Less than a week after Toshiba officially pulled the plug on its HD DVD next-generation optical disc format, Microsoft Feb. 24 announced it will no longer manufacture add-ons to its Xbox 360 game ...

Microsoft had a swanky little event in a penthouse overlooking the Thames this morning and one of the many bits and bobs on show (check back soon for the games) was the Xbox 360's HD DVD drive. Hang ...

Microsoft Corp.'s line of Xbox 360 Authentic Products continues to grow while enhancing the way people experience games and entertainment. The Xbox 360 HD DVD Player offers Xbox 360 owners the most ...

REDMOND, Wash. - Dec. 13, 2007 - Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of the Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator, enabling film studios and disc authoring companies to model the behavior of HD DVD disc ...

Don’t bother using the Xbox 360 as a DVD player (note: that’s regular DVD, not HD DVD) since, according to Extreme Tech, it’s absolutely terrible. ET went to extreme measures to test the performance ...

Source: An interview with Microsoft Japan's Xbox operations chief Yoshihiro Maruyama in Famitsu Xbox. The official story: A Microsoft rep declined to comment. What we heard: One of the biggest ...

Microsoft Corp. said it would lower the price of the high-definition DVD player accessory for its Xbox 360 game console in the U.S. to $179 from $199 and offer five free movies to anyone who bought ...

Microsoft and Ravisent recently revealed that the Xbox will not feature DVD movie playback out of the box. Consumers interested in viewing DVD movies through the Xbox will have to purchase a separate ...

Dan over on UNEASYsilence has come up with a interesting way to get a cheap HD-DVD drive for a PC - by using the HD-DVD drive designed for an Xbox 360! So, how hard is it to hack the HD-DVD drive to ...

I had a similar experience with a PS2...I dropped it in transport (~2 foot fall, but on a hard floor). The disc tray popped out, and the eject mechanism was completely fouled...wouldn't push it in or ...

I've searched but couldn't find anything on it. Maybe I need to go to the hardware forum. I'd like to keep my XBOX. I've loved it through the years, but I see replacing the dvd drive could cost as ...

At the company's X06 conference in Barcelona, Spain, Microsoft provided worldwide-release details for the Xbox 360's external HD-DVD drive. The drive will be available for $200 in the United States ...