corsasport.co.uk
  Not logged in [Login - Register]  
You Are Not Registered Or Not Logged In  

Corsa Sport » Message Board » Off Day » Geek Day » sub £200 HD DVD player? » Post Reply

Post Reply
Who Can Post? All users can post new topics and all users can reply.
Icon:
Formatting Mode:
Normal
Advanced
Help
Insert Bold text Insert Italicized text Insert Underlined text Insert Centered text Insert a Hyperlink Insert Email Hyperlink Insert an Image Insert Code Formatted text Insert Quoted text
Message:
HTML is Off
Smilies are On
BB Code is On
[img] Code is On
Post Options: Disable smileys?
Turn BBCode off?
Receive email notification of new replies?

SetH

 posted on 22nd Jan 07 at 19:13

thanks for all your advice, still not sure what to do though. guess i may wait a while, im so out of touch with geek stuff these days lol.


mk4_astra

 posted on 22nd Jan 07 at 13:52

well like john said the price wont be much more for a ps3 (£425) so at the moment getting a next gen console seems to be the cheapest way into hd. for stand alone players hd dvd ones are around half the price of blu ray players.

or if you meant the movies from hmv etc i think there about the same


LeeM

 posted on 22nd Jan 07 at 13:16

if u just want hd video hd-dvd will be cheaper than blu-ray? especially xbox-360 options?


John

 posted on 22nd Jan 07 at 13:14

Or wait for the ps3 and get a built in blu ray player for not much more.


LeeM

 posted on 22nd Jan 07 at 13:07

hd-dvd player is £100 on play asia, will work region free. 360 core package is £200 or preemium £280


mk4_astra

 posted on 22nd Jan 07 at 13:04

yeah your looking at around £380-£390 for a premium 360 with hd dvd add on, and about £80 less if its the core system. thats still cheaper than a stand alone hd dvd player, unless you were looking at the upscalers? ( wont go as high as 1080p)


topshot_2k

 posted on 22nd Jan 07 at 10:11

xbox £270
HD DVD £120


SetH

 posted on 22nd Jan 07 at 10:10

"the one", you saying you need additional hardware to make the xbox 360 a HD DVD player?


supacook2k

 posted on 22nd Jan 07 at 00:43

the one for the xbox 360 can be bought for £130 including delivery, virgin megastores and a few other places sell them at that price. cheapest you'll get for ages


SetH

 posted on 21st Jan 07 at 23:52

cool thanks.


mk4_astra

 posted on 21st Jan 07 at 23:37

quote:
Originally posted by SetH
sorry another noob question, xbox 360 backwards compatible with old xbox games? if i get one i want halo 2 as been waiting for ages for it to come out on pc and where the fuck is it lol.

some yes, and halo 2 is one of them


SetH

 posted on 21st Jan 07 at 23:29

sorry another noob question, xbox 360 backwards compatible with old xbox games? if i get one i want halo 2 as been waiting for ages for it to come out on pc and where the fuck is it lol.


John

 posted on 21st Jan 07 at 23:09

If you want hd-dvd the xbox suggestion is quite a good one, although i'd wait and see if the new one has hdmi or not.


SetH

 posted on 21st Jan 07 at 23:08

fair enough, not looked at the dvd player market for years and it shows.

is it worth getting a £200 player with HDMI to tie me over for a couple of years? my current LG player died :(


John

 posted on 21st Jan 07 at 22:40

You don't get sub 200 quid hd-dvd players.


Nath

 posted on 21st Jan 07 at 22:35

http://www.richersounds.com/home.php?SID=78eaa23aa860ece65f5dd775970eea1b


Russ

 posted on 21st Jan 07 at 22:35

not that i know of, cheapest way i think is xbox360 and hd-dvd drive, your lloking at 310ish for that


SetH

 posted on 21st Jan 07 at 22:34

anything on the market at the moment thats had rave reviews?

must be less then £200, preferably in silver.