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Microsoft throws DVD kit in with Xbox | |
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| Time: 05:44 EST/10:44 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Alex Harris | ||
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Microsoft announced Monday that it has begun offering a full-cost rebate for a DVD playback kit purchased in conjunction with the company's Xbox video game console. The DVD kit includes a remote control and an infrared receiver that plugs into the Xbox, allowing the console to function as a DVD movie player. Customers who buy an Xbox and the DVD kit between now and Nov. 2 will get a $30 rebate, covering the cost of the DVD kit. | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (156.80.64.120) at 8/27/2002 9:24:52 AM |
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Interesting...
Question. Just how good, exactly _is_ the XBox as a DVD player? What's the warranty on these things ? TL |
| #2 By 4379 (66.54.164.122) at 8/27/2002 9:44:04 AM |
| What about suckers such as myself who bought the Xbox about a week ago? |
| #3 By 2332 (12.105.69.158) at 8/27/2002 10:32:03 AM |
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#1 - Pretty good, but it's not progress scan... which is a shame, considering it has the ability to be.
#2 - The DVD kit is sold seperatly... go pick one up, print out the rebate, and you're good to go. |
| #4 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 8/27/2002 10:45:05 AM |
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It does work pretty well for DVD. It also has an interesting feature where you can zoom in on the picture. Otherwise works pretty much as normal.
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| #5 By 7826 (65.205.133.2) at 8/27/2002 11:04:21 AM |
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#3,
I believe you have to buy the XBox and DVD kit at the same time to get the rebate. |
| #6 By 3653 (63.162.177.140) at 8/27/2002 11:23:37 AM |
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Morindin, do you understand business at all? If McDonalds starts giving away fries with a Big Mac... should they give me 90 fries to make up for all the Big Macs I've bought over the years that didn't come with fries?
Of course not. |
| #7 By 3 (62.253.128.4) at 8/27/2002 12:46:09 PM |
| #1 - http://www.activewin.com/reviews/xbox/hardware/dvd_remote/index.shtml |
| #8 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 8/27/2002 1:06:04 PM |
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The McDonald's example was satire. It doesn't prove anything, other than perhaps your lack of a sense of humor.
As for being a "paying" customer. I'm not exactly sure what that would mean. Once you buy an XBOX, are you a "paying" customer if you buy another one? Or only if you keep buying games? Um, if you wanted to get maximum value from your XBOX, you'd have to buy new games as they were released. Promotions to get new customers really aren't going to affect existing owners any more than the price cut affects existing customers. Any early adopter knows that the price of the product comes down in time. If you wanted a better deal or promotion or whatever you should have waited. Oh, and just so you know, I'm in the same boat you are. I bought my XBOX less than three weeks after launch. I'm not complaining though. I knew what I was getting into and I'm not going to whine about it now. |
| #9 By 2960 (156.80.64.120) at 8/27/2002 2:32:26 PM |
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Thanks for the info guys !
TL |
| #10 By 4209 (64.175.184.131) at 8/27/2002 4:18:13 PM |
| #9, if you buy a car in the spring and then in the fall there is a $1000 rebate on the same car, do you get that rebate? No because you bought it early, it is the same with a sale at the Gap, if you buy a pair of jeans and two months later they go on sale do you get the diference? No you do not. Now clothing storea are somewhat diferent because some will give you the discount if the sale happens in the next 10 day after purchase, but not many. And no other companies will give the discount or diference after purchase. Look at it this way as well, if you bought a P4 2.53 Ghz a week ago do you get the diference because the price dropped this week due to the launch of the 2.8 Ghz? No you do not. It is really not that hard to understand. |
| #11 By 4209 (64.175.184.131) at 8/28/2002 9:01:08 AM |
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#14, yes I will go get the new rate, but I will not get the 2% diference for the last couple of months back. You will get your free remote if you go buy a new X-Box. Think of it this way, you buy a car and it does not have the option for a moonroof, but the next model year does and you really wanted that moonroof and it is a standard feature. What do you do? You will not get the moonroof if you call the manufacturer and bitch, the only thing you can do is trade up for the new one.
You are talking about two diferent things in your examples, the satelite and the mortgage are services you pay for, not equipment that is paid for once. Services you continue to pay for for a period of time so of course they can be re-negotiated. There is a diference between products and services. If you go buy a new stove from Sears and month later they offer it with a set of pans, you do not get those pans after the fact. It is all the luck of the draw, they lower prices and add rebates to draw more buyers, if you already own one that is your tough luck, you should not have been an early adopter. This is the way business and sales have run since long before any of us were alive, and it will never change. A company bases there profits on there sales, now you want them to give up profit because people bought early when the price was at its peak. They would rather not give rebates or discounts at all then to do this, and then you would be after them for that. You just have to live with it. |
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