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Saturday, October 20, 2007

Free HD DVD Heroes with 360 player (UPDATED)

UPDATED: Yeppers -- It's for real.

If you haven't bought an Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on, Sunday could be your golden hour.

Not only has the price dropped from $200 to $180, but rumor has it Best Buy will give you "Heroes" Season 1 on HD DVD free if you buy from them.

So, here's my math representing the new cost of the HD DVD add-on:
$179.99 HD DVD player
- $99.99 Heroes Season 1 on HD DVD (free)
- $27.00 King Kong (HD DVD pack-in)
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$53.00 Total

And, you also get to mail away for 5 free HD DVD titles.

So, depending on how you're selling this opportunity to your significant other, your either getting an HD DVD player for fifty-three bucks, or you're getting the player for free, and five HD DVD titles for a little over $10 a piece.

It's a shame the free titles are a little ... lackluster.

Like most purchasing decisions, you have options. You can go to Wal-Mart, and for $10 less on the MSE (depending on your Wal-Mart), you can get the HD DVD player and 300, rather than "Heroes" (and still get the five free movies).

Of course, rumor has it there's an HD DVD Xbox 360 in the works (which would also include a TV tuner). But that won't see the light of day until probably late next year.

Of course, you could just try to win Season 1 of "Heroes", and a "Heroes"-themed 360 and HD-DVD drive at Amazon.com.

Labels: rumors, shopping deals