Guest's Review of Microsoft XBOX 360 HD DVD Player DVD Player
7th Dec 2008
Overall Rating
- Value for money
It's perhaps a little bulky for it's purpose, but it;s about 1/3rd the size of a stand alone player - so not a huge issue.
It has the standard 360 colour scheme which is a bit naff, especially if, like me, you have a limited edition halo 3 360.
General Comments
The unit takes a very short time to install and once it's initially installed the device acts just like a part of the 360's standard hardware.
The drive is a lot quieter than the 360's disk drive so loud noises during DVD (it plays DVDs too) and HD DVD play back is minimal.
You can keep DVDs in this drive and still play games in the 360's drive so disk swaping is reduced.
HD DVD's cost next to nothing now. I bought this player and around 100 HD DVDs for about £300. This is much cheaper than the same films on DVD and around 10 times cheaper than similar films on BluRay.
I would recommend this player to anyone with an HD TV even if you already have a BluRay player. The value represented by the HD DVDs is just too good to miss. I bought series 1 of heroes 5 months ago for £15, and complete series of planet earth for under £20.
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