Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Now Priced at $129.99

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<p><img style="margin: 0px 15px 5px 0px" src="http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/7168_5482_5200_xbox-360-hd-dvd.jpg" align="left" /></p> <p>Microsoft's Xbox 360 add-on gets another price cut</p> <p>There has been <a href="http://www.dailytech.com/HD+DVD+Boss+The+Format+War+is+Far+From+Over/article10478.htm">quite a bit of turmoil in the HD DVD market</a> over the past month. With movie studios <a href="http://www.dailytech.com/Update+Warner+Bros+to+Become+Bluray+Exclusive/article10233.htm">shifting their alliances</a> from HD DVD to Blu-ray, Toshiba took the drastic step of <a href="http://www.dailytech.com/Toshibas+New+Angle+Our+HD+DVD+Players+Are+Also+Gre at+DVD+Upscalers/article10337.htm">slashing the MSRPs</a> on its HD DVD players.</p> <p>Microsoft is following suit and today cut the price of its Toshiba-manufactured Xbox 360 HD DVD player to $129.99. According to Microsoft's Major Nelson, <a href="http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/02/06/xbox-360-hd-dvd-player-price-drop-now-us-129-99.aspx">the price cut is effective immediately</a> in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.</p> <p>The player originally retailed for $199 when it launched in late 2006 and received a <a href="http://www.dailytech.com/Microsoft+Xbox+360+HD+DVD+Player+Drops+to+179/article8194.htm">price reduction to $179 in July of 2007</a>.</p> <p>While $129.99 is the new official price, some retailers are offering the Xbox 360 HD DVD player for even lower prices. Best Buy is offering the player for a <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8132095&st=Xbox+360+HD+DVD+Player&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1158321865239">low $119.99 on its online site</a>. </p> <p>For night owls that were browsing the Internet early this morning, Amazon had the peripheral on sale for $79.99 with free shipping for a short period of time <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/06/amazon-80-xbox-360-hd-dvd-player-with-6-free-hd-dvds-and-shipp/">according to <em>Engadget</em></a>.</p> <p>Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD DVD player ships with an Xbox 360 universal remote and a copy of King Kong on HD DVD. Users can also hook the player up to a Windows-based machine with the proper drivers.</p> <p>In addition to the new $129.99 price tag, customers are still eligible to receive five free movies via <a href="http://assets.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/hddvd/Xbox360_HDDVDOffer.pdf">mail-in rebate</a> [PDF] courtesy of Toshiba. The selection of movies won't set any hearts racing, but free is free.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10595">DailyTech - Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Now Priced at $129.99</a></p>

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