€9.99 HD-DVD Drive...

helios

Xtravision (here in Limerick) are selling the HD-DVD drive for less than a tenner!! It' nearly worth buying...

Helix

defo worth buying considering how cheap hddvds are now

Burning Eclipse

Which one, I'd buy asap!!

helios

Xtravision on Ennis Road had 2...

chrislad

I rang all around. All gone. Damn.

Melion

There are some in Shannon, i bought one yesterday. Worth it for the media remote alone

Deliverance XXV

Can anyone confirm these are for sale in other Xtra-vision shops for €9.99?

hughes2558

Yes I got one in Xtra Vision Wexford today for €9.99. The girl said they had a few of them left.

Helix

balbriggan had never heard of them which is gay

might ring skerries tomorrow

would be worth the spin over anyway i reckon

Chardee MacDennis

i picked up 2 in xtravision carpenterstown - worth it for the remote really.

tvnutz

King Nothing wrote: »

Can anyone confirm these are for sale in other Xtra-vision shops for €9.99?

Ye got one the other day in Xtra-Vision Celbridge for €9.99. Has the media remote in it as well which is about €20 to buy on its own. Gamestop had the offer as well but most are sold out,as are the Xtra-Visions now. There is a huge thread about it in the Bargain Alert forum.

BJC

Xtravision Ongar just sold out, dang it..

AdMMM

All Xtravisions in Waterford sold out .

Anyone want to sell me one?

Deliverance XXV

Sold out in Kilkenny Xtra-Vision too.:( However, she said there should be some more coming in for next weekend.

Burning Eclipse

Got the last 2 in Xtravision Corbally last nite, €9.99 each... One was for a friend, other for me. Mine was used as a demo in the shop... Reason I know, I opened the disc drive to find Arrested Development Season 1 inside it!!!:D


So, HD DVD drive, Universal Media Remote and 7 episodes of Arrested Development for <€10... Yes please.

Now, where to buy HD DVD's online... with a laser card preferably!

By the way, thanks OP!!!

Winters

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

Now, where to buy HD DVD's online... with a laser card preferably!

Why dont you stock up on your Betamax collection too while you are at it?

The HD-DVD Format is, very much officially, dead. I would generally go against advising people from stocking up on it or any HD-DVD's. Particularly with the many rumours about the Blu-ray 360. The HD-DVD Add on seems like a decent way to get a cheaper Remote and very useful paper weight.

At that price Microsoft are really just getting rid of stock. I would get one JUST for the remote if anything.

bombidol

Its also a VERY cheap holdover for hi definition video until blue ray is available for us.

TomCo

Winters wrote: »

Why dont you stock up on your Betamax collection too while you are at it?

You say that like its a bad thing, I'd love to get some betamax tapes.

chrislad

Winters wrote: »

Why dont you stock up on your Betamax collection too while you are at it?

The HD-DVD Format is, very much officially, dead. I would generally go against advising people from stocking up on it or any HD-DVD's. Particularly with the many rumours about the Blu-ray 360. The HD-DVD Add on seems like a decent way to get a cheaper Remote and very useful paper weight.

At that price Microsoft are really just getting rid of stock. I would get one JUST for the remote if anything.

There's no doubt that it's dead but watching, say, Beowolf in HD costs a hell of a lot less than watching on Blu Ray. Obsolete, they may be, but they still be HD.

eoin2nc

Its a tenner and some good hd-dvds are 7 euro on play.So you could get at least two good hd-dvds and the player for less than a single Blu-Ray. Seems good to me, well at least until Blu-Ray players begin to fall in price

Winters

bombidol wrote: »

Its also a VERY cheap holdover for hi definition video until blue ray is available for us.

But it *is* available. There are many Blu-ray discs for sale in HMV and other outlets.

I am not going to say its not cheap, it is. But I wouldn't go around building up a massive collection of discs (even if they are only going to cost 10 or 15 euro each) as they are near worthless. Particularly if anything was to happen to the HD-DVD drive. Then you'd be just left with coasters.

The 9.99 pack is great value for what really is a decent remote, paper weight and coasters. Id get it just for that reason if I could find one, I was half tempted to buy the remote before, just not at its full price.

Dman001

I think what he means is until BluRay becomes available to 360 owners. There is no harm in building a big HD collection cos it will be a while until BluRay DVDs are available at the price they are now. When you don't want the HD DVDs you could put them on Adverts to sell them or trade them. Loads of people (on Boards) have bought a HD DVD add on lately to want to trade or buy HD DVDs off each other cos even Play.com are beginning to sell out of them.

Edit:Also the addon can be used more than a paperweight. I used it last night as a Region 3 DVD player. Pity about the noise out of it. Almost as bad as the 360.

eoin2nc

Winters wrote: »

But it *is* available. There are many Blu-ray discs for sale in HMV and other outlets.

I am not going to say its not cheap, it is. But I wouldn't go around building up a massive collection of discs (even if they are only going to cost 10 or 15 euro each) as they are near worthless. Particularly if anything was to happen to the HD-DVD drive. Then you'd be just left with coasters.

The 9.99 pack is great value for what really is a decent remote, paper weight and coasters. Id get it just for that reason if I could find one, I was half tempted to buy the remote before, just not at its full price.

People dont, well I dont anyway, buy dvds, hd-dvds included, for the investment value TBH

Chardee MacDennis

in fairness it is a great deal; Serenity, The Big Lebowski and Shaun of the Dead, Remote (which works my TV) and a HD-DVD drive for 31 euro. If i watch them each twice i will have spent less than 3 euro an hour, happy days...

grimm2005

just picked up the last one in xtra vision ballybrack. your one said all gamestop stock of hddvds have been transferred to henry st. and she picked up a few at a tenner each.

Thanks OP, i wouldnt have known bout this if i hadnt seen this thread!

helios

My pleasure lads, ironically I didn't pick one up myself, but I figured I'd spread the word...

bretttp1

Is the remote that comes with the HD drive the full MCE one?

Burning Eclipse

bretttp1 wrote: »

Is the remote that comes with the HD drive the full MCE one?

It is indeed, complete with glow in the dark buttons... Nice

Hellrazer

Anyone know anywhere that has one of these.Tried Gamestop,all the xtravision shops etc etc.

Or is anyone who picked up more than one willing to sell one to me for a profit?


***edit***Just got one in xtravision Sutton.I believe that Rush might have a couple left.

grimm2005

just after picking up the last 2 in xtra vision dalkey (for 2 mates). might be worth checking monkstown or shankill for anyone still looking

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

Funny, if MS had sold the HD-DVD add on cheaply to start with, as in between €50 -€100, HD-DVD as a format might still be alive!! lol