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The folks over at HP have shown the first of what is sure to be a number of HD-DVD drive add-ons for your PC.

Hewlett Packard’s HD100 is an external HD-DVD drive that plugs into your PC’s USB 2.0 port and can read HD DVDs, DVDs and CDs. Read speeds…

In line with earlier predictions, it’s now been confirmed that the HD DVD add-on for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will launch in the U.S. in mid-November for $199 USD.

The drive will include a HD DVD copy of Peter Jackson’s King King remake for a limited time, and also comes with…

In another blow to Sony’s floundering Blu-Ray format, Universal Pictures has announced that it will be dropping support for the disc format. For the forseaable future, the will solely release high definition discs in HD-DVD format.

With all of the problems with Blu-Ray laser supplies affecting the PS3 launch, I’m…

Kotaku has revealed information from a reliable source that Microsoft will announce a November 22nd launch for the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive accessory in Japan.

Pricing is expected to be a Blu-Ray killing 19800 yen (appx. $168 USD!) in Japan, but it’s likely to run about $199 in the US,…

The folks over at NewLaunches are reporting on a rumor out of Taiwan that the Xbox 360 may get a built in HD-DVD drive in 2007. Optical disc drive industry insiders say that Microsoft is working on a revision to the 360 that would embed the high-definition video player into…

Microsoft has just posted the product page for the forthcoming add-on HD DVD drive for the Xbox 360…. No new details have been revealed at this point, but here’s hoping it’s an indication that the device is likely to be released soon.

The drive is widely anticipated to retail