Much to my surprise, I picked up today’s paper and the weekly Best Buy circular dropped out. There was a huge HD-DVD deal for the Xbox 360. Here is the offer from Best Buy that includes a mail in rebate for 5 movies, there is also a HUGE surprise.
You get Season 1 of Heroes, in HD-DVD….for FREE. This is a $99.99 value and the show absolutely kicks ass. The ad says it is good from Oct 21-27.
I have been putting off buying this for sometime with the apparent death of the HD-DVD format, but with new exclusive studio contracts and the rumors of a future Xbox 360 with a built in HD-DVD drive, this deal seems too good to pass on. Granted the movies you can choose from are less than spectacular, its still a deal considering the price of a stand alone HD-DVD player.
I hate seeing things like this, it is only prolonging the death of the HD-DVD. And untill it dies, they are both going nowhere.
oooooooooooo free Hi Def Heroes, makes me want to go out and get this. Damn dual formats in HD hurting my pocket!
If I didnt have such a strong hatred for all things HD, this would really appeal to me. Me love Heroes!!!
It sounds like a great deal. Has anyone seen that little disclaimer in the HD-DVD 360 add-on packaging?
(My nephew was reading it to me over the phone one day after he bought the 360 HD-DVD add-on)
It says something along the lines of the HD-DVD device uses up every ounce of computing power in the 360. So I think you basically can’t do anything else while watching a HD-DVD movie without running the risk of killing the 360. He has the premium (refurb after his first died) and the Elite, so I told him to use it on the refurb just to be on the safe side.
That’s better than the $129 deal I got from Circuit City after Best Buy posted the wrong price and I had a coupon for CC.
If they made the HD-DVD player $50/100 and included 5 dvds I would pick it up probably the next day.
I’m waiting for all this next gen HD shit to work itself out.