Dev Xbox 360 HD DVD player?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VERY-RARE-B...Accessories&hash=item35b7b00ee2#ht_500wt_1202

I can't tell whether this is legit or not, so I'll let you all be the judge of it.

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/04/09/special-xbox-360-elite-black-hd-dvd-drive-up-for-auction/

its real.

-adrianc

 

A user here is selling one of those for cheaper, however I dont think it's boxed.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XBOX-360-...s=63&clkid=4826769344347713738#ht_1794wt_1396

 

I love it when people think they can get $500 on something that is little more than a collector's brick.

 

Newest dash still supports HDDVD, and I have the Emulator still working... damm why do I believed HDdvd woud win? anyway, they look awesome.

 

Yeah nowt wrong with HDDVD, easy to build a large, cheap HD movie collection, though Bluray prices here in the UK are nearly the same as DVD now!

 

Do HD-DVD drives for PC exist? I figure if the price was right it could be good to have for cheap HD films.

 

Of course they exist, The Xbox one works fine on PC. I have a dual bluray/hd dvd drive.

 

yeah just plug the 360 one in, works great

 

same could be said for collecting anything, one mans junk etc

 

Not quite:

5.25" floppy drive - preservation of oodles of software from many platforms
Laserdisc - digital copies of non SE Star Wars amongst others
Cray - do I really need to state why?


I know of no HDDVD exclusives and it is only special because it is dev related but not $500 special. Maybe $50-100. Collecting is cool but $500?

 

People also pay good money for M2s that are little more than bricks and games to keep sealed in plastic. I don't think this "collector" thing can be rationalized.

 

Yeah, new dash still supports it.
I would love to have the emulator too. But it's impossible to download it today.

 

Tell me about it, maybe it will turn up someday for use on Devkits / homebrew enabled consoles, it was released for free after all. Someone must have a copy.

 

Except M2s are of a special area of "unreleased console only used in kiosks and arcade machines". As a result they have a mystique that a HD-DVD drive that did see a commercial release does not. A small modifier makes this one unique compared to the rest but it might as well be signed by Bill Gates.

 

This might be sacrilegious, but I don't understand half the purchases here for dev objects, betas, and what not. (^_^);

Personally, I couldn't justify shelling out 3 to 4 figures on incomplete betas, dev hardware (Mostly paperweights?) and such. It takes waaay to much money away from other gaming goodness, which you can actually enjoy in full - right now. :redface: But that's my humble opinion.

 

With the emulator, it's possible to run hd-dvd files via usb drive (pendrive, hdd, etc) and I think it's even possible to run via network.
It was made to debug the disks before burning them.

 

I don't understand why ppl will spend 500 bucks on this