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   #10. Posted at 12:41 PM on Jul 26th 2007 Edit   Reply
BobbinThreadbare
Why does Microsoft care so much about HDDVD? Is it just to compete with Sony?

It seems like they are picking an unnecessary fight to me.
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#10, MS joined the hddvd bandwagon a long time ago because of les...  :  provoko  (#13)  «
#10, They don't care about it, they care about the VC-1 codec and...  :  Vrock  (#22)  «
#22, Well that plus anyone choosing HD-DVD over Blueray is a s...  :  poulpy  (#25)  «
#22, Both VC-1 and AVC codecs are required to be supported by ...  :  Namarrgon  (#32)  «
#32, Actually, it's also largely to do with VC-1 offering b...  :  Forge  (#34)  «
#34, actually comparing discs offered from both camps, H...  :  droopy1592  (#35)  «
#35, I'll agree. I have several HD-DVDs with True HD ...  :  Vrock  (#36)  «
#10, If Microsoft really had more than a tangential interest - as...  :  SPOOFE  (#33)  «

   #1. Posted at 10:58 AM on Jul 26th 2007 Edit   Reply
Usacomp2k3
Looks like I might have to jump on that come August :-)
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#1, Are there five movies on HD-DVD?  :  Slade  (#2)  «
#2, sarcasm? there are hundreds  :  danny e.  (#6)  «
#2, Haha. Try about 200.  :  Vrock  (#17)  «
#17, here is a pretty decent list (I know it's not all of t...  :  Lord.Blue  (#24)  «
#2, yes, but i'm not sure there are five good ones.  :  derFunkenstein  (#28)  «
#28, I'm sure you're right since the ps3 offer has a select...  :  provoko  (#30)  «
#30, I know very little about what is out on either form...  :  derFunkenstein  (#31)  «

   #8. Posted at 12:34 PM on Jul 26th 2007 Edit   Reply
krazyredboy
Hmm. I'm planning on getting a 360, and I know I want to get the HD drive, so I think I may end up getting the drive first, capitalize on the 5 free movies and then get the 360 when it hits the 65nm process.

In the mean time, I can at least experiment with using it on my PC.
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#8, It works quite well, or as well as any HD-DVD drive. If you'...  :  Forge  (#9)  «
#9, Thanks Forge. I was just about to look that up, but you w...  :  krazyredboy  (#11)  «
#9, Sorry to go a little off topic but, Forge, you seem to be ...  :  cynan  (#16)  «
#16, It's hard to say for certain. A lower spec machine tha...  :  Forge  (#20)  «
#9, Forge: Do you need the Ultra version for HD-DVD/Blu-ray p...  :  apkellogg  (#19)  «
#19, I believe so. I have Ultra and it works. If you have a...  :  Forge  (#21)  «
#8, It's pretty cool that it's so cheap considering hddvd/blue-r...  :  provoko  (#14)  «
#14, The reason why they are mostly more expensive is because ...  :  Lord.Blue  (#23)  «
#23, You're right, but can you name anything other than the...  :  provoko  (#29)  «

   #27. Posted at 04:20 PM on Jul 26th 2007 Edit   Reply
PRIME1
I think at this point they could give the drive away and it would not help HD-DVD any.
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   #7. Posted at 12:05 PM on Jul 26th 2007 Edit   Reply
provoko
Thats pretty cool, it's getting more competitive to Sony's offer. But HDDVD/Blu-ray still suck and are too expensive in my opinion.

If PS3 was $179 less without blu-ray I would get it.
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#7, IMO if you remove the built-in HighDef player advantage the ...  :  poulpy  (#26)  «

   #12. Posted at 01:31 PM on Jul 26th 2007 Edit   Reply
adisor19
HD-DVD FTW!!

ACSS has been broken and HD-DVD has no additional protection like BL does, so for me this is the winning combination :)

Adi
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# That could change now that BD+ is ready. We'll see.  :  Vrock  (#18)  «

   #4. Posted at 11:18 AM on Jul 26th 2007 Edit   Reply
Forge
Odd. Newegg has been selling it for ~180$ for months.
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#4, Also odd, it's been selling for $200 CAD in Canada for the p...  :  sjpeters79  (#5)  «

   #3. Posted at 11:07 AM on Jul 26th 2007 Edit   Reply
imtheunknown176
According to the article at Ars there's a list of 15 movies to choose from.
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