Romo828

The delay of the PS3 gaming system is a minor blow, (and MSFT will benefit) but the big blow is with the big movie industry players. Sony really thought the PS3 was going to help them win the war of movie formats with Blu-Ray. Not only does it look like MSFT will benefit with the 360, but this also puts HD-DVD ahead of the game, and as no big movie industry signed an exclusive deal with Sony's Blu-Ray, they may jump ship and support the HD-DVD format as well to get sales this holiday season. With record sales of HD Tv's in past years, consumers will be looking to get the next best thing for their TV's this holiday season, and i think a good percentage will end up with HD-DVD players. I know I will.

I have had a few minor issues that I never received before the update. Twice, while playing UNO, the system freezes where my only option is to reboot Secondly, when I boot to dashboard, play an arcade game or connect to PC through media center, then try to play a game that already has a disc in the drive, either get the disc error or my dvd drive just doesnt spin and does nothing. Just sits at teh dashboard. Reboot, then everything is fine.

I feel your pain...my 360 just died, but to my surprise, MSFT support told me they would be sending me a new one. I did not have extra warranty of any kind, and mine was close to 5 1/2 months old. But once I receive the new one, I will be getting the extra warranty.

This add-on will have to come cheap if MSFT wants to try to win the war with Sony. Consider this, if this add-on is expensive, then consumers who own 360, WILL debate on whether to get the HD DVD or Blu-Ray if they choose to buy a player. MSFT won't gamble to lose customers, they have no choice but to interest us 360 users to buy this add-on, or they will lose this war. Blu-ray already have won the first battle by having more movie studios backing them up than MSFT, but there is no exclusive contract to anyone, so studios can switch over for the right reasons.

What I want to see is whether HDMI will be the only output supported. As most consumers, not all HD TV's that have been sold support HDMI, earlier versions only support Component with some having DVI. There is a converter for DVI to HDMI, but again, an extra expense to have one of these players.

Word out there is that LG Electronics will try to come out with a player that supports both HD DVD and Blu-Ray, this will be the safest choice if true. I was a Beta supporter until VHS won the war. Wont get caught a 2nd time.