Xbox 360 HD player cut to $179

300 will be HD to it comes out on tuesday! woo

Just like PS2 pushed the DVD format PS3 is pushing the Blu-Ray format passed HD-DVD. Watcher you have to take into account that the PS3 is a Blu-Ray player and the main reason Blu-Ray is outselling HD-DVD. After the bullsh*%t price drop Sony sales of the PS3 went by 147%. so what if that means only 56 PS3's sold this month its still pushing the Blu-Ray format. :0)

Yuck_Too, they claim that because they aren't counting ps3 as Blue Ray lol

I chose The Rundown Four Brothers Constantine Chronicles of Riddick Sky Captain

Wow, they copied the Blu-Ray deal with the 5 movies.

Really the war is far from over...personally I still think On-Demand will kill both HD media formats. HD DVD Claims 3:1 Lead Over Blu-ray In Europe << LINK REMOVED >>

HD Players are selling moreso, go to any Best Buy, Circuit City and ask them what sells more, they will answer HD. I like Blu-Ray, but no one is buying them. Thats in response to soruoush's stupid comment btw.

180 is nice, but the 5 movies do nothing for me (as I'm not intrested in the selection) and still don't have any HAVE TO reason to upgrade to either HD or Blu-ray PS - PE is 66 from amazon

Good movie selection but who wants to invest in a dying technology format?

I will be picking this up.:D

Lets not forget ladies. No elite no true HD (1080P). Without an HDMI cable you dont get true HD. I have all three consoles. 360 gaming (for now atleast) until PS3 launches a few good games which hopefully is soon. They have a long way to go to catch up to the awesome games 360 has. PS3 Blu-Ray movies (Off the hook) and came with HDMI inputs and I didnt have to buy any add-ons such as wireless adapter or HD-DVD. WiFi and Blu-Ray built in and capable of true 1080P out of the box. Truthfully Blu-Ray is outselling HD-DVD at a minimum of 2-1 all over the place. As it should. More data storage=more features and less discs. Oh yeah and my Wii to play games I love that came out two years ago but have different controls.

Its just a sign that the Blu-Ray is more successful

--decoy1978 -- I don't think anyone where will argue the PS3 is a good deal for a blu-ray player.

That's quite a price-cut. The last time I checked Planet Earth was double that;. Thanks for the info Yuck_Too

Well said willthegreat.

I LOVE PLANET EARTH!!! Truly the definition of an HD viewing experience, hands down.

Hey Ima_Grey, it does upscale dvds, you just have to have the elite for the hdmi or buy the vga cable, but it does work.

OOOhhhh.....cool! I'm gonna get the 360 as my first foray into next gen basically because I'm poor but I can upgrade its accessories and peripherals. An HD-DVD add was on my list but now its cheaper AND comes with 5 movies, albeit marginally desirable ones, I'll definitely try to get it before 9/30. All in all a very nice developement! Dude, get a PS3 if you are planning on buying an HD DVD drive. It comes with blu-ray and wifi not to mention HDMI. To get that on 360 would be elite($479) + HD DVD ($179) + wifi ($100) = $760. Even at the cheapest, getting a core with HD DVD will run you $480. PS3=$499...no brainer to me unless you don't like any games coming on the console.

I'd buy it just for Rattle and Hum.

yeah...does not sound like HD-DVD is doing too well...

Hey Legendary Ace if your going to compare the cheaper price cut PS3 as a basis of comparing the two systems, you should play fair and use the 360's $299 system as well. As it stands for me: PS3 is $599.99 (80GB) 360 is $479.99 (ELITE) + $179.99 (HD-DVD) = 659.98 I could be wrong with these numbers and if I am I hope someone corrects me.

Amazon has "Planet Earth" on sale for $67 at the moment (with free shipping)...and since it's 10 hours long I'd say that's a wicked deal. << LINK REMOVED >>

Sweet.

Yuck_Too. I stand corrected, I've seen it on Comcast HD, and I'd love to own Planet Earth, but not for what they want for it, not right now. It's on my list of ridiculously priced Hd-Dvds. To everyone, Planet Earth series...reason to get HD anything.

