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Xbox 360 HD DVD Player

Last updated
March 27, 2007
Hands On Reviewed by
Lincoln Spector
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Price when rated - Pricing: Very Inexpensive $600 (as of 2/20/2007)
Overall design - Fair On-screen menus - Poor
Ease of Use - Poor
Responsiveness - Good
Remote control - Good
Other features - Superior
Documentation - Fair
Performance Color quality - Good: 70
Detail - Good: 70
Brightness and contrast - Good: 71
DVD-Video image quality - Fair: 65
Overall performance - Good: 71
Specifications - Good Maximum component-video-output resolution - 1080i
24p output support - No
HDMI output - No
HDMI version - n/a
Maximum HDMI-output resolution - n/a
Ethernet connection (for Internet connectivity) - Yes
Ethernet connection (for streaming content across home network) - Yes
DLNA compliance - No
USB 2.0 ports - Yes; 3 (on Xbox 360), 2 (on HD DVD Player)
USB port function - For adding peripherals
Component-video Output - Yes
S-Video output - Optional
Composite -video output - Yes
Two-channel analog audio output - Yes
Coaxial digital output - No
Optical digital output - Yes
Maximum audio output over HDMI - Not applicable
Best audio output over S/PDIF - 5.1-channel PCM
Bitstream output to audio/video receiver - No
Other audio features - Supports audio playback from iPod, Zune and other Plays for Sure portable music players, as well as over the network.
DVD-Video upconversion - 1080i
Plays audio CDs - Yes
Supported DVD disc formats - DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW
Plays MP3 DVDs - Yes
Plays MP3 CDs - Yes
Support for two simultaneous video streams (for on-demand picture-in-picture) - Yes
Supported multimedia formats - WMV (up to 1080p), MP3, WMA, JPG (can directly connect digital cameras and portable media players to Xbox for media playback)
Storage - 192MB in HD DVD Player/20GB in Xbox 360 console
Firmware updates delivered via? - Ethernet/Web download
Disc bookmarks - Yes
Media slots - Optional
Other features
Warranty - One year parts/one year labor
Weekday support hours - 14
Saturday support hours - 14
Sunday support hours - 14
Toll-free support number - Yes
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