Product Review: Xbox 360 HD DVD Player

 

Back around 2005 or so when the next version of the DVD was being developed there was a "war" between Blu-ray and HD-DVD for the high-definition DVD market. For those of us who dipped our toes into the HD DVD pool, this was a good, inexpensive, way to get an HD-DVD player (much less expensive than other stand-alone players), assuming of course you had an X-Box 360 to hook it up to. The player itself worked well and had a pretty decent remote control. It was very loud, however, which was the one drawback for me. Of course, Blu-Ray won out, and HD-DVDs stopped being made. I only had a few HD-DVDs that I got rid of and replaced with Blu-Rays, however, for those who had a substantial collection of HD-DVDs, this is a good way to play them if you can pick one up at a good price.