XBOX 360 - 5 Free HD-DVDs

wba88

Get 5 Free HD-DVDs!

Invite your mates over, get some snacks in and unplug the phone youve got five free HD DVDs to watch and you do not want to be disturbed. Hit play and get lost in the surround-sound audio. Experience resolution six times higher than standard DVD. Check out the HD DVDs special features whilst the movies playing. This is what your HDTV was built to do.


The deal

To bag your free five DVDs, first you need the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player you can buy one now. Then print out this form, pick your HDDVDs from our great selection and send it off. Easy.

Already got the Xbox 360 HD DVD Player? If you bought it after 1/10/07 and kept the receipt then youre laughing all the way to the post box.

Scruff

I thought that offer was for the states only?

mcgovern

It has been rumoured for Europe for a few months now, been holding off getting one until it was official.
Thanks wba88!

Edit: Anyone know where the cheapest place to buy one is? £99 in PC World in UK, not sure if they have them here. €167 on BladDVD is the cheapest I've seen so far.

johnny_adidas

was only looking for info on the Bluray version of this yesterday but i could see it being available to the states

wba88

Scruff wrote: »

I thought that offer was for the states only?

johnny_adidas wrote: »

was only looking for info on the Bluray version of this yesterday but i could see it being available to the states

Its has been available to the states for a while but has only just became available to europe now

Kenny_D

Terms and Conditions state on the form that the offer is only for the UK

johnny_adidas

wba88 wrote: »

Its has been available to the states for a while but has only just became available to europe now

Bluray one hasn't yet

Basq

GStormcrow wrote: »

Terms and Conditions state on the form that the offer is only for the UK

Yeah, was gonna put this up last night but it does state 'UK Only'

thecheese

damn , got my hopes up there.. hopefully it will include Ireland soon.

For those looking to get the HD drive anyway, its in HMV for €175 with Superman HD-DVD free. Don't know if they do student discount on accessories because they don't on consoles but its worth a try!

shayser

I've been reading that the XBOX DVD player can be too noisy for watching DVDs. Anyone got one? Is the game controller the DVD player remote?

Basq

shayser wrote: »

I've been reading that the XBOX DVD player can be too noisy for watching DVDs. Anyone got one? Is the game controller the DVD player remote?

You mean the HD Player or the standard DVD Player in-built?

Riesen_Meal

My mother is off to the states this month, gonna get her to pick one up.....

Region free ftw!

Basq

Are they region free in the States? I assume they'd be region 1.

If not, balls.. would have got my parents to pick one up. They were in New York last week!

shayser

basquille wrote: »

You mean the HD Player or the standard DVD Player in-built?

The HD-DVD add-on.

Riesen_Meal

All HD-DVDs are region free (I hope!)

mickoneill30

shayser wrote: »

I've been reading that the XBOX DVD player can be too noisy for watching DVDs. Anyone got one? Is the game controller the DVD player remote?

I think you mean the Xbox. The Xbox is noisy. But not too noisy for me. We generally leave it on when flicking around on the TV.

The Xbox HD-DVD drives that I've seen advertised have the media remote included (example http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=328790)

godtabh

Fieldog wrote: »

All HD-DVDs are region free (I hope!)

Dont think there are. The inbuilt dvds are region coded.

Gona pick one up in england in november and get them to send the hddvd to my mates who live there

WellyJ

The HD-DVD Addon itself isn't region coded in any way.

It uses the region coding of the ACTUAL 360.

So if you buy one in the states you will still only be able to watch R2 HD-DVDs

However, most of them are still not region coded.

syboit

hd-dvd has no region coding, if you use your 360/hd-dvd add on to play standard dvd's its only will only play the region it was intended for, in our case Region2.
xbox360 playing dvd's is quiete, its only when its spinning game discs it sounds like a jet engine.

Basq

syboit wrote: »

xbox360 playing dvd's is quiete, its only when its spinning game discs it sounds like a jet engine.

Mine is only a month or so old but is quiet when it plays game discs. Should i expect this to change?

syboit

basquille wrote: »

Mine is only a month or so old but is quiet when it plays game discs. Should i expect this to change?

prob not, you might have one of the newer benq drives (which are quieter) in your newer machine.

Basq

syboit wrote: »

prob not, you might have one of the newer benq drives (which are quieter) in your newer machine.

