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I just recently acquired this item for dirt cheap ($15) and figured I'd post an honest review and impressions.First off, I decided to get one of these because my stand-alone player, the Toshiba HD-A1 didn't display movies at full 1080p (it only went as high as 1080i) and it was very slow to boot up and load the disc. The HD DVD player for the Xbox 360 works fantastically. The movies look as good as their Blu-Ray counterparts in 1080p (as long as you connect your Xbox 360 to your TV via HDMI or VGA) and it loads blazingly fast in comparison to most other HD DVD players. The only downside is that the player will only output audio at Dolby Digital 5.1. Due to the limitations of the Xbox 360 hardware, the audio will not come through as Dolby Digital+ or Dolby True HD. This is minor for most people because the difference in sound quality is negligible unless you have a high-end audio system.Blu-Ray officially won the format war but that doesn't change the fact that there are a ton of great movies available on HD DVD for significantly less money. If you're wanting to build up your HD movie library, don't think that Blu-Ray is your only option. There's absolutely nothing wrong with getting this player along with 50 movies for around $100. The studios use the same video codecs on the HD DVD disc as they do on the Blu-Ray version so in my opinion, it would be foolish to rule out the HD DVD format as a viable option to kickstart your HD movie library.I definitely recommend this HD DVD player because it's incredibly fast, easy to set up, and it even provides your Xbox 360 with an additional USB port.
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