The RRP is listed as £130, but Amazon.co.uk (listed as the only link to buy direct from the MS site itself) are actually selling the player at £110, same as Play and Gameplay.
Oh, God damn it. I bought the HDDVD player two fucking days ago. If I could find it, I'd post the comic where someone was trying to get a refund after having bought a PS2 the day before the price drop.
Goddamn, I could have had heroes, and all I've got now is this damn monkey movie.
So now all I gotta do is find someone in the UK who I can trust to send my UPC to, get this deal, and mail me my movies from overseas. Cuz those choices are so much better than what we get.
For those of you just getting into the HD-DVD game, don't bother buying HD-DVDs at B&M stores. They're always $5-10 more than what you'll pay through an e-tailer such as amazon.com or buy.com.
I bought mine two weeks ago and feel essentially the same way. *shrug* Ah well.
There's really nothing stopping either of you from returning your unit then repurchasing to take advantage of this deal. Or better yet, if you explain the situation to customer service they may just offer you the Heroes set without going through that hassle.
Damn...good point. I'd just have to pack it up and return it to Wal-Mart and then swing by Best Buy. Been thinking about it anyway cos it's been acting weird since I played the Transformers supplemental disc.
US: *Pick 1 per line*
Aeon Flux, Babel, The Italian Job
The Hulk, Pitch Black, The Thing
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Swordfish, Full Metal Jacket
Firewall, The Frighteners, U2: Rattle and Hum
Black Rain, Darkman, Troy
+ Heroes (limited time)
GB: *Pick 2, pick 2, pick 1)
Serenity, Chronicles of Riddick, Hulk, Children of Men, Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Troy, Full metal Jacket, Corpse Bride, The Prestige, Swordfish
Black Rain, Dreamgirls, World Trade Center
Canada: *Pick 1 per line*
Aeon Flux, Babel, Freedom Writers
The Hulk, Pitch Black, The Thing
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, TMNT, Full Metal Jacket
Firewall, The Frighteners, U2: Rttle and Hum
Black Rain, Darkman, Syriana
Well, you can still get five free games, but it seems like they took the crappy US list, removed all the good titles, and gave the offer to canada.
Well, there's full metal jacket, so it's not a complete wash
but 30 dollars more, with no heroes, and a much more limited selection of movies? SIGN ME UP!
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Canadian's one isn't too bad. I'd love to get TMNT on there.
I think I'm going to go with Aeon Flux, The Hulk, CatCF, The Frighteners and...I dunno for the last one. Darkman? I guess Troy would be the better 'hi-def' choice though.
Though, I'm not quite sure yet. I may go with Pitch Black instead of The Hulk...
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Can we get the chemicals in. 'Cause anything's better than this.
I don't have a 360 yet, but I was planning to pick one up within a month. This is so terribly tempting. 6 decent movies plus Heroes along with the player and remote for $180... nice.
Edit: Wait, the drive will work on a PC too? Or am I misreading that earlier comment?
Edit 2: I'm an HD-DVD/BluRay newb. So I saw this: "Only HD DVD offers a 'combo' disk: DVD on one side allows playback on all your existing DVD players in your home or car" and was pretty shocked. Is that correct, that every HD-DVD has one side as a regular DVD that will work in any DVD player? That seems too good to be true... is that just a possible feature, or do HD-DVD discs really come that way?
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> turn on light Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
I don't have a 360 yet, but I was planning to pick one up within a month. This is so terribly tempting. 6 decent movies plus Heroes along with the player and remote for $180... nice.
Edit: Wait, the drive will work on a PC too? Or am I misreading that earlier comment?
Edit 2: I'm an HD-DVD/BluRay newb. So I saw this: "Only HD DVD offers a 'combo' disk: DVD on one side allows playback on all your existing DVD players in your home or car" and was pretty shocked. Is that correct, that every HD-DVD has one side as a regular DVD that will work in any DVD player? That seems too good to be true... is that just a possible feature, or do HD-DVD discs really come that way?
Some do, but not all, yes. However Ive notice there is a slight load delay. Although it's most often very slight. I like the feature personally since I still have a use for it but I have read a lot of HD purists don't like the feature, though I've never really found out why.
