Question about the new xbox 360 hd dvd drive [Archive]

Incubus2good

11-17-2006, 05:48 PM

well in the begining i thought the xbox 360 had an hd dvd player in it but i guess not lol. well i guess this isnt a question about the drive itself but, does it not play all dvd's? i hear on commercials that some dvd's come in HD, but when i go to pick them up i dont see them and think that they are all just in HD. still deciding wether or not to get this, little pricey.

awesomejs

11-17-2006, 05:57 PM

i don't understand what u are saying but the hd-dvd player will play all hd dvd movies as they are continueing to come out along with your old dvd collection..it will play as far as i heard dvd+r's/-r's and dvd+r dl unsure on those..as far as pricey nah not really take into affect that a hd dvd player from toshiba will cost u $699.99 and up where this is $199.99 with a hd dvd king kong movie and a universal remote as well..downside only plays movies up to 1080i

Incubus2good

11-17-2006, 06:35 PM

well ill have to wait for someone else to buy it then ill think about it lol, and my tv only goes up to 1080i anyways so thats good

Law

11-17-2006, 06:39 PM

You can play your old DVDs on the player and yes some movies come with the HD version and the regular version that you can pplay on a regular dvd player. Look at the top of the case it will say DVD /HD DVD if it has both version of the movie.

awesomejs

11-17-2006, 06:56 PM

i just hooed mine up its nice other then one flaw i can't figure out yet why the eject button don't work for the hd dvd player but it will for the system

Law

11-17-2006, 07:07 PM

i just hooed mine up its nice other then one flaw i can't figure out yet why the eject button don't work for the hd dvd player but it will for the system

The eject button on the remote or on the player? If you mean the remote the its simple. The eject button on the remote is for the 360.

awesomejs

11-17-2006, 09:38 PM

yeah but its supose to be able to eject the dvd player as well

Law

11-18-2006, 02:13 AM

yeah but its supose to be able to eject the dvd player as well

But then wouldnt it eject both at the same time? Maybe you havent programmed it to? But i think its only for the 360 not the HD player.

Incubus2good

11-18-2006, 02:53 PM

i might have to pick one up, but when i get more money, im still poor from my hd tv :D

awesomejs

11-18-2006, 04:13 PM

But then wouldnt it eject both at the same time? Maybe you havent programmed it to? But i think its only for the 360 not the HD player.

i guess so but in the hd dvd book it says it will eject if the button is pushed..i might have to call xbox on this one...

Law

11-18-2006, 07:54 PM

Did the player come with an installation disk? also you might have to reprogram the remote now that you have the player installed so that it will recognize it.

batkinson001

11-19-2006, 11:44 AM

if you have xbox live then your 360 will have been updated to support the hddvd drive, and the cd bar at the bottom of the dashboard will work to eject the hddvd or the 360's dvd drive (you can choose which to operate on the bar itself (from what I remember reading about the fall update)

Incubus2good

11-21-2006, 05:06 PM

i really REALLY want one now lol, need more room on my visa!!

Incubus2good

11-22-2006, 05:33 PM

awesomejs...how is it?, i gota get one soon, how much better is the quality of the hd dvds then the regular? im so excieted...and im happy to report the hd tv i got went up in price 100 bux :D im happy lol.

Incubus2good

11-23-2006, 07:58 PM

well, i got it!!!!!!!!!!!....lol, for the price this thing is amazing, it came with a nice new controller that illuminates every botton, and came with king kong the movie. The set up for thing is almost TOO easy, i think i pressed 2 bottons "seriously"...anyone here with a 360 and an hd tv, theres no if's and's or but's YOU NEED THIS, JUST AMAZING, THANK U MC THANK YOU!!!! ps ps3 sucks lol

Law

11-23-2006, 09:30 PM

Who is MC? I hope to get a HD DVD add on soon.

Law

11-23-2006, 09:34 PM

Oh and did you sell any of your 20 games? Me, out of 15 for the 360 I have only beaten 6 of them and I think they are all keepers and wouldnt sell any of them even if i do beat them all.

Incubus2good

11-23-2006, 09:43 PM

woops my bad, MS lol, i was to excieted lol

batkinson001

11-23-2006, 11:37 PM

i am thinking of getting one. but i dont have a hd tv.

Law

11-24-2006, 03:41 PM

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=325&type=expert

Read this. Its very interesting , about the HD DVD addon for the 360. Looks like you dont even need a 360 to use it!. Try doing that with your Blu Ray player on your PS3 which Sony forces on their fans.......

awesomejs

11-25-2006, 10:04 PM

hhmmm i don't have xbox live..y tv supports 1080i

batkinson001

11-26-2006, 12:29 PM

Exmortis

11-27-2006, 08:18 AM

i am thinking of getting one. but i dont have a hd tv.

