24 year old scottish guy who likes films/games/sports
24 year old scottish guy who likes films/games/sports
Member since:06.08.2008
Reviews:9
LONG LIVE HD DVD!!!
Like alot of people out there I wanted to enter into the world of high def. movies but found myself asking 'is it worth it'.
I found my question answered by a visit to my local gamestation where I stubmled across an XBox 360 add-on drive for £25.00 with 2 films!
The unit provides great picture and sound when watching back movies and with films now available from £2.99 (hmv.co.uk - a few examples: American Gangster-£2.99, The Kingdom-£2.99, The Thing-£2.99.........go have a look for yourself!) this is the investment that has to be made by anyone who is wanting to 'dabble' in an HD upgrade.
All this and you only have to stick in the supplied disc, give it 25 seconds to run/save and you're good to go.
Also as well as performing as a HD player this unit will also act as an upscaler for standard DVD's..........can not go wrong!
With everything there are the HD DVD bashers out there who will give it 'this is dead, blu-ray rules' ect. True-but if you are curious and don't wish to put out hundreds of pounds on the back of curiousity I'd recommend picking up wone of these units while you can!
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Welcome to Ciao ~ l suppose you assume we all own an Xbox 360 to use this with? (to say nothing of a screen with which to view it)
. . . . . ♥ jesi ♥
dizzy07 06.08.2008 15:14
Nice review. Although I'm one of those people who things it will be, if not already is, dead technology; I had no idea it was that cheap! Which makes it great value for money for what you're getting... especially as I'm sure there'll be tons of cheap HD DVDs around soon.... Nice discovery and thanks for sharing!
blackmagicstar4 06.08.2008 14:27
Welcome to Ciao!! Good review!! Sounds like a good one. Thanks Sophie x
The HDMI converter is a component video (YPbPr) to HDMI converter. It converts YPbPr input ... more
into HDMI signal output. The HDMI converter has the ability of buffering and amplifying the signal. It achieves long distance transmission of HDMI signal of more than 15 metres. The HDMI Converter is a component video (YPbPr) converter that allows older analogue devices to be integrated seamlessly into the modern home theatre setup. This adapter connects component video home theatre devices to HDMI compliant digital LCD / Plasma screen. This adapter also takes digital audio and encodes it onto the HDMI signal for the full HDMI video and audio effect.* With the Component + Digital Audio to HDMI Adapter legacy home theatre devices can be easily connected to any HDMI display for the full digital video and audio experience. (* Please note that as Component cables don't have an integrated audio signal, a separate lead to an amp will have to be used to produce the audio, or alternatively an SPDIF cable can be used to route the audio through this converter unit, giving you full video and audio to the HDMI output.). Features: The only HDMI converter to be approved by HDMI ATC lab. Fully supports 1080P HDTV. HDCP Compliant. Gold plated connectors. Built in amplifier and equaliser enables longer HDMI cables to be used. Plug and play, installs in seconds. Shape HDTV resolutions up to 1080p. VGA 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1920x1200. DTV/HDTV 480i / 576i / 480p / 576p / 720p / 1080i / 1080p. HDMI V1.3+ HDCP 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3
Postage & Packaging:£5.79 Availability:Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days......
Advantages: Brilliant graphics, HDMI Output, Excellent Games Library, Xbox Live Disadvantages: Expensive Games, Xbox Live Fee, Lack of Blu-Ray, Hardware Errors
Aug 6th, 2008
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