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  1. 26-07-2007, 11:22 AM #1
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    Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Moves to $179, Adds Five Free HD DVDs

    Microsoft have announced they’re going to drop the price of the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player from $199 to $179 starting August 1st and will add five free HD DVD movies for anyone purchasing an Xbox 360 HD DVD Player between August 1st and September 30th. However, this drop and bundle deal will only be for the US... once again leaving us Europeans with our arses hanging in the wind.
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  2. 26-07-2007, 11:34 AM #2
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    you mean $230 for a bare drive isn't a good deal? O_o
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  3. 26-07-2007, 11:40 AM #3
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    Sounds normal to me, surely we all have friends in the US than can sort this for us tho?
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  4. 27-07-2007, 09:30 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by [GSV]Trig View Post
    Sounds normal to me, surely we all have friends in the US than can sort this for us tho?
    like who?

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  5. 27-07-2007, 11:21 PM #5
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    Your telling me that in a small world like this you dont know anyone in the US that cuold send you one as a gift?
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    I'll get my sis to send me one from hong kong/china lol

    then mod it to use it on my pc
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    Quote Originally Posted by [GSV]Trig View Post
    Your telling me that in a small world like this you dont know anyone in the US that cuold send you one as a gift?
    fat lot of good though - the region code is set by the console (not the drive) rendering the free movies useless
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  8. 28-07-2007, 10:02 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    fat lot of good though - the region code is set by the console (not the drive) rendering the free movies useless
    HDDVDs are region free
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinizter View Post
    HDDVDs are region free
    Yup My copy of 300 just arrived from playusa today

    Although the HD DVD drive is still bound by region encoding for normal dvd's.


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  10. 29-07-2007, 04:44 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Odc View Post
    Yup My copy of 300 just arrived from playusa today

    Although the HD DVD drive is still bound by region encoding for normal dvd's.
    Plug it into a PC and get AnyDVD HD.
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