European HD-DVD add on, now comes with 5 HD-DVDS !!

TakeTheVeil

any mention of how? or where the form can be got from?

Dman001

No. They said if you buy a HD DVD player you get 5 free HD DVDs.

ryanmatty

have been thinking about getting a hd dvd drive. Is the 5 hd dvd's free in ireland or what??

Riesen_Meal

Got one of these from the states, anyone care to scan a receipt for it and upload it for me? Gonna pretend I got it here to swizz the dvds out of them!

Dman001

Fieldog wrote: »

Got one of these from the states, anyone care to scan a receipt for it and upload it for me? Gonna pretend I got it here to swizz the dvds out of them!

That may not work because you have to post the barcode from the box of the HD DVD player.

Riesen_Meal

May just post the american one and see do I get away with it, chance my arm like....

Nowt to lose!

Soarer

I rang Xbox while ago, and they said the offer isn't open to Ireland.

Would love to know where I stand!

Dman001

Theres no harm on sending out your barcode and a copy of the receipt even if it is open to Ireland or not.

Soarer

Dman001 wrote: »

Theres no harm on sending out your barcode and a copy of the receipt even if it is open to Ireland or not.

Of course there is!
What if you send your barcode with the offer not open to Ireland. Then, say December 1st, the offer finally opens for Ireland, but it's a different address you need to send your barcode away to. What happens then?

Dman001

Soarer wrote: »

Of course there is!
What if you send your barcode with the offer not open to Ireland. Then, say December 1st, the offer finally opens for Ireland, but it's a different address you need to send your barcode away to. What happens then?

Em,scan the barcode?

Soarer

You need to send the original according to people in the know.

mik_da_man

So has anyone here got the 5 HD-DVD's ????

ALS

From: hddvdpromotion
To: ALAN RYAN
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:52 PM
Subject: RE: free hddvd


Dear Customer,

This offer is valid for Ireland.

Sincerely,
5 Free HD DVD Promotions Team

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From: ALAN RYAN []
Sent: Fri 10/19/2007 10:37 PM
To: enquiries@hddvdpromotion.co.uk
Subject: free hddvd


Hello can you tell me if this offer is available to customers in Ireland,
Thank you ,
Alan Ryan


THis is the reply I got from the Hd promotion in the Uk when I emailed them to the address on the order form, also I have just been on to Gamestop in Clarehall and they have also confirmed 5 free films are now available to Ireland .......

steprime

Well i`ve posted my barcode and receipt to the english address from the form - i`ll let you all know if/when the movies arrive(fingers crossed)

AnCapaillMor

On another note, just got Transformers in the post.

coolhandc

are any of those movies even worth the hassle?!full metal jackets a great movie but if you have it on dvd its grand as its not one for special effects.
would love to see transformers on hd,you didnt get that with this offer though did you?

AnCapaillMor

Nope not out in europe yet, got it from ebay.

As for the hd-dvd's Riddick looks impressive as hell on hd-dvd.

mik_da_man

Cheers ALS - off to get one in smyths tmrw

I think they are cheapest there @ 169.99
And I prob get some discount with my loyalty card..

Soarer

To re-confirm...just received this:

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Original Message

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From: hddvdpromotion [mailto:hddvdpromotion@triridium.com]
Sent: 09 November 2007 10:02
To: Soarer
Subject: RE: Republic of Ireland


Dear Customer
Yes the current 5 free hd dvd offer is available in Ireland . You can complete a redemption form and submit with all of the required information, name & address, purchase receipt, and make of model and serial numbers. If purchasing the XBOX the barcode required will start with the SN prefix.

Sincerely,
5 Free HD DVD Promotions Team

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Soarer

mik_da_man wrote: »

Cheers ALS - off to get one in smyths tmrw

I think they are cheapest there @ 169.99
And I prob get some discount with my loyalty card..

I got mine in Gamestop for €159.99.

Riesen_Meal

I got transformers on HDDVD there last week tis wicked.....

Basq

OK lads.. am thinking of buying this tomorrow as i've a 1080p TV which is both in need of HD-DVD and also upscaling of standard DVD's.

How does it rank in the latter - upscaling? Also, don't have the application form close to hand - when does the 5 free HD-DVD offer end, and is it limited to the first 25,000 (or whatever) applicants like the 10 Free Arcade Games promotion is?

Soarer

Can't help you with the upscaling thing, I'm afraid.

But the info on the offer is here.

TakeTheVeil

the 360 upscales over VGA anyway. You don't need the HD DVD drive.

It also wont upscale over component at all so you'll need a VGA (or maybe HDMI if you've got an Elite im not sure)

Inquitus

1280 x 1024 @ 60 is the max resolution of a signal carried over a VGA Adapter, and is a long way short of Full HD, only DVI, Component or HDMI can carry a full HD Signal.

Component however as it is an analogue signal and not HDCP compliant will only play not HDCP HD Content, however as Upscaling a DVD does not require HDCP compliance it would be silly for an XBox 360 to not upscale over component, and as such it will upscale a normal dvd to 1080i over component.

Inqui

AnCapaillMor

Fieldog wrote: »

I got transformers on HDDVD there last week tis wicked.....

Is there a firmware update for the hd-dvd, transformers gave me a warning about certain visual features not being avalible. anyway when i fastforward, it locks up(i noticed a lttle scroll bar for the ff). Everything else is grand.

Vyse

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

Is there a firmware update for the hd-dvd, transformers gave me a warning about certain visual features not being avalible. anyway when i fastforward, it locks up(i noticed a lttle scroll bar for the ff). Everything else is grand.

Probably best to delete the update. Yo can do this by going into the memory of your HD-DVD player and deleting the cookie.

Soarer

Inquitus wrote: »

1280 x 1024 @ 60 is the max resolution of a signal carried over a VGA Adapter, and is a long way short of Full HD
Inqui

You sure about this?

When I connect my 360 to my 1080p tv, I can set the resolution on the 360 to 1920x1080.

Riesen_Meal

Never had any lockup problem myself, I did accept the cookie afaik....

TakeTheVeil

Inquitus wrote: »

1280 x 1024 @ 60 is the max resolution of a signal carried over a VGA Adapter, and is a long way short of Full HD, only DVI, Component or HDMI can carry a full HD Signal.

You're wrong mate.. both component and vga can output 1080p, however not all TVs will accept a 1080p signal over analog connections. So there is very very few TVs that accept 1080p over component, but quite a few that accept it over VGA.

The 360 can and does output 1080p over VGA, whether your TV accepts it will determine whether you can view it, not the VGA connection itself.