryptography Research Inc.
CyberLink Corp.
DATARIUS Technologies GmbH
Daxon Technology Inc.
D-Box Technologies Inc.
DCA Inc.
Deluxe Media Services Inc.
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
Dreamer Co., Ltd.
DTS, Inc.
Eclipse Data Technologies
Esmertec
FUJIFILM Corporation
Fujitsu Ltd.
Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
Gibson Guitar Corp.
Kenwood Corporation
Lenovo
Lionsgate Entertainment
LITE-ON IT Corporation
Macrovision Corp.
Magnum Semiconductor, Inc.
MediaTek Inc.
Meridian Audio Ltd.
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co.Ltd.
Mitsui Chemicals Inc.
Monster Cable Products
Moser Baer India Limited
NEC Electronics Corporation
Nero
Osmosys SA
Pixela Corporation
Prodisc Technology Inc.
Pulstec Industrial Co., Ltd.
Ricoh Co., Ltd.
Ritek Corporation
ShibaSoku Co. Ltd.
Sigma Designs Inc.
Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation
Sonic Solutions
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
ST Microelectronics
Sunext
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.,
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
Visionare Corporation
Zentek Technology Japan, Inc.
ZOOtech Ltd.
Zoran Corporation
General Members
Adobe Systems
Allion Test Labs, Inc.
Alpine Electronics Inc.
Arima Devices Corporation
ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG
ASV Corp.
Avid Development GmbH
BASF AG
B.H.A. Corporation
BluFocus Inc.
Bose Corporation
Brickbox Digital Media
B&W Group
The Cannery
Cheertek Inc.
Cinram Manufacturing Inc.
CustomFlix Labs, Inc.
Custom Technology Inc.
D&M holdings, Inc.
Daewoo Electronics Corporation
Daikin Industries, Ltd.
Elpida Memory, Inc.
Expert Magnetics Corp.
Falcon Technologies International
Fujitsu Ten Ltd.
GalleryPlayer Media Networks
Gear Software
Global Machinery Co., Ltd.
Gowell Electronic Limited
Hie Electronics, Inc.
Hoei Sangyo Co., Ltd
Horizon Semiconductor.
IMAGICA Corp.
Imation Corp.
INFODISC Technology Co., Ltd.
Infomedia Inc.
Info Source Multi Media Ltd.
Intersil Corporation
Iwatsu Test Instruments
Kobe Steel Co. Ltd.
Konica Minolta Opto Inc.
Lauda Co. Ltd.
Lead Data Inc.
LEADER ELECTRONICS CORP
LINTEC Corporation
MainConcept AG
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
MIT Technology Co., Ltd.
MoSys Incorporated
Must Technology Co., Ltd.
MX Production Services
NEC Personal Products Ltd.
Netflix Inc.
Newtech Infosystems Inc.
NexWave Solutions
NHK Technical Services, Inc.
Nichia Corporation
Nikkatsu Corporation
NTT Electronics Corporation
nVidia Corporation
OC Oerlikon Balzer AG
Omnibus Japan Inc.
Onkyo Corporation
Online Media Technologies Ltd.
Ono Sokki Co., Ltd.
OPT Corporation
Optodisc Technology Corporation
Origin Electric Co., Ltd.
Pico House
Plannet Associates
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH
Pony Canyon Enterprise
Primera Technology, Inc.
Q-TEC, Inc.
Quantized Systems
Quanta Storage Inc.
Realtek Semiconductors
Rimage Corporation
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
Dr. Schwab Inspection Technology GmbH
Singulus Technologies
Targray Technology International Inc.
TEAC Corporation
Teijin Chemicals Ltd.
Texas Instruments, Inc.
THX Ltd.
Toei Video Company Ltd.
Toho Company, Ltd.
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
TOPTICA Photonics AG
Trailer Park
UmeDisc Ltd.
Universal Music Group, Inc.
VideACE Inc.
Yamaha Corporation
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
1K Studios, LLC
@ Mattstorm
I see the chimp has figured out how to copy and paste.
Convenient of you to leave off the support HD DVD has. Also convenient not to mention that if Microsoft wanted to it could own all those companies in time. (Probably several times over…but since Microsoft is actually in the business to MAKE money and not LOSING it then I doubt we’ll see that anytime soon.)
Does your tiny little brain honestly think that Microsoft is going to allow Sony to have control of the future media? A Blu-ray add on….sure. However the Xbox 3 with a Blu-ray drive in it??? Microsoft isn’t going to just hand that control over to a leaching company like Sony.
Rootkits (some people are still trying to recover from this one)
Fake Film Critics (David Manning)
Do a web search for Sony and their “dirty secrets”.
What are you 12?
Maybe if Sony would focus making some damn games instead of brainwashing gimp bitches like you then you would have something to do on your PS3 instead of coming here to post FUD.
If Blu-ray wins the “Format War” I hope you enjoy not being able to play rented films or games on that PS3. If you don’t believe me to some research on Sony patents. Particularly from early 2000.
When you follow the herd you’re just another cow. Try having an independent thought sometime you bitch ass drone.
@ BitchBeater
Take the offensive remarks out of that post (your obviously 12), the usual anti-sony crap, and your left with…….. nothing!
re: If Blu-ray wins the “Format War” I hope you enjoy not being able to play rented films or games on that PS3 - Eh, Blockbusters, the biggest rental company ONLY stocks Blu Ray for starters. And this crap that the PS3 has no decent games might have had some truth last March at UK release but that does not wash any more. Yes The XBOX has more, its been out over 12 months longer, is your maths not very good, the amount of Games available for the PS3 at this point is more than the XBOX had at the equivalent time.
Plus we must always remember that the PS3 has more power and higher capabilities and exclusive gam,es for the PS3 are going t show a quality the XBOX cant compete with, ie KILZZONE 2 and MGS 4.
My Last point (yes I make points not waffle like you) - Games are allready coming out that the XBOX has Issues with, eg Burnout paradise, if you have the Core or arcade version of the Machine you cant even play it onlinie HA HA HA.
Finale!!!!!
The XBOX Elite was an act of desperation as Micosoft have a problem, as the PS3 games are on Blu-Ray this gives the media or gaming having 50Gb on 1 disc, XBOX is still DVD (9GB) therefore bigger games are not going to fit, this gives two solutions, swap a disc over half way thrugh a game, not good on a free roam basis, or Install a load of data to your drive, hence the 120GB drive.
To finish off they put an HDMI port on it version 1.2, oh dear not version 1.3 which you need for the higher colour definition and sound codecs soon tobe released like Dolby Digital HD, and DTS Pure. For those of us who like propper equipment the XBOX is F*cking Useless.