Xbox 360 HD-DVD: Australia launch date and details
If this Microsoft report proves accurate, Australians will be enjoying the benefits of not one, but two different DVD formats by this March. With the PS3 launch set to be on the 23rd in Australia – the same day as the Europe launch – Microsoft has announced it will be launching the Xbox 360’s HD-DVD drive on March 29 – six days after its Blu-Ray competitor.
Further details state that the drive will go for $ 249.50 (we assume this is AU dollars), which will include a universal remote and an HD-DVD copy of Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” movie. In relation to the drive’s launch, a further 40 titles will be available for viewing, with 15 coming from Universal pictures. The HD-DVD format discs are reported to be region-free.
Microsoft console product marketing manager Jeremy Hinton also comments that the HD-DVD would be fully compatible with other HD-DVD titles already available in the U.S., although standard DVD formats are still restricted as per Australia and New Zealand‘s Region 4 coding, further explained here.
If this Microsoft report proves accurate, Australians will be enjoying the benefits of not one, but two different DVD formats by this March. With the PS3 launch set to be on the 23rd in Australia – the same day as the Europe launch – Microsoft has announced it will be launching the Xbox 360’s HD-DVD drive on March 29 – six days after its Blu-Ray competitor.
Further details state that the drive will go for $ 249.50 (we assume this is AU dollars), which will include a universal remote and an HD-DVD copy of Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” movie. In relation to the drive’s launch, a further 40 titles will be available for viewing, with 15 coming from Universal pictures. The HD-DVD format discs are reported to be region-free.
Microsoft console product marketing manager Jeremy Hinton also comments that the HD-DVD would be fully compatible with other HD-DVD titles already available in the U.S., although standard DVD formats are still restricted as per Australia and New Zealand‘s Region 4 coding, further explained here.
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