Just bought HD-DVD player

I just bought the HD-DVD player with the idea that I could toss my old DVD player. Unfortunately there seems to be 2 problems with that- the 1st is that my 360 has to be on to use it (on and heating up). There's nothing Ican do about that unfortunately.

But the main problem is that I played a couple of old movies and they looked like crap! I thought they would actually look either better or the same, but they looked worse than my old DVD player.

Is there any way to stop this? Is this the case with every non-HD movie?

I am guessing you have your 360 hooked up via component so it will not upconvert, it will be playing in 480p which is crap on an HDTV. For the sound of the 360 you must have a defective 360 because it is only loud with a disc in the drive and with the HD-DVD drive you don't use the 360 disc drive. Even if you did you should have a surround sound so you won't even hear it. I don't hear anything but the movie when i'm watching movies because i have my surround sound on. TM1

Hmmm yes I'm using the one where I plug in the 5 color coded cords. That's the component cable right? Is there anything I can do to get it to upconvert?

My 360 isn't loud, luckily.

Edit: Aha, so I need a VGA cable. That stinks.

I bought the Xbox360 HD-DVD player since the day it was released and it is the best dvd type player that I have ever owned. I watch about 6 or more movies(mostly 99% being regular dvd movies) on it every week, and I have not used any of my other upconverting dvd players that I have since I bought it. The HD-DVD player has great picture and sound quality and it works perfectly even with regular dvd movies.

[QUOTE="TM1"]I am guessing you have your 360 hooked up via component so it will not upconvert, it will be playing in 480p which is crap on an HDTV. For the sound of the 360 you must have a defective 360 because it is only loud with a disc in the drive and with the HD-DVD drive you don't use the 360 disc drive. Even if you did you should have a surround sound so you won't even hear it. I don't hear anything but the movie when i'm watching movies because i have my surround sound on. ThaSod

Hmmm yes I'm using the one where I plug in the 5 color coded cords. That's the component cable right? Is there anything I can do to get it to upconvert?

My 360 isn't loud, luckily.

Edit: Aha, so I need a VGA cable. That stinks.

Yeah upconvert only works through VGA and if you have a newer 360 premium with HDMI or an Elite you can upconvert.

but it's $180 plus $40 for the cable- total $220 plus tax (so maybe $240).ThaSod

The hd dvd player will upconvert using either a VGA or HDMI.

[QUOTE="ThaSod"]but it's $180 plus $40 for the cable- total $220 plus tax (so maybe $240).ashuncc2

The hd dvd player will upconvert using either a VGA or HDMI.

So lets say I just go out and buy the HDDVD drive....and I have one of the premiums with HDMI, will I need the VGA cord, or will a HDMI cord be just fine??

All of the other HD-DVD players cost at least twice as much as the Xbox one. Blu-Ray is the same way.

I guess I will wait for the price to drop.