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Microsoft May Be Preparing Another Price-Cut for Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive.

Microsoft May Lower Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive Pricing to $79

[02/06/2008 12:48 PM]
by Anton Shilov
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UPDATE: Amazon has ended its Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD drive for $79 promotion campaign.

Microsoft Corp. may lower the pricing of its add-on HD DVD drive for Xbox 360 game console to $79, as that is the price-point at which a big online store is selling the device now. The price slash would be logical for Microsoft, as manufacturer suggested retail price for a fully-fledged HD DVD player from Toshiba starts at $149.

Amazon.com currently sells Microsoft HD DVD drives for Xbox 360 video game console for $79.99, BestBuy lists the device for $119 and some stores found via Google also offer the device for below $100. Each HD DVD drive from the world’s largest software maker comes with several free HD DVD movies. Even though Microsoft’s official price of the product is still $129, the price-cut may be inevitable following Toshiba’s recent announcements and the fact that very few owners of the Xbox 360 have actually got the add-on.

Effective on January 13, 2008 the MSRP of the entry-model Toshiba HD-A3 with 1080i output (in fact, given that there is no difference between 1080i and 1080p source on modern HDTVs, the 1080i output is hardly important) is $149.99; the HD-A30, with 1080p output, is set to cost $199.99, and the higher-end Toshiba HD-A35 costs $299.99. All HD DVD players have Ethernet port, which allows connecting to the Internet and downloading or streaming additional content.

Given that standalone HD DVD players from Toshiba now begin at $149, end-users are less likely to buy an add-on HD DVD drive for a game console to watch movies for just $20 less.

Microsoft yet has to make official announcements regarding Xbox 360 HD DVD drive’s pricing.

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Discussion started: 02/06/08 02:48:26 PM
Latest comment: 02/08/08 06:32:27 PM

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There has to be some mistake, because amazon´s list price for de add-on is $155.67 http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-HD-DVD-Player/dp/B000JHO L0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1202338070&am ;sr=1-1
[Posted by: Porfin | Date: 02/06/08 02:48:26 PM]
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http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2008/02/06/557248.as x $129.99
[Posted by: Nester | Date: 02/06/08 03:29:42 PM]
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"in fact, given that there is no difference between 1080i and 1080p source on modern HDTVs, the 1080i output is hardly important"

WHOA!! Hold your horses mister.

When this HD war began everybody, hddvd supporters in the first place didn't said that. How is possible that now the hddvd supporters say something like that? if the BD were in the place of the hddvd right now hddvd lovers would be bashing that comment right?
[Posted by: selenium | Date: 02/06/08 05:50:08 PM]
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Selenium: the 1080i/p thing has been discussed at length even outside the context of HD DVD players, and you can check out the AVS forum to learn more about that issue.

Broadcast TV is only 1080i at best, but you still watch it on your 1080p HDTV and like what you see. It's because of the way that LCD and plasma screens decode the signal.

What I don't get is why xbit would want to put the rumor out there that the 360's drive will be $79. A list price of $129 gives retailers the opportunity to discount the thing to $100 or even $79 as Amazon did.
[Posted by: Pravin | Date: 02/07/08 07:59:01 AM]
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5. 
As an owner of a 1080P TV I'll definately buy one for my HTPC at $80. I can rent HD-DVDs from any video store in the area (including both Blockbuster stores) as well as trade discs with friends who bought their HD-DVD players more than a year ago. I may even attach it to an Xbox 360 in the future.
[Posted by: Neemund | Date: 02/08/08 06:32:27 PM]
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