How Does XBox Stand Up as a DVD Player?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday November 20, 2001 @04:17AM from the user-reactions dept.

Luddite Joe asks: "I'm planning on buying myself a DVD player for Christmas, spending maybe 200 bucks or so. I've also considered that I might buy an Xbox a couple of months down the road - but that's less certain. So I think to myself, the Xbox is a DVD player, right? If I hold off a couple of months and just buy the Xbox, I won't be wasting money on a DVD player that is almost immediately redundant. Keeping in mind that I'm buying more or less a low end, single disc DVD - how do the capabilities and quality of the Xbox as a DVD player compare? I don't want to sacrifice quality or features (or level of DVD compatibility), as I can get a pretty decent DVD for what I'm planning on spending."

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Not to troll, but why XBOX? by Lally+Singh · 2001-11-20 06:59 · Score: 0, Troll

Why an XBOX? I've got a playstation 2 that runs well, plays all my DVDs, and plays many games. Also, you can already get a good selection of modchip for things like region encoding, playing backups, etc. Why give any $$$ Microsoft's way? How many times can you play Halo?

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