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You're right on the movie prices. Theaters are costly. I still like the comment a friend made when he watched Lord of the Rings at my house... "Why would you ever go to a movie theater again!" It was a statement, not a question, thus an '!' and not a '?' at the end of that.

Hey HomeDad, all in good fun, my friend, all in good fun...

That attachment for the 360, how does it work? Can it be added or replaced on existing 360's? A link would be nice.

Microsoft hasn't released it yet, it should be revealed at the E3 show , they said it will be an external drive. LINK

Thanks, $200? I was hoping $99. I wonder if the PQ will be as good as the existing HD DVD players.

Yeah, but even at $200, it is still a cheap(er) way to get a HD-DVD player if you already own an XBox 360?

Heck, HomeDad (I love picking on you man. All in good fun.) is going to drop $600 on a PS3 so that he can get Blu-Ray in his house... Hmmm... I wonder if he will buy games before movies, or movies before games... We'll find out his REAL reason for getting a PS3 sooner or later.

Games For the kids of course

Well I got one of the HD-XA1 and so far this thing rocks! The build quality is top shelf and I have watched many sd dvd's and 5 HD dvd's and no lockups or any problems. The sound is great,im using the analog outs.I really dont care who wins this war because im going to buy the PS3 to.I have Directv for HD and I know what there talking about over at AVS forum about HD-lite.Full HD is amazing, I just hope more movies come out soon. The ones that are coming out are the good ones.

I've got to get down to civilization somewhere where I can preview one of those babies. When you are talking about full HD do you mean 1080, just wondering how they look in 720.

I see very little bang for the buck with any of the new formats. It'll probably be several years before I any think about HD DVD stuff. I just don't see what all the fuss is about. It's just not that much better to warrent that kind of cash when there are so many other cool things to be spending my money on with home theather.

And for me I can't wait. I guess it may depend on your display. At 104" with a High-Def capable projector, any little compression flaw or artifact shows up with regular DVDs... I'm using an upconverting DVD player now to make it seem better, but true HD will be awesome!

Although, I won't jump on the band wagon just yet. Give me at least until Christmas 2007. By then we should see a lot more titles, and better players available. And who knows... Maybe someone will start leading this HD war...

Of course, HomeDad keeps pushing Blu-Ray on his PS3 he will get later this year. (This is so fun teasing HomeDad. I've never even met the guy, and I feel like any High-Def post I make, I have to poke fun at him and his dream of PS3 with Blu-Ray. Again HomeDad, all in fun. Next time you are in Iowa (yeah right) let me know. I'll treat you to dinner. Granted, it may be fast food, but just the same.)