14/10/2008 by Gavin.

XBox Hard Drive 12.99, FREE Memory Cards from Microsoft. - HotUKDeals Forum

Great deals if you need to add some storage for your XBOX 360.  Make sure you have your console serial number to hand.

One big benefit of having a hard drive on the 360, apart form saving games of course, is that it will remember where you were on DVDs and streaming AVI files which is great if you’re halfway through a film and need to turn off the console to continue watching later.

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09/10/2008 by Gavin.

Blu-ray add-on coming to the Xbox 360? | Register Hardware

I think this is a great idea.  I’ve been enjoying dozens of really cheap HD DVD movies via my 10 quid Amazon 360 HD DVD drive so might be a bit of a shock to the system to buy full price blu-rays, but I think this is a positive move for Microsoft (if true of course).

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26/05/2008 by Gavin.

There’s a lot of discussion on the web just now about whether HD DVD is worth buying into given the current bargain prices.  Well, if you have an XBOX 360 then it is worth picking up one of the external drives for it.  Why?  Well, as you have a 360, and if you are running Vista Home Premium or ultimate, then you have access to the rather fab Media Center.

What I have done is use the  360 drive with my PC to rip high quality WMV files to my PC, allowing me to stream high def over my home network (using Homeplug AV200).  Excellent results can be had on file sizes around DVD size, 8Gb, albeit at 720p.  Nice!

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