Coming as no surprise whatsoever, with Toshiba formally announcing the formats death and all, Microsoft has announced that they will no longer be producing the HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360. Of course, warranty and support for the drive will continue which comes as a relief to early adopters. So what does this mean
Coming as no surprise whatsoever, with Toshiba formally announcing the format’s death and all, Microsoft has announced that they will no longer be producing the HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360. Of course, warranty and support for the drive will continue which comes as a relief to early adopters. So what does this mean for us, the consumers? Well it means that we can pick up the HD DVD drive for rock bottom prices, while supplies last, along with a few super cheap HD DVD movies and pretend like the format war never happeend.
Source: http://www.digitalbattle.com/2008/02/25/xbox-360-hd-dvd-drive-is-no-more/
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