Xbox 360 HD player cut to $179

I have got to get this! Heroes will only be on Hd-dvd!! And 300 looks like a treat as well. Over $100 in free movies is not a bad deal.

legandary_ACE : It's not a ripoff if you just want a game console, which is all I wanted when I decided on the 360 over the PS3. Sony forces you to pay extra for a Blu-Ray player, even if you don't want or need one. M$ at least gives you the option. And I take a bit of issue with your math, since only the discontinued PS3 is $500. In a few months, all PS3's will likely be $600, unless Sony finally does the right thing and permanently lowers the price.

Yuck_Too said: "HD DVD Claims 3:1 Lead Over Blu-ray In Europe << LINK REMOVED >>" It's 2:1 for Blu-ray here. Not to mention the fact that the above study did NOT include Blu-ray sales via PS3. Sort of misleading to skip the PS3, which has done so well in Europe. A Blu-ray player is a Blu-ray player, game system or not.

Honestly it really looks like HD-DVD is going to be the one to bite it, but their free selection is better than Blu-Ray's. That is, unless they have a tiered system like the Blu-Ray giveaway BS...

Sweet! Maybe this time if I get a job I can get the HD-DVD attachment thing. Lot of good movies in that list. Oh crap I need an HDTV if I am going to get an HD-DVD attachment.

Better list of movies than what Bluray is giving away.

I think "We Were Soldiers" in HD and surround sound would be a good call too.

I wish one of the formats would hurry up and die so I will know what player to buy. Come on formats, learn to be like the laserdisc!

Hmm. Sky Captain would be awesome in HD, as would The Rundown. Constantine, The Perfect Storm, and Tomb Raider would make watchable choices too - I'd go with Blazing Saddles but I can't think of a movie that deserves HD less (other than Monty Python and the Holy Grail, maybe). The rest are a delicious assortment of utter garbage. Why not offer Pitch Black in place of Riddick? The sequel was crap. And The Dukes of Hazzard...god. Why not throw in Little Man while they're at it?

--encodi -- "i would wait 1 year at least to see what's the new default player for homemovies, hd-dvd or blu" ~~~~~~~~~ 18 months from now we'll all be buying combo players that play both and it won't matter. Just like the 8-versions of DVD we have on the market now that no ones cares about.

too bad europe doesnt count here in the US, m$ cant even get a price cut right and then has to copy a 5 movie giveaway tisk tisk

"passive visual media persuasion" Nice.

a whole $20....that will cover the sales tax here in CA, hardly an incentive to run out and buy one

HD DVD Claims 3:1 Lead Over Blu-ray In Europe << LINK REMOVED >>

I like my movies and videogaming systems seperate still.

Chronicles of Riddick seems like the only decent choice. I'd probably give We Were Soldiers a viewing too.

latinchemist, its most likely that it will never be, since its being remade. Anyway, this wont help the format in any way, it barely got any support at all from studios.

--Kai_88 -- You haven't seen the PS3 list of movies then

i would wait 1 year at least to see what's the new default player for homemovies, hd-dvd or blu

Besides Constantine, Blazing Saddles and the Perfect Storm, that's the worst collection of movies i've ever seen.

Unlike Sony's giveaway, they actually have movies I want 0.0 Still not worth it.

Well I certainly like the selection of movies better than what Sony had with their giveaway... but its still too soon to see if they'll both survive.

cool, besides it comes w/ a remote and king kong...

until it gets down to $50... this thing is not even worth getting for most people.

I'm dying to get an HD-DVD player and this extension at $179 is just a bit overpriced for me. I really would love to have one in time for Hot Fuzz next Tuesday (Shaun of the Dead comes out on HD then as well), but I don't expect it to happen. Looks like I'll be waiting even longer.

Big Booooooo on MS having Chronicles of Riddick on HD-DVD before making it backwards compatible on the 360. =P

I don't need and HD player for my 360.

Oh the kind souls....

that price is still a rip off compared to PS3 having blu-ray built in PS3 = $500 360 + HD-DVD = $580

If I were MS, I wouldn't be worrying about HD-DVD. But since it's an option and I can choose whether or not I want to add it and not automatically including it to make the console more expensive, I guess it makes a little sense.

Don't know about this. Just don't know what the future of HD-DVD holds.