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Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD drive review

Reviews It's quite amazing to think that the first real HD DVD player to officially go on sale in the UK is an add-on for a games console, and that it costs only £130, but that's what Microsoft and its partner Toshiba have managed to deliver.

Editor's rating   8.3

Tags: microsoft, dvd player, menus, console

4 December 2006, 16:31 > More matches in Reviews

Crave Podcast 73: Dancing on the grave of HD DVD

Crave No, we won't spoil the surprise, but suffice to say it involves HD DVD. Crack open the Lambrini, it's Crave Podcast Friday! W00t! We're back with an extra-long episode this week as we toast the return of Rupert Goodwins and the arrival of a new...

Tags: podcast, hd dvd, crave podcast, rupert goodwins

22 February 2008, 15:13 > More matches in Crave

Xbox 360 HD DVD drive: Hi-def peripheral

Crave Microsoft had a swanky little event in a penthouse overlooking the Thames this morning and one of the many bits and bobs on show (check back soon for the games) was the Xbox 360's HD DVD drive. This does exactly what it says on the tin: it's an add...

Tags: microsoft, component, hd, dvds

12 October 2006, 13:22 > More matches in Crave

Michael Bay: 'HD DVD vs Blu-ray is a Microsoft conspiracy'

Crave You might remember some time ago that Michael Bay proved he's a Sony fanboy by ranting about how Paramount would never get a Transformers 2 from him, because it had switched to support HD DVD exclusively.

Tags: hd, downloading, disc, ray

5 December 2007, 10:44 > More matches in Crave

HD DVD players arriving in March, says Toshiba

Crave Toshiba has been shouting about the HD DVD format for a while, fighting off Sony's rival Blu-ray in a bitter standards war. Toshiba's format is supposedly cheaper to produce and has the backing of Microsoft, but so far we've yet to see a non...

Tags: toshiba, hd, dvds, hd dvd

5 January 2006, 9:09 > More matches in Crave

HD DVD 'shock': Price cut encourages people to buy

Crave The numbers being reported by the US press suggest 90,000 units were shifted, which has increased the number of HD DVD households by 35 per cent. If you take price out of the equation, it seems there's plenty of interest in HD DVD, despite what the...

Tags: players, high definition, ray, definition

8 November 2007, 11:42 > More matches in Crave

HD DVD posse: "There's room for both formats"

Crave We've all got so caught up in the fighting between Blu-ray and HD DVD that we haven't really given any consideration to the possibility that neither high-definition format will actually win. Indeed, it's actually possible that HD DVD and Blu-ray...

Tags: hd, europe, definition, ray

22 June 2007, 11:01 > More matches in Crave

HD DVD studios promise 200 movies

News The video format wars shifted into high gear on Wednesday when the companies backing HD DVD said that nearly 200 titles would be available for the format by the end of the year. Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, HBO Video, New Line...

Tags: discs, dvd player, toshiba, ray

5 January 2006, 9:59 > More matches in News

HD DVD and Blu-ray unite for movie rollout

News Sonic Solutions has managed to unite companies representing the warring disc technologies, HD DVD and Blu-ray, in an effort to ensure the smooth rollout of the next generation of movie discs. Companies that support both Blu-ray and HD DVD have...

Tags: definition, hd, high definition, solutions

20 April 2006, 10:05 > More matches in News

HD DVD: The format of choice for geek TV

Crave If the answer to both those questions is yes, you'll probably want to select HD DVD as your next- generation format of choice, because there are some seriously exciting sci-fi TV shows hitting the format in the next few months.

Tags: high definition, fi, fans, scenes

16 August 2007, 12:22 > More matches in Crave

HD DVD disc sales figures: Blu-ray gets really cross

Crave In the latest skirmish in the hi-def format war, the HD DVD promotion group announced on Monday that in Europe, HD DVD is the king of the 'attach rate' -- the average number of discs each person buys for their player.

Tags: hd, rate, ray, discs

14 November 2007, 10:05 > More matches in Crave

HD DVD and Blu-ray: Blade Runner The Final Cut

Crave The Final Cut -- created for the 25th anniversary -- claims to be the final, definitive version, and it's out next Monday on HD DVD and Blu-ray. It's clear from what we've seen so far from the HD DVD version that the picture quality is amazing.

Tags: production, disc, director, hd

29 November 2007, 11:07 > More matches in Crave

Toshiba HD-EP35: HD DVD with all the trimmings

Crave The Toshiba HD-EP35 is an anomaly: it's a high-end HD DVD player, but it doesn't actually replace the old top-of the-range Toshiba machine, the HD-XE1. Toshiba's HD DVD player line-up can be confusing, so to clear the situation up, here's a run...

Tags: toshiba, hd, range, dvd player

28 November 2007, 11:13 > More matches in Crave

Samsung BD-UP5000: HD DVD and Blu-ray

Crave The BD-UP5000 offers playback of both formats, but it also offers full HD DVD HDi functionality, which provides the ability to interact with the format, for example in games and with animated menus. The LG machine doesn't support this functionality...

Tags: samsung, multi, playback, functionality

3 September 2007, 11:37 > More matches in Crave

News.blog: HD DVD gets plug from 360

News Sony will clearly be talking about the PlayStation 3 and its built-in Blu-ray drive, while Microsoft is expected to announce more details on an add-on HD DVD drive for the Xbox 360, a product that the company touted in January.

9 May 2006, 11:17 > More matches in News