Why would you get one if you don't have an HD TV?

Incubus2good

12-15-2006, 11:47 PM

one thing im getting a little annoyed with...different movies are coming out on Blue Ray than HD DvD, and it seems all the ones i want are coming out on Blue Ray and not HD DVD, SIGH....all these old movies are coming back in hd which dont even look as good, i bought we were soldiers and it didnt even look hd, then theres king kong, DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Law

12-16-2006, 12:53 AM

I think that for their to be a difference the movie has to have been shot in HD. So a movie like King kong would look great, Star wars (the new ones) should look amazing. but older movies wont look better.

Exmortis

12-16-2006, 08:05 AM

Actually, 35mm film has a much higher resolution than 480 lines so even many older movies would look better in HD. However, they need lots of cleaning because the defects would also be visible.

Thaiwoo

12-16-2006, 10:13 AM

one thing im getting a little annoyed with...different movies are coming out on Blue Ray than HD DvD

Welcome to the beautiful world of 2 different High Definition DVD standards, where the consumer has to loose the most and the manufacturers gain the most.

Law

12-16-2006, 01:03 PM

I cant beleive you bought nacho libre.......
But yeah i heard talladega nights is on blue ray which is itty, but superman is on both formats and then some other movie i cant recall is only HD DVD.

that kind of stuff sucks.
I noticed more movies i want are on or comming ot HD DVD though but there are a few on BR only.

awesomejs

12-17-2006, 01:09 AM

u will se movies for both formats sooner or later

Incubus2good

01-05-2007, 02:10 AM

i just found out that casino royale was done by sony pictures, bye bye casino royale in hd :'(....i was really excieted that it would be coming to hd, but once i saw SONY, siiiiiiiiiiiigh lol

batkinson001

01-05-2007, 06:20 AM

2007 will be the year of the multi format HD players. I saw something on G4's Attack of the Show (yesterday) about this, LG is well-known for their multi format recorder/player devices, and they are working on a player that can play both HDDVD and Blu-ray. I have no idea what it will cost but its still pretty cool.

Exmortis

01-05-2007, 06:50 AM

LG is well-known for their multi format recorder/player devices, and they are working on a player that can play both HDDVD and Blu-ray. I have no idea what it will cost but its still pretty cool.

That has been discussed to death already at CES 2006. There are statement in the license agreement of both format disallowing the combination of both technologies into one. This is not a technical issue, but a legal one. Samsung originally promised a dual-format player, but had to abandon the idea because it was legally impossible.

Lesley

01-05-2007, 10:39 AM

VHS and Beta, for those of you who are old enough to remember.

I suspect the solution will be to have two standalone dvd players, once the blue ray players come down in price. The good thing is that regular dvd players are quite inexpensive now, even the hd players.

You can also consider making your own dual format player by building a multimedia pc for your tv with both hd and br drives installed. I believe Exmortis is the resident expert on this.

batkinson001

01-05-2007, 03:15 PM

That has been discussed to death already at CES 2006. There are statement in the license agreement of both format disallowing the combination of both technologies into one. This is not a technical issue, but a legal one. Samsung originally promised a dual-format player, but had to abandon the idea because it was legally impossible.

I link the following as proof that it is not legally impossible.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070104.gtdual0401/BNStory/Technology/home

also:

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/01/04/lg-hddvd-bluray.html

And lastly:

http://www.marketnews.ca/news_detail.asp?nid=2449

I look forward to LG's offering, as I have yet to have a lemon of any of their products.

Exmortis

01-08-2007, 04:24 PM

I link the following as proof that it is not legally impossible.

You think?

http://ces.betanews.com/roundup/Bluray_HD_DVD_hybrid/1168138640
Nate Mook and Tim Connealy have seen the LG "Super Multi Blue" player, and have devastating news: It's not as "Full HD" as you might think.

Chances are, it may actually be a violation of licensing agreements for a manufacturer to juxtapose one logo next to the other (as we learned last year when the issue first came up).

This is a big deal, fellows, because it indicates that everything that was left out of the initial LG press release, was left out for a reason.

LG has yet to resolve all the legalities around their model. It WILL NOT be on the market until that happens.

Keep hoping... Got something else up your sleeve?

batkinson001

01-08-2007, 09:33 PM

whatever. You seem to enjoy making yourself sound superior to others don't you? at least that is what i have gathered from the attitude your last post gave off

Exmortis

01-08-2007, 10:07 PM

Well, go buy that LG then.

as I have yet to have a lemon of any of their products.

Then see for yourself if you think I'm 100% wrong.

awesomejs

01-08-2007, 11:12 PM

i can see movie compines making dvds for both formats sooner or later..

Glen

01-09-2007, 01:25 AM