Can I get 5 copies of Blazing Saddles?????

Target is now selling stand alone Blu-Ray players, but not HD-DVD players

--robbenson -- you mean "BBC"... ~~~~ You are correct...my bad, BBC production of "Planet Earth"

you mean "BBC"...

@ Hyper Meta Dragon And if you read the full article youd notice they mentioned that

OOOhhhh.....cool! I'm gonna get the 360 as my first foray into next gen basically because I'm poor but I can upgrade its accessories and peripherals. An HD-DVD add was on my list but now its cheaper AND comes with 5 movies, albeit marginally desirable ones, I'll definitely try to get it before 9/30. All in all a very nice developement!

--Chefjase -- Go pick up a copy of the BBC production of "Planet Earth". Best thing ever in HD

"Ima_Grey I would think of getting this if it upscaled regular DVDs to 720p or 1080i. As it is, it plays regular DVDs in 480p like the XBOX 360." It does upscale, just not through component cables. The xbox 360 upscales as well, just not through component cables. People are so mis-informed about the xbox 360...

yeah what HyperMetaDragon said, doesn't this just sound all TOO familiar fokes. i dont know but it sounds like Microsoft is copying of Sony...

Ima_Grey says: "I would think of getting this if it upscaled regular DVDs to 720p or 1080i. As it is, it plays regular DVDs in 480p like the XBOX 360." You are an idiot. 720p is HD. Of course it can't upscale regular DVD's to HD bonehead. And that's the whole point of buying an HD-DVD player. If you don't want movies in HD, then don't buy it. RETARD

I struggle to find 5 movies I want from the list. If the drive were about $100 and the movies were better quality, (just give me 300 and Heroes: Season1!) I'd buy it. I'll just continue enjoying blu-ray and relegate the 360 to gaming.

Toshiba has been offering the 5 free HD-DVD movies all summer long...before the Blu Ray give-away. So MS is not imitating anyone...its the other way around. The HD player is a nice add-on that works really well and is a nice value.

That's good news. I LOVE my 360 hd player, and I got it for $180...with trade-in credit the day it came out. I implore everyone to take advantage of the king kong AND 5 dvd offer while it lasts. I only hope they consider extending the offer retro-actively. The player has not been out for that long. Anyways...its a good player and I'm living in HD now, not years from now when the war ends. $180 is an amount I'm willing to gamble with, as well as the software cost. PS. Charlie and the Chocolate factory HD-Dvd, the best presentation piece for your HD player in my opinion. Notably, the Willy Wonka song and Edible room scenes, both vibrant and colorful.

well i still don't think it changes much but hd-dvd did actually make quite a bit of profit in the past months. blu-ray was leading hd-dvd 2:1 but after toshiba's extended sale, marketing campaign and the likes of the matrix trilogy they got going for it it's actually came back a little closer. the latest numbers show blu-ray still has the lead, but it's now 1.56:1 as of july 15th (DVDFile as a source). again, not a huge deal - but considering it's actually climbing back i wouldn't say this war is over yet.

there is no way hd dvd can beat blue ray

Didn't we see news like this about the Blu-ray players and 5 free movies?

@ majundan: A slap in the face? Get your head out of your @ss.

rofl $20 , and in other news PS3 drop $1

microsoft this is ur dumbest move choosing to drop the price of there crappy hd dvd player over a price drop for their 360

20 DOLLARS LOL gas money for 1/4 a tank

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

I would think of getting this if it upscaled regular DVDs to 720p or 1080i. As it is, it plays regular DVDs in 480p like the XBOX 360.

I'll stick to Blu-Ray.

still won't buy one. im not buying anything until i know for sure who the clear cut "winner" is between bluray and hd-dvd.

OH SNAPS!! $20 off? Wow oh wow, thank you so much Microsoft!!! /sarcasm //$20 off is a damn slap in the face ///how many of these players have been sold?