Join the largest consumer electronics community of the world! Register now and join 403,180 other members (1937 online now)
$5 Xbox 360 HD DVD player
Posted on 06/07/08 01:25 by Tim Stork
Losing a high-def war means you end up with a lot of stock that needs to be sold. A few bought the Xbox 360 HD DVD player when it was launched for $199,99 back in 2006 and later was reduced to $179,99. Now K-Mart discounts the player to $5.
Maybe a few will now run to the shop, if only to laugh at their friends that paid two hundred bucks. How long it will take for the player to be out of stock can't be said, but this will probably not take long.
Is there anyone planning on buying one, and how do others think about this after buying the player for $199,99 in 2006?
more cdfreaks.com news
2
04:00
1
08:22
4
05:50
14
05:47
5
05:20
0
18:46
0
17:30
Reactions
Discuss this article with your fellow community members! We appreciate your valuable input, but please keep the reaction policy in mind and make sure your reaction is constructive.
By
davinleeds (guest),
Sunday 06 July 2008 06:13
A standard player costs more and this has 2 usb ports. $5 it's a steal.
By
No Apologies (guest),
Sunday 06 July 2008 06:18
I never bought it, but that's just how it is for early adopters of any new technology. There's never any certainty when you buy something like that.
Why don't you ask the people who bought laserdisc players how they feel 
Or how about those people who bought beta instead of vhs. The list goes on and on.
Or how about those people who bought beta instead of vhs. The list goes on and on.By
zs450 (guest),
Sunday 06 July 2008 12:30
I already have the player and about 20 movies. At $5 I'll buy a couple to use on my computers too. I already have the movies so I have no intention of selling it off and buying everything all over again on Blu Rayl I didn't buy many DVDs over the years anyway so these closeout prices are great in my book.
I'm in Canada so they don't have this deal there, but as i've been buying hd-dvd's dirt cheap for the last few months and amassed a bit of a collection, I did buy one from wal-mart for 20 bux, which i'll keep as a backup in cause my full price one ever bites it 
Beta? What's the problem to have owned a Betamax player? I do have one and, my only regret, is that, after a long service time, where I watched a ton of Betamax tapes and recorded a lot of other ones, it finally bit the dust. So, I cannot watch those old tapes anymore, some of them with classic sport events. 
Funny thing about this player, was that it cost me exactly the amount of money I managed to save during my mandatory military service time.
$5? Why dont they just give them away.. They pretty much are at that price..
@ Hypnosis4U2NV
"$5? Why dont they just give them away.. They pretty much are at that price."
Because if it's free then people will think there's something wrong with it. It's human nature to be suspicious.
This message was edited at: 07-07-2008 15:36
Where's the damn deal I went to the website & didn't see itThey could probably get more if they took the remote out of the box, and sold them refurbed for 10 bux
Happy Birthday to you 