US: *Pick 1 per line*
Aeon Flux, Babel, The Italian Job
The Hulk, Pitch Black, The Thing
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Swordfish, Full Metal Jacket
Firewall, The Frighteners, U2: Rattle and Hum
Black Rain, Darkman, Troy
+ Heroes (limited time)
GB: *Pick 2, pick 2, pick 1)
Serenity, Chronicles of Riddick, Hulk, Children of Men, Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Troy, Full metal Jacket, Corpse Bride, The Prestige, Swordfish
Black Rain, Dreamgirls, World Trade Center
Canada: *Pick 1 per line*
Aeon Flux, Babel, Freedom Writers
The Hulk, Pitch Black, The Thing
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, TMNT, Full Metal Jacket
Firewall, The Frighteners, U2: Rttle and Hum
Black Rain, Darkman, Syriana
Well, you can still get five free games, but it seems like they took the crappy US list, removed all the good titles, and gave the offer to canada.
Godamnit I bought my HD DVD player 2 months ago. Why didn't I wait. Why didn't I waaaaiiiiiiiitttttt
Because the only good time to buy technology is when its way out.
Here's the thing though ...
I was the one that originally complained to Amir (Microsoft HD DVD Insider -- a VP) over at AVS, that Canada was getting the shaft. I noted that Blu Ray offered the 5 disc deal in Canada and that this gave the PS3 a competitive advantage over the 360.
He said he'd look into it, and apparently he did.
Sadly I'm an impatient motherfucker and I bought the HD DVD add on anyways for 199 CDN.
I don't have a 360 yet, but I was planning to pick one up within a month. This is so terribly tempting. 6 decent movies plus Heroes along with the player and remote for $180... nice.
Edit: Wait, the drive will work on a PC too? Or am I misreading that earlier comment?
Edit 2: I'm an HD-DVD/BluRay newb. So I saw this: "Only HD DVD offers a 'combo' disk: DVD on one side allows playback on all your existing DVD players in your home or car" and was pretty shocked. Is that correct, that every HD-DVD has one side as a regular DVD that will work in any DVD player? That seems too good to be true... is that just a possible feature, or do HD-DVD discs really come that way?
Some do, but not all, yes. However Ive notice there is a slight load delay. Although it's most often very slight. I like the feature personally since I still have a use for it but I have read a lot of HD purists don't like the feature, though I've never really found out why.
Because those discs are $5 more than the HD only versions. This wouldn't be an issue, really, if they released two SKUs but they don't. So I have to pay an extra $5 for a feature I'll never use. Plusin some cases that means the HD DVD version is $5 more than the Blu-ray.
And, yes, the player works on PCs. I know it is plug and play with Vista.
Questions about the 360 HD-DVD player - how long are the cables that connect it to the 360? Does it need to be positioned right next to/on top of the 360, or could it be on a separate shelf altogether? Does the HD-DVD player use an IR remote (thus requiring line-of-sight) or does it use a wireless connection similar to the 360 wireless controllers?
Mine is one shelf above the 360 and could probably go one shelf higher. These shelves are tall enough to fit a 360 (with HDD) vertical. So it has a nice length to it. Even if it isn't long enough you could just grab a USB extension cable.
You control the HD DVD player through your 360, just like playing a DVD on your 360.
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The drive has already shipped. Heroes is on a seperate shiplist and hasn't been pulled yet.
Man, that's good service.
UPS finally put up a scheduled delivery date. 10/24. And that was with the free 7 to 9 business day shipping.
Man, that's awesome.
Though, Heroes still hasn't left yet...but I don't mind that.
Dude, I'm not even kidding here. I order this yesterday at about 3pm, and I fucking got the thing today (not Heroes, though). Seriously, budget shipping got here is less than 1 day.
If Buy.com works like this all the time, I don't think I'm ever going to a store again.
bleh, looks like I just threw $15 away if everyone who got the free shipping is getting it the day after it ships. Mine shipped today, buy.com says it shipped UPS ground. Did the budget shipping go UPS ground also? If so im about to complain! Also I can't even track my order at UPS, it says it cannot locate the shipment details.
Note: THIS DOES NOT WORK FOR THIS DEAL. The Heroes offer precludes the use of Google Checkout, and if you click the first Google Checkout button you see, the Heroes item will be removed from your cart. On later pages in the checkout process the Google button is greyed out.
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Shit, really? I think i know where I'm going afterwork tomorrow.
She's everywhere
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The RRP is listed as £130, but Amazon.co.uk (listed as the only link to buy direct from the MS site itself) are actually selling the player at £110, same as Play and Gameplay.
Goddamn, I could have had heroes, and all I've got now is this damn monkey movie.
