I never really used the xbox 360 as a cd player, but I used it to stream mp3's and used it as a DVD player for a year and a half.


I use my HD DVD player to play my dvd's now (and HD DVD's).

Also, I no longer stream mp3's from my 360 but I stream flac files through my denon receiver.

I am not sure if there is any downside to using it as a cd player or not.

-David