What price would the XBOX 360 HD DVD player have to be for you to buy it? (USDollars)

Considering i don't have an HDTV, i said $99.99...if i could find a 30"+ HDTV for under $400, i would probably get that first.
 
I put not interested simply because by the time I get an HDTV I'll also be getting my ps3, so no need for the hddvd addon.
 
$99 would be my "considering it" price point...but even then, I would probably wait to get a used one for cheaper. I already own a PS3, so an HD-DVD player would feel like having way too much technology. on top of that, I don't like having huge peripherals protruding from my system and I have an elite, so I'd need a black player.
 
I paid $160 for mine (with the $40 off $199 at CC coupon), and felt that was my "biting" price. The included copy of King Kong and remote definitely influenced that.
I still think it should have been included with the Elite, but $179 with King Kong, remote, and five free HD DVDs is a very fine deal.
 
Voted for 99.99 only because there was nothing lower. I don't like buying non-fully-functional hardware, and the inability to output lossless sound is a huge strike against it. Given the state of the format war, it's just not a great investment for someone who already owns a blu-ray player. For someone who doesn't own one and doesn't have a setup equipped for lossless sound, $150 is a great break-in price.
 
While I know that Ruined, Gizmogic, and Toshiba all sleep together and love it, I will put in my vote for $99 cause hey for $99 bucks I would get it just to get the Universal stuff.

Dont expect that to last though, Universal will come over to the Blu side soon I can feel it.
 
$100ish was probably where I was going to get one, until I finally caved and got a PS3 about 2 weeks ago. Now it would take probably about $50 for me to buy one. Not that I have any opinion of blu-ray over HD-DVD. I just see owning both a waste of money.
 
I said $99.99. I was considering buying one for that price on craigslist recently.

I don't see the fact that it's just a disc drive as a disadvantage. It can also be used on a PC because of that and can support any features (such as lossless audio) that PC software/hardware will support. Also if HD-DVD does lose the format war and die you can rip all the movies to a large harddrive using your PC.
 
[quote name='Maynard']Dont expect that to last though, Universal will come over to the Blu side soon I can feel it.[/QUOTE]

Did you also feel it a year ago when the same people were saying the same thing?
 
$149.99. Are you reading this, Microsoft PR and viral marketer lurkers? That's a fair pricepoint and it needs to happen sooner than later. So do it, already.

Not that it'll do anything but save me money and prolong the inevitable.
 
If HDDVD looks like its going to be a winner AND I have nothing else to buy, I'd buy it for 100
 
[quote name='Sporadic']I already own it.

My price was 180 at the beginning of the year.

Worth every penny.[/QUOTE]

Seconded.

Except I didn't technically pay for it since it was a wedding present.

However, it is worth every penny. Especially for likes of Hot Fuzz and TMNT.
 
[quote name='Maynard']
Dont expect that to last though, Universal will come over to the Blu side soon I can feel it.[/QUOTE]

You're right. They will go neutral as soon as Disney does.

If HDDVD looks like its going to be a winner AND I have nothing else to buy, I'd buy it for 100
Click to expand...

news flash: there will be no 'winner'. Both formats are here to stay.
 
everyone who said 99 I dont see it happening soon, a good
up-converting DVD player gos for 99.99 - 129.99. i put 129.99 just because of the fact that its not a stand alone unit, ive seen movies on this and yeah they look great, i plan on buying one within 3-4 months, but im also a movie junkie that owns way too many DVDs...
 
[quote name='nonrandomhero']everyone who said 99 I dont see it happening soon, a good
up-converting DVD player gos for 99.99 - 129.99. i put 129.99 just because of the fact that its not a stand alone unit, ive seen movies on this and yeah they look great, i plan on buying one within 3-4 months, but im also a movie junkie that owns way too many DVDs...[/QUOTE]

That's not really a fair comparison. It's just a disc drive so $99.99 isn't amazingly low.
 
I'd want a stand alone player rather than an add on, and I'm not buying into HD Disc formats until the Bluray/HD-DVD war is over and one side has proven that it is here to stay.

And it's looking more like Bluray will win out, based on disc sales over the past 6 months. Though it's probably more likely that both will stick around and just be niche formats like Laserdisc was.

In that case I'll wait for a good dual format standalone player to be out, for it to sell for $200 or less, and for discs to be closer to DVDs in prices.

Or I may not take the plunge at all. Upconverted DVDs look more than good enough to me on my HDTV. Not as good as HD, but good enough.

But at any rate, no interest in the add on as I want quality and from reviews it can't hold up to the best standalone players (unlike the PS3 which is one of the better Bluray players).
 
[quote name='thrustbucket']
news flash: there will be no 'winner'. Both formats are here to stay.[/QUOTE]

Quoted for thrustbucket actually being right for once.

[quote name='PyroGamer']Not considering it until I finally get an HDTV.[/QUOTE]

Good man.

You could always get a new computer monitor and rig the 360 up with a set of VGA cables.

I have mine hooked to a 19" widescreen I got for $170 during Black Friday.
 
