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 | Title : Xbox DVD Movie Playback Kit
Author : Microsoft
Release Date : 20021211
Binding : Electronics
Regular Price : $
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Editorial Reviews :
Got an Xbox? Do you