Microsoft Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player Gets Price Cut
By William on Thursday, July 26th, 2007 at 3:16 AM PST In Microsoft, Microsoft
One thing that could swing things easily would be if George Lucas ever decides to release the Star Wars franchise on Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. Lucas claims they have no plans to do so, but they also said that about releasing the original trilogy (I mean original, not the stuff on the special editions) on DVD.
SAN DIEGO, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Today at Comic-Con International 2007, Microsoft Corp. announced it will lower the price of the popular Xbox 360(TM) HD DVD Player from $199 to $179 ERP (United States only) starting Aug. 1, 2007, and will add five free HD DVD movies for anyone purchasing an Xbox 360 HD DVD Player between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30. In addition, Microsoft further solidified the Xbox 360 as the ultimate high-definition (HD) entertainment platform, with key announcements around the HD DVD launches of “300″ from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and “Heroes: Season 1″ from Universal Studios.
Via CNN
is it true only the elite has the hdmi support? whats the point of this if you have the premium?
Holy crap, its going from $1999 to $179!!?? That has to be the biggest price cut ever!
“is it true only the elite has the hdmi support? whats the point of this if you have the premium?”
Yes that is true and it’s only HDMI 1.2 not HDMI 1.3.
You CAN play HD videos over component…
Sorry that $1999 price was a typo. It has since been corrected.
@decline, ya you sure can, but the quality takes a nose dive when comparing it to HDMI
VGA is good enough for me. For now at least. =\
Price cut still isn’t enough to make me want to buy it. I’d shell out $150 at most and only if i would be able to get it installed internally. Last thing I need is another box clogging my set up.