Anyone bought an Xbox 360 HD-DVD?

[qube_TA]

If so, any good?

They're nuts cheap.

[road2ruin]

no

[qube_TA]

no you've not got one or no they're not good?

[road2ruin]

Well yes to both last 2 questions. No I havent got one but was talking to a friend about them only on Sunday and apparantley although they are pretty and graphically spectacular they have a known problem that means they go wrong within a year or maybe just over if you are unlucky. I am not sure I understood him fully but Microsoft are aware of this problem and have even put some software on the machine to tell you when it going to go wrong, kind of like a count down thing! I havent researched his words of wisdom yet using the internet but I soon will be. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360

Have a read of this page.

[jamieboy]

road2ruin said:

Well yes to both last 2 questions. No I havent got one but was talking to a friend about them only on Sunday and apparantley although they are pretty and graphically spectacular they have a known problem that means they go wrong within a year or maybe just over if you are unlucky. I am not sure I understood him fully but Microsoft are aware of this problem and have even put some software on the machine to tell you when it going to go wrong, kind of like a count down thing! I havent researched his words of wisdom yet using the internet but I soon will be. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360

Have a read of this page.

I'm not seeing anything at all on that page about the HD-DVD drive?

[qube_TA]

I've heard of overheating problems on the console and the DVD drives on the last Xbox only lasted a year.

I've had a 360 for over a year and it's been fine, very impressed with it.

Not heard of any specific problems relating to the HDDVD drive.

I can't see me being able to afford a proper HD player any time soon as my Pioneer DV868 DVD player isn't that old and Mrs. qube would moan if I did.

But could afford to go down the console route for now.

[dave_s13]

can you live with the noise though? 360's make a bloody racket, no good when your watchng films IMO.

[JamieBeeston]

dave_s13 said:

can you live with the noise though? 360's make a bloody racket, no good when your watchng films IMO.

Especially Tubi'd!!

[carlymart]

have a look on avfourms
loads have them and seam to like them
and for the price they are worth the money
i would have bought one but as i dont play games a bought a toshiba hddvd player
hddvd is very good

[RobDickinson]

Latest 360's have a much quieter dvd rom, but that matters little to the HD DVD.

From all I can make out the 360 HD DVD drive is excelent, the console is a little noiser than prehaps a dedicated player but it works very well.

[rich1231]

and the HD-DVD drive will attach to your PC

[ThePassenger]

rich1231 said:

and the HD-DVD drive will attach to your PC

But requires fiddling to get going (although this is hit n' miss in XP/OS X 10.4.x). Still waiting for the brave fools running Vista to report on how it goes with the HD-DVD unit (and obviously those on Mac's when OS X 10.5 appears).

[ajg31]

friends got one for PC and its cracking for the cash. only problem is software that TRUELY supports HD DVD playback. had to use an old powerdvd demo i had saved. Aparently for PC, Powerdvd ultra and anydvd's new software work fine, so another 100 quid outlay. still cheap overall