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. Hang ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Oh Microsoft. What were you thinking? When people point to Microsoft's biggest folly of the last hardware generation, they'll normally suggest either ...

Almost a year ago at CES 2006, Bill Gates announced during his opening night keynote speech that an HD-DVD add-on drive would be released for the Xbox 360. That was back when we thought the ...

Microsoft used a press briefing before the launch of the Tokyo Game Show to announce a number of Xbox 360 developments, including launch information for an external HD DVD drive and news of a ...

Seemingly out of nowhere, Toshiba has started shipping the PA3530U-1HD1, an external USB 2.0 HD DVD drive. It’s not even all that expensive, either, appearing on online stores like Newegg for $370.

Microsoft has been busy rolling out games, Xbox Live updates, and new console accessories all season long to keep the Xbox 360 from being forgotten during all the PlayStation 3 and Wii launch mayhem.

Today at X06 in Barcelona, Microsoft officially announced pricing and release dates for the anticipated HD-DVD add-on drive for the Xbox 360. The drive will hit retail in North America in ...

One of the first things we asked when Microsoft (finally) confirmed the Xbox 360 Elite was whether all of the peripherals would be available in black to match it. While controllers (keyboard ...

NEC was busy showcasing PC-based high-definition DVD players and recorders at CeBIT. NEC presented the HR-1100 multireader 3-in-1 drive that can play HD DVDs as well as normal DVDs and CDs. The drive ...

TOKYO — Toshiba announced the world’s first slim HD DVD drive for notebook PCs that can read and write to HD DVD, standard DVD and CD discs. Sample shipments of the new drive, SD-L902A, are scheduled ...

Editor's Note: This preview is based on early-release hardware and early software. It would be premature to draw any final conclusions from the results presented here. Because this is an interesting ...