[darkpuppet]

euro_zx5,Feb 19 2008, 07:36 PM Wrote:I wonder how much Sony paid to have this format pushed! lol And to boot, all this happens while I'm debating on getting the HD add-on for my 360.

And one advantage to the add-on I've read over and over is the fact that once the drive's lasers burn out, the system isn't rendered useless, just the add-on player. Something to the tune of that.
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Sony didn't exactly pay out to push the format.. definitely not in the vein of the $150 million given to paramount to go HD DVD.

And I can't say I've ever heard of a DVD laser burning out.. the MTF of many diode lasers is at least 50,000 hours... which means you'd have to watch 25,000 movies and then only half are expected to fail.

And that means just under 6 years of non-stop playback. I personally sleep about 1/3rd of the time, so I will get a good 7.5 years before I have to worry about the laser burning out. I had my PS2 for 7 years... and DVD playback is the one thing that never went on it.

So I just don't get the $120 add-on for the xbox drive when I could buy a standalone on sale for $120-$150.