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On a slightly unrelated note, what's the picture quality difference between HDMI and VGA?
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There's really nothing stopping either of you from returning your unit then repurchasing to take advantage of this deal. Or better yet, if you explain the situation to customer service they may just offer you the Heroes set without going through that hassle.
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The drive has already shipped.
Man, that's good service.
no see we don't count as a country
*cries*
Fucking. Dammit.
OH CANADA
US: *Pick 1 per line*
Aeon Flux, Babel, The Italian Job
The Hulk, Pitch Black, The Thing
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Swordfish, Full Metal Jacket
Firewall, The Frighteners, U2: Rattle and Hum
Black Rain, Darkman, Troy
+ Heroes (limited time)
GB: *Pick 2, pick 2, pick 1)
Serenity, Chronicles of Riddick, Hulk, Children of Men, Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Troy, Full metal Jacket, Corpse Bride, The Prestige, Swordfish
Black Rain, Dreamgirls, World Trade Center
Canada: *Pick 1 per line*
Aeon Flux, Babel, Freedom Writers
The Hulk, Pitch Black, The Thing
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, TMNT, Full Metal Jacket
Firewall, The Frighteners, U2: Rttle and Hum
Black Rain, Darkman, Syriana
Well, you can still get five free games, but it seems like they took the crappy US list, removed all the good titles, and gave the offer to canada.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Cykstfc
but 30 dollars more, with no heroes, and a much more limited selection of movies? SIGN ME UP!
I think I'm going to go with Aeon Flux, The Hulk, CatCF, The Frighteners and...I dunno for the last one. Darkman? I guess Troy would be the better 'hi-def' choice though.
Though, I'm not quite sure yet. I may go with Pitch Black instead of The Hulk...
It's almost to tempting to buy it ago for Heroes and another 5 free HD-DVD's.
Way to tempting.
I might do it.
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Edit: Wait, the drive will work on a PC too? Or am I misreading that earlier comment?
Edit 2: I'm an HD-DVD/BluRay newb. So I saw this: "Only HD DVD offers a 'combo' disk: DVD on one side allows playback on all your existing DVD players in your home or car" and was pretty shocked. Is that correct, that every HD-DVD has one side as a regular DVD that will work in any DVD player? That seems too good to be true... is that just a possible feature, or do HD-DVD discs really come that way?
> turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
Some do, but not all, yes. However Ive notice there is a slight load delay. Although it's most often very slight. I like the feature personally since I still have a use for it but I have read a lot of HD purists don't like the feature, though I've never really found out why.
Steam: Car1gt // Tumblr // Facebook // Twitter
Because the only good time to buy technology is when its way out.
Here's the thing though ...
I was the one that originally complained to Amir (Microsoft HD DVD Insider -- a VP) over at AVS, that Canada was getting the shaft. I noted that Blu Ray offered the 5 disc deal in Canada and that this gave the PS3 a competitive advantage over the 360.
He said he'd look into it, and apparently he did.
Sadly I'm an impatient motherfucker and I bought the HD DVD add on anyways for 199 CDN.
Because those discs are $5 more than the HD only versions. This wouldn't be an issue, really, if they released two SKUs but they don't. So I have to pay an extra $5 for a feature I'll never use. Plusin some cases that means the HD DVD version is $5 more than the Blu-ray.
And, yes, the player works on PCs. I know it is plug and play with Vista.
You control the HD DVD player through your 360, just like playing a DVD on your 360.
UPS finally put up a scheduled delivery date. 10/24. And that was with the free 7 to 9 business day shipping.
Man, that's awesome.
Though, Heroes still hasn't left yet...but I don't mind that.
Plus, getting to rip through 3 or 4 episodes at a time is a real treat, especially if you've never seen the series before.
If Buy.com works like this all the time, I don't think I'm ever going to a store again.
They work like that almost every time I order from them.
Now to decide on what crap to get with that 5 disc offer.
Well shit. My Heroes DVD is here already and the player gets here tommorow according to UPS tracking.
Buy.com is officially bookmarked.
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http://www.buy.com/corp/promos/google_offer.asp
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Pokemon X: Atlus | 3539-8807-3813
Damn you internets!
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Cykstfc
Note: THIS DOES NOT WORK FOR THIS DEAL. The Heroes offer precludes the use of Google Checkout, and if you click the first Google Checkout button you see, the Heroes item will be removed from your cart. On later pages in the checkout process the Google button is greyed out.
> turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.