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Friday, November 10, 2006

Xbox 360 HD DVD drive hits the street

Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on available at Fry's Electronics.

Microsoft's Xbox Xbo x360 HD DVD peripheral has just hit the street, and at least my local Fry's Electronics has it well-stocked.

I didn't pick one up yet (I'm projecting onto a textured wall while I remodel an office, so the hi-def is kind of lost on me until I mount my screen), but I did check out the product.

The box is hefty -- I feel like the thing weighs as much as my console.

Besides the advertised include hi-def version of Peter Jackson's King Kong, the drive comes with the full Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote -- not that half-assed limited pack-in that came with the launch versions of the premium package (No channel numbers? No mute? No volume? No thanks.). Of course, people who paid $30 to get that remote may be a bit irritated that it comes with the drive.

More interesting to me are apparent features not being advertised as part of the peripheral.

For example, you connect the drive to your console via USB, into what looks like a USB mini connection. In addition to that connection, there are two additional USB ports on the drive. Also, there's a dock for the Xbox 360 wireless adapter, which is USB, and an ethernet port.

Check out this screen shot from the Microsoft product page.

I wonder if more is going to be done with this drive, later ...

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Adam Creighton, Computer and Video Gaming (Subscribe)

Friday, November 10, 2006

Xbox 360 HD DVD drive hits the street

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