Microsoft had a swanky little event in a penthouse overlooking the Thames this morning and one of the many bits and bobs on show (check back soon for the games) was the Xbox 360's HD DVD drive.

But the HD-DVD drive was a disaster. A complete and utter failure in every sense of the word. Conceived at a time when the world was still unsure which company/format was going to become the ...

HD-DVD supporters have long claimed their format was cheaper than Blu-ray, so I decided to put that to the test. The decision this week by Dell to add Blu-ray drives as an option to their high-end ...

But what if Microsoft started including HD DVD drives in the Xbox 360? Would that be enough to tilt the scale permanently? According to SmartHouse, a new Xbox model is in the works to debut in ...

[Via HD Beat] If you've been waiting to get your hands on one of NEC's HD-DVD HR-1100A internal HD DVD drives, now's your chance. A seller on CDFreaks is offering one of the drives, which reads HD ...

If you’re cool you’ve already picked up the Xbox 360’s HD-DVD drive to watch all those high quality Hollywood movies in stunning high definition. What’s even better is that, with some ...

Dan over on UNEASYsilence has come up with a interesting way to get a cheap HD-DVD drive for a PC - by using the HD-DVD drive designed for an Xbox 360! So, how hard is it to hack the HD-DVD drive ...

Asus introduced the HR-0205T, the quietest HD DVD drive in the market. The drive operates at 21.1dB of noise when playing HD DVD and 23.7dB when playing a dual-layer DVD. The drive can be mounted ...

Alright, so not too long ago I reported on a potential new SKU, the Xbox 360 Ultimate which was supposedly going to be the Elite, but with an integrated HD-DVD drive. That, so far hasn't happened ...

So I picked up some HD DVDs on the super-cheap. I have an old XBox 360 HD DVD drive that I figured I could use to rip to my computer. Turns out, my old drive is dead. I'm having a hell of a time ...

LOS ANGELES--Microsoft on Monday offered the first glimpse of the external HD-DVD drive built for the Xbox 360 game console. Kevin Collins, senior program manager at Microsoft, demonstrated the HD ...

For a while back there, it was enough to be able just to get your hands on a HD-DVD drive for your PC. We have now entered the next stage of marketing, known as the -est stage: Smallest ...