Since u have the xbox 360.....search the ebay for the add on...thats how i get it at the first place which is much cheaper with free king kong hd-dvd and no tax at all...as it is declared as an external dvd-rom for notebook....

I advise u to do the same too if u r really interested to get the tosh hd-dvd player...and I believe the price of current player will be very affordable once the new generation3 of toshiba is coming out before christmas....as I might getting 1 too..but that means another purchase of onkyo 805 needs to be followed up too .. and another visit to ikea for the new racking og those equipment . ..

To any interested parties, I believe Toshiba will be bringing in their entry level HD DVD players. Over the past two weekends, there was an AV Fair held at the JW Marriott hotel in KL. At the Toshiba booth, I saw a Toshiba HD DVD player and asked the sales rep. He said that Toshiba will be bringing in the product (plus support) for RM2500. Heck, it was even for purchase at the event itself. The model in particular is this:

http://www.toshibahddvd-asia.com/products/hd-e1.html

silencer, one of my first ever HD DVD titles was in fact King Kong. It truly was a landmark title for HD DVD, a visual spectacle for high definition formats. Too bad Universal skimped out on the special features...

aiyo where got so expensive HD A30 output 1080p/24 summore

only $319 + International Priority Mail 10-14 Days Delivery $116.00 = $435 : RM1,570. If sui sui kena tax 25% = RM392 .. net price online order from BH Photo  =  RM1,962 NETT (inclusive of courier charge and 25% tax

get your credit card and order now at

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/shop/12836/P...VD_Players.html

Unfortunately that's how it works here when products are officially brought over. Back then the PlayStation was announced at a price of USD199. When it came here, it's not exactly near RM800 or something. It was more like RM1200 or something similar. PS2 was USD299, when it came here it became RM1599. The Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray player retails for USD799. So why is the local version priced at RM4,999 instead?

Sigh. I need to ask the opinion of anyone who already has a copy of the 300 HD DVD (and using the 360 as a player). It was only a couple of days ago that I bought and tested the 300 disc. I only tested scene 1 and scene 14-15 in fact. Then I went on my short leave, came back, and wanted to show 300 to a friend. While at scene 14, everything was fine at first. While transitioning to scene 15, the movie started jerking very badly. Then it hanged on me. There was nothing I could do but shut down my 360. When I restarted my 360 and skipped straight to scene 15, it hanged immediately. I also passed the disc to another friend for testing. The scene I mentioned played fine, but in his case, the 360 hanged at scene 17. Now, I have close to a dozen HD DVD movies at this point, and none of them acted like this before. Is my disc faulty, or is there a known problem running 300 on the 360 HD DVD player? Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.

Ok guys, update: I had tried to call the shop I bought it from (CWF in Cineleisure) to explain the problem. The shopkeeper mentioned that he has not heard of any problems with HD DVD or Blu-ray discs up until that point. He also queried whether I was running it on a player or the 360. I described the full problem to him, and asked whether the store has any return / exchange policies. Understandably, he told me that because such an issue never surfaced before, he'll need to check with his supplier whether anything can be done. I told him that I would lend the disc to a friend for further testing (this was before I posted my problem).

The test results were no better on my friend's 360, so I called the shop again on Saturday morning (after making my first post). The other shopkeeper picked up; I explained my problem to him once again. He suggested that I bring over the disc to the store for checking. I also left him my name, which he recognized. He also made sure to relay my message to his colleague. Fast forward to the evening, I walk in the store; the shopkeeper sees me; immediately brings me to the back and hands me a new copy of 300. For some reason, this surprised me very much, since I have relatively low expectations on how they can help me. Maybe I'm too used to being screwed over product returns?

On to the new disc: I found no such problems as my first disc. I jumped between scenes like monkey on crack, sometimes skipping tracks, sometimes fast forwarding, and sometimes by using the scene selection menu. I'm happy to report that no halting or jerking occurred Though their prices are not the best, I'll definitely get more titles from the store in the future since they've earned my trust and respect. 

I think the war will end in Malaysia (onli in malaysia) if either format gets to produce Pirated Disc!

But 300 is good enough on DVD. I mean...the HD-DVD has more grains?

Still considering if I should get Transformers HD-DVD.