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Posted by TrueBlue (Member # 1063) on
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Just picked up an Xbox360 at Micro Center for my nephew today and got $200 off! There is a $100 mail in rebate and if you get their credit card you get another $100 off your first purchase of anything in the store that is $399 and up. The deal is good through Dec 31st.
Rebate form is here...
http://microcenter.com/rebates/product_list.phtml?vendor=50947
Looks like they rotate the link start here and click on Microsoft (console).
http://microcenter.com/rebates/rebate_center.phtml
Apply for the credit card in the store.
[ December 29, 2006, 01:39 PM: Message edited by: TrueBlue ]
Posted by lostsoul (Member # 5797) on
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great info... Its going to be a hard choice.. PS3 is here now.. in a month I might be able to buy one.. I think blue-ray is the way to go.. well worth the money if they cann get the games up to par.. damn damn..
Posted by TrueBlue (Member # 1063) on
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[ December 10, 2006, 11:51 PM: Message edited by: TrueBlue ]
Posted by TrueBlue (Member # 1063) on
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Not to bad mouth you but why do a lot of people think BluRay is the way to go? I give BluRay one advantage and that is for the PC market as it has more space. For movies HD-DVD is out selling BluRay almost 3 to 1 not to mention it has superior video quality due to the fact the BR movies use the same compression technology as DVD's which is very old? HD-DVD uses a new compression standard which yields better video quality. I had to educate some of the idiots at Best Buy as they don't seem to know shit about what they are selling. Just search for any BluRay vs. HD-DVD article, I haven't seen one that didn't say HD-DVD has better video quality.
[ December 10, 2006, 11:53 PM: Message edited by: TrueBlue ]
Posted by 88DroptopGT (Member # 2535) on
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I clicked on the link and no worky. I'm thinking of getting one if this deal is still alive.
I can't see how they can still be in business with those mail-in rebates!
Posted by Blind (Member # 3052) on
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Originally posted by TrueBlue:
Not to bad mouth you but why do a lot of people think BluRay is the way to go? I give BluRay one advantage and that is for the PC market as it has more space. For movies HD-DVD is out selling BluRay almost 3 to 1 not to mention it has superior video quality due to the fact the BR movies use the same compression technology as DVD's which is very old? HD-DVD uses a new compression standard which yields better video quality. I had to educate some of the idiots at Best Buy as they don't seem to know shit about what they are selling. Just search for any BluRay vs. HD-DVD article, I haven't seen one that didn't say HD-DVD has better video quality.
that's how it used to be but blu-ray spec's now include support for MPEG4 AVC, and M$ VC-1, making it have the same quality as HD-DVD, and having much higher capacity.
Posted by 94gt (Member # 3060) on
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Originally posted by Blind:
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Originally posted by TrueBlue:
Not to bad mouth you but why do a lot of people think BluRay is the way to go? I give BluRay one advantage and that is for the PC market as it has more space. For movies HD-DVD is out selling BluRay almost 3 to 1 not to mention it has superior video quality due to the fact the BR movies use the same compression technology as DVD's which is very old? HD-DVD uses a new compression standard which yields better video quality. I had to educate some of the idiots at Best Buy as they don't seem to know shit about what they are selling. Just search for any BluRay vs. HD-DVD article, I haven't seen one that didn't say HD-DVD has better video quality.
that's how it used to be but blu-ray spec's now include support for MPEG4 AVC, and M$ VC-1, making it have the same quality as HD-DVD, and having much higher capacity.
where did you read that?
Posted by STREETFIGHTER50 (Member # 2973) on
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Bad link ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
Posted by TrueBlue (Member # 1063) on
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Originally posted by Blind:
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Originally posted by TrueBlue:
Not to bad mouth you but why do a lot of people think BluRay is the way to go? I give BluRay one advantage and that is for the PC market as it has more space. For movies HD-DVD is out selling BluRay almost 3 to 1 not to mention it has superior video quality due to the fact the BR movies use the same compression technology as DVD's which is very old? HD-DVD uses a new compression standard which yields better video quality. I had to educate some of the idiots at Best Buy as they don't seem to know shit about what they are selling. Just search for any BluRay vs. HD-DVD article, I haven't seen one that didn't say HD-DVD has better video quality.
that's how it used to be but blu-ray spec's now include support for MPEG4 AVC, and M$ VC-1, making it have the same quality as HD-DVD, and having much higher capacity.
But for some reason 90% of the movies are still only using MPEG4 for BluRay. What I don't understand is why Sony Movie Studios is using old MPEG2 for BR movies????
Make your own choice, plenty to read here... http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=114 Everyone that owns both BluRay and HD-DVD pick HD-DVD as their choice.
[ December 28, 2006, 03:36 PM: Message edited by: TrueBlue ]
Posted by 88DroptopGT (Member # 2535) on
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Ah fuck it I went to Costco and bought the bundle for $510.02 for their warranty..
Posted by Blind (Member # 3052) on
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Originally posted by 94gt:
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Originally posted by Blind:
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Originally posted by TrueBlue:
Not to bad mouth you but why do a lot of people think BluRay is the way to go? I give BluRay one advantage and that is for the PC market as it has more space. For movies HD-DVD is out selling BluRay almost 3 to 1 not to mention it has superior video quality due to the fact the BR movies use the same compression technology as DVD's which is very old? HD-DVD uses a new compression standard which yields better video quality. I had to educate some of the idiots at Best Buy as they don't seem to know shit about what they are selling. Just search for any BluRay vs. HD-DVD article, I haven't seen one that didn't say HD-DVD has better video quality.
that's how it used to be but blu-ray spec's now include support for MPEG4 AVC, and M$ VC-1, making it have the same quality as HD-DVD, and having much higher capacity.
where did you read that?
C|net article
Posted by TrueBlue (Member # 1063) on
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One other tid-bit there is a software hack for the Xbox360's HD-DVD drive which will allow it to work on any PC as well.
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