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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
come on jump in and enjoy the movie!, 13 Aug 2007
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I too just made the upgrade to the HD DVD drive for the xbox 360.
Setting this up seems pretty straight forward and yes your xbox 360 needs to have connection to the internet so that it can download some updates. This won't take long.
The package and features include:
External HD DVD drive
Remote Controller and batteries
The HD DVD drive has 2 extra USB ports
installation disc and manual
Cable to connect HD DVD drive to the back of your 360
Requires its own power supply but thankfully its a lot smaller than the brick that you need for the 360.
Picture quality is great, again, as other reviewers have stated you will not really notice that much of a difference between the HD DVD's and standard DVDs but to be honest to really notice the improved detail quality, hook it up to a huge projector or massive 40+ in" LCD/Plasma TV and then play your old standard dvds on it and then say you can't notice any difference!
Also it might help if you change the resolution settings on your xbox 360 display (ie 720P, 1080i and 1080P if your TV supports these resolutions) plus use either component/VGA/HDMI cable instead of the composite (ie red/white and yellow connectors) These will give you a much noticable difference. But again what cable you can use will depend on what connections your TV/monitor can accept.
Another great thing about the HD DVD drive is that all HD DVD's are region free so you can play Asian, Japanese, USA, UK and European HD DVD movies in your HD DVD drive (This does NOT apply to standard DVDs). I recently purchased a HD DVD that had quite a lot of scratches and it played fine Plus you can hook the external HD DVD drive to your pc and watch movies on there (provided your pc is powerful enough to do that)..
One last thing is that the external drive is quiet and don't heat up to crazy temperatues during operation, and after watching HD DVD's and other standard DVDs, taking them out of the drive and feeling how cool they are to the touch is assuring.
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
PC Compatible, 10 Aug 2007
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Just a thought...since it has USB leads, I've tried to run it through the PC to watch Hot Fuzz & it worked!!! It recognised it straight away and was up and running in no time. So if you want you can bypass the 360 and use it on the computer instead.
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
Doesn't matter what you buy, as long as you TV can handle it, 14 Feb 2007
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I have bought this HD DVD for use with my Xbox 360 knowing that my TV can accept 1080p via component input. This is what matters more than whether you buy Blu-Ray or HD-DVD - the old Xbox 360 versus PS3 argument which is evident in a few of these reviews. That is all folly. If you have a TV whose resolution is 1366x768 and not 1920x1080 then it cannot show 1080p. So then what is the point of all these ridiculous comments and comparisions? Believe me, most LCD and Plasma TVs which have been sold over the past year or 2 in the UK are NOT capable of showing 1080p, and most people will find 1080i sufficient enough to meet their needs, especially considering that most front rooms are not the size of cinemas and the average viewing distance is no more than 10 feet away from the TV. I strongly suggest that anyone mulling over this topic has a good search of the internet to understand the difference between 1080i and 1080p and whether they really need to be worried about it. People cannot complain about the lack of HDMI output if they don't even own a television capable of displaying 1080p.
This add-on for the Xbox 360 does not need HDMI if you have component video and your TV is less than 40 inch. You will not notice the difference.
However, I am fortunate emough to be able to display in 1080p, whilst having my sound outputted to an AV amp via the digital audio cable from the 360, so in retrospect I see the film in full quality with full quality sound. And it is excellent. Well worth the money. Microsoft have provided users with a chance to experience high definition DVDs without too much expense. I do not need to spend [...] (at least) on a new PS3 games console just because it has HDMI output and blu-ray, as it is not going to make any difference to me at all, even though my TV can accept HDMI.
For the time being Microsoft do not need to worry too much about adding an HDMI capability to the 360. It will prove useful in years to come but most people at the moment will not get much benefit from it. Bear in mind that Sky HD doesn't broadcast in 1080p yet, and they are looking at 2012 for the first broadcast to be shown in it. [...]
Just a quick note on the whole Blu-Ray and HD-DVD debate. it is worth noting that Samsung are releasing a dual player this year in the U.S. - there is no confirmed release date for the U.K. yet - which goes to show that the format "war" will soon go the way of DVD-R and DVD+R
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