08-20-2007, 03:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-20-2007, 06:21 PM by Chesspiece_face.)
Quote:IIRC, the XBox HD player can just as easily attach to your PC as it can to your XBox.
As for the 480/720/1080 confoogles, HD-DVD and Blu Ray are both capable of going up to 1080p (and beyond, really - all it is is a screen resolution). That drive you saw at Fry's sounds more like an upconvert player, which isn't capable of playing real HD-DVDs.
that's what it sounds like to me. and in that case, $250 is waayyyyy overpriced. you can get upconverting dvd players with hdmi for around $100.
I also think that the cheapest stand-alone HDdvd player out at the moment is around $350. if the guy at frys was telling you that HDdvd can only output 480p he was blatantly lying to you.
As for the xbox 360 HD dvd add-on, it can work on a PC but I believe it requires the use of "unofficial drivers". I haven't looked into trying mine on my PC. Why bother when i've got 50 inches of 1080p goodness?
edit: many edits today: Paramount announces exclusive deal with HD-dvd First titles to arrive will be Blades of Glory. Transformers, and Shrek the Third.
Transformers could push a lot of HD-dvd player sales.