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XBOX 360 HD DVD drive goes below $130.
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By Henning Molbaek
 FIRST ONLINE Dec 5, 2007

LAST UPDATED Dec 6, 2007
UPDATED: Amazon lowers price as well.
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Toys R Us goes below $130 (Down from $180) with the HD DVD drive for the XBOX 360.

The drive works a an add-on drive for the gaming console and allows for DVD and HD DVD playback. The drive also works with PCs that meets hard- and software requirements.

The drive comes with "King Kong (2005)" in the box and is eligible for the 5 free HD DVD movies mail-in offer.

Amazon.com has also lowered the price. Their new price is $149.98.

Toys R Us - XBOX 360 HD DVD drive - $129.98

Amazon.com - XBOX 360 HD DVD drive - $149.98


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Friday, December 7, 2007
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This player will become obsolete in a few years once the ICT HD Disc copy protection kicks in because it doesn't have a direct /secure HDCP output to the display (TV) via HDMI. At very best the 1080p picture will be down-converted to 540p.
Friday, December 7, 2007
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sumelikeitnot,

Fact or opinion? If factual, could you please provide a link to a reliable source. Thanks.

John
[Post edited by John J. Puccio on Dec 7, 2007]
Friday, December 7, 2007
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This is not true.

Besides all new XBOX 360 comes with HDMI and HDCP.
[Post edited by Henning on Dec 7, 2007]
Friday, December 7, 2007
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Not only that but ICT has to be applied on the Disc itself. No HD-DVD is using the ICT so are you saying a few years your HD-DVD will suddenly stop working at full HD? I think most studios have given up on the ICT anyway. The entire chain would need to be HDCP compliant which would mean the receiver, the player, and the television. Hopefully there smart enough to realize that this will not stop pirates.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
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Maybe you have trouble comprehending what I wrote so let me rephrase.
The XBOX 360 HD DVD DRIVE (NOT the XBOX 360 itself) does not connect directly to the display (TV) via HDMI so it may fail in the chain to provide ICT DISC COPY protection once the studios initiate them on DISC.

This is just plain common sense once you know how ICT works and its limitations. Also if you think the studios will forgo ICT copy-protection of HD content and let pirates run there multi-billion dollar industry than all I can do is laugh.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
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1. The transfer from the drive to the XBOX 360 is done by a digital USB 2.0 connection. This will allow for HDCP over a HDMI capable XBOX 360. I have tested this as a fact.

2. Pirates do not copy content from the HDMI connection. They copy the data directly from the disc and removes the copy protection from the files. Not even the new protection scheme BD+ could avoid this.
[Post edited by Henning on Dec 9, 2007]
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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It's currently $159.99 at Amazon just to be clear.

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