Possibly.. but it has a manufacture date of August 2006 so i don't expect the newest parts in it.

Darthrodney

FYI Folks, this offer of 5 free hd-dvd's IS OPEN to the Republic of Ireland, I rang X-Box customer services today and was told that indeed it is open to us.

If you look in the x-box forum there are a few folks that got e-mail confirmation stating the same, I rang to be that extra bit sure myself.

Soarer

Received the following email from them just now:

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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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So there we go.:D

deadl0ck

For those looking to get the HD drive anyway, its in HMV for €175 with Superman HD-DVD free.

Was in HMV in Blanch today, and they knew nothing about this deal

Basq

Thinking of buying one of these for upscaling of my existing DVD's alone... any idea where is best for price?

EDIT: Never mind.. seems it's €159 in Gamestop. Will try my local store tomorrow.

Kramer

basquille wrote: »

Thinking of buying one of these for upscaling of my existing DVD's alone

IT doesn't upscale, it's just a USB drive. The 360 itself does the upscaling & given it has its own internal DVD drive.................;).

robk24

i was in smyths toys, gamestop, game, pcworld yesterday and only smyths knew about the offer but said it they couldnt be sure if it was valid in ireland, once i showed them in the terms and conditions where it said about "only valid in UK" they said it wouldnt cover here as well....

Basq

OK now i understand.

So basically i'm thinking of getting the VGA HD Cable now instead as the only reason i was interested in the HD DVD Drive was really for upscaling.

Didn't realise the 1080p upscaling on the XBOX was so complicated.

Soarer

robk24 wrote: »

i was in smyths toys, gamestop, game, pcworld yesterday and only smyths knew about the offer but said it they couldnt be sure if it was valid in ireland, once i showed them in the terms and conditions where it said about "only valid in UK" they said it wouldnt cover here as well....

It covers Ireland!

Nuff said.

robk24

well i guess i'll soon find out, got my drive today and gonna send off the form tomorrow....

fingers and toes crossed!!!!

AntiRip

When does this offer end?

mik_da_man

you have to buy it by the 31/01/2008 and send off the form by 29/02/2008

Linky

Mik

godtabh

basquille wrote: »

OK now i understand.

So basically i'm thinking of getting the VGA HD Cable now instead as the only reason i was interested in the HD DVD Drive was really for upscaling.

Didn't realise the 1080p upscaling on the XBOX was so complicated.

I've the VGA cable hooked up. Somethings look brillant upscaled. Some things dont.

AntiRip

Just bought one in gamestop for e119.99. Obviously second hand, some guy brought it back after a week. So will try sending it off (the form that is )

mik_da_man wrote: »

you have to buy it by the 31/01/2008 and send off the form by 29/02/2008

Linky

Mik

thanks

thecheese

deadl0ck wrote: »

Was in HMV in Blanch today, and they knew nothing about this deal

I went back 2 days after posting that to buy it in grafton st. (where i originally spotted the offer), but the sign had been removed. Was meaning to post it up but forgot..

AntiRip

thecheese wrote: »

I went back 2 days after posting that to buy it in grafton st. (where i originally spotted the offer), but the sign had been removed. Was meaning to post it up but forgot..

I also asked the guys in Gamestop about this offer and they laughed at me! :rolleyes: Thought I was nuts

mcgovern

It doesn't matter if they shop know about it or not as you get the free HD-DVDs from Microsoft, not them.

steprime

I got my 5 free HD DVDs today!

So the OFFER IS OPEN TO IRELAND!!

deadl0ck

I got my 5 free HD DVDs today!

Cool !

So how long did it take ?

steprime

It took 3 weeks - I posted my letter on the 30th of October

Not along wait considering my Transformers HD-DVD took 4 weeks to arrive from PlayUSA due to customs opening it up and having a peek.....

I`m gonna try exchange a couple of the HD DVD`s in Virgin this week and see if they let me.......

deadl0ck

I`m gonna try exchange a couple of the HD DVD`s in Virgin this week and see if they let me.......

Nice idea.....Let us know how you get on

Soarer

Mine have arrived*.
Posted on the 12th, and arrived yesterday.

* - Arrived to my sisters place in Edinburgh, as I still wasn't too sure if it'd be honoured here. So posted it away, along with my Gamestop receipt , and they've arrived safe and sound. Only wish I'd used my own address now!:rolleyes: