As a friend told me: You want it bad, you get it bad

[weaktwos]

And so it goes.

I ordered the HD-DVD attachment to the Xbox 360 since the price went down. It arrived yesterday. I set it up, follow the instructions, it looks good. So I put in an HD-DVD. It sits there in "Reading" Mode, mocking me. I put in another HD-DVD. Same thing. No error messages, just "Reading".

After some dancing with Xbox customer support, which was very timely and friendly, I will have to have the new dvd repaired. Yeah. Xbox will be sending me a box to ship it to them, and they will ship it back.

In the mean time, I might as well submit the rebate request for the free 5 HD-DVDs that come with the new purchase.

Ah well.

As for me weighing in on the HD/Blu-ray debate. I figure $180 is not a huge committment to one format. I want to see what Netflix' HD-DVD rental setup is like and my subsequent investment in hd-dvds will be minimal.

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[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

I look forward to testing that out. :-) And yeah, another friend of mine just purchased one himself, and his worked beautifully, too.

It's just my turn at the malfunction wheel of torture! But hey, that's what warranties are for, and I'm making use of it. :D

I guess it means less HD drooling on the near term.