There is no amount. I will not be supporting HD DVD and it's single exclusive movie studio. I'll wait until Universal starts releasing on Blu-ray like every other studio already is.
 
160 for mine last year, and since I love movies, I get fair use out of it. Gotta have something to show off on my HDtv along with the PS3

I probably watch more movies than play games anyway, Ive been eyeballing a store model RCA HD dvd player from Sam's for about 100 bucks in the past week.

I still think both formats are not going to catch on like dvd, its still too close to the time people upgraded their vhs collections to dvd, they will not be so willing to do it so quickly. I liked it when I was the only person I knew with a dvd player, even Walmart didnt have them at the time. I like being in the minority with this

Factor in the true fact is most people are confused as hell over anything HD... I read the stories of people who buy an hd tv and think they simply plug in their cable and "presto" HD programming. And dont get them started on trying to make sense of the differences in dvd, hd-dvd, and blu ray
 
[quote name='Chris in Cali']There is no amount. I will not be supporting HD DVD and it's single exclusive movie studio. I'll wait until Universal starts releasing on Blu-ray like every other studio already is.[/QUOTE]

That's funny as I look at my copies of Clerks II, Pulse, Wolf Creek, etc. Not Universal...but not on Blu-Ray. Weird. You won't be seeing Universal on Blu-Ray. You, and everyone else, will need to stop thinking you will. I don't plan on seeing Sony on HD DVD. Both formats are here to stay
 
[quote name='Johnny Postman']You left out the 'already have a PS3 so don't need a separate add-on player for my 360' option.[/QUOTE]

I forgot that Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are the same thing.

Sorry :oops:
 
[quote name='GizmoGC']I don't plan on seeing Sony on HD DVD. Both formats are here to stay[/QUOTE]

All the more reason to wait for a quality, affordable dual format player.
 
Never. Blu-ray won. Now if Microsoft were to come out with Blu-ray add-on.

[quote name='dmaul1114']All the more reason to wait for a quality, affordable dual format player.[/quote]

Supporting dual formats will make the players cost more. DVD didn't surpass VHS until cheap players flooded the market. Why would the studios and manufacturers want to delay the high-def format from selling more than reg dvds. Unfortunately we the consumer doesn't matter in the big picture. Studio owns the content we all want and they can decide to go high-def and phase out dvds. Because sooner they do, more money they can make. Carrying both the DVD and high-def disc of the same title in the catalog costs money.
 
[quote name='GizmoGC']That's funny as I look at my copies of Clerks II, Pulse, Wolf Creek, etc. Not Universal...but not on Blu-Ray. Weird. You won't be seeing Universal on Blu-Ray. You, and everyone else, will need to stop thinking you will. I don't plan on seeing Sony on HD DVD. Both formats are here to stay[/QUOTE]

And who could possibly live without such modern classics as Clerks II, Pulse and especially Wolf Creek in stunning high definition? Not me, that's for sure.
 
Just a fun observation. Most HDdvd fans here say both formats are here to stay, while most Blu-ray fans say Blu-ray will be the dominate format.

Anywho, I voted for nothing. Personally, I wouldn't be after a Blu-ray player either if it didn't come in my system. I see no point in supporting one format when there are no signs of both being 'here to stay'.
 
[quote name='laaj']Never. Blu-ray won. Now if Microsoft were to come out with Blu-ray add-on. [/QUOTE]

Please, explain to me how Blu-Ray has won. I'd love to here.
 
[quote name='GizmoGC']Please, explain to me how Blu-Ray has won. I'd love to here.[/QUOTE]

It hasn't won, but it's definitely leading as the sales have been 2:1 in favor of bluray so far this year.

Personally, I really couldn't care less about either format right now, as again I'm more than happy with upconverted DVDs but Blurray does seem to have the edge.

Whether either side will win out, remains to be seen. It's probably most likely that both will just stick around and be niche formats that only the videophile nerds care about and buy into. Just like Laserdisc.
 
[quote name='laaj']Carrying both the DVD and high-def disc of the same title in the catalog costs money.[/QUOTE]

That's not what I meant. I meant I'd wait until there was a machine that played BOTH HD-DVD and Bluray discs was quality and affordable.

I believe there are a couple out now, and some more coming out this fall, but they are very pricey for the time being.

Though I do like the HD-DVD/DVD combo discs for one reason: portability. I buy a DVD and I can watch it on my HDTV in the living room, my TV in the bedroom, my PC in the Den, my laptop on flights, rip it on my PC to put on my Creative Vision M, at my parents house, at any of my friends places etc. etc.

If I had an HD-DVD player and bought a HD-DVD or Bluray only disc, I could only watch it on my main HDTV. I couldn't do any of the other stuff as I'd have only the one player, and no one I knows has jumped into supporting either format.

That's a huge strike against getting on board for me now, on top of a host of other issues.

But in the end, you're probably right and the HD-DVD/DVD combo discs probably aren't cost effective.

But the HD-DVD/Bluray combo players will be eventually, and I may jump in then so I can at least buy every movie available in either HD format that I want without having to have to seperate players in my already over crowded home theater rack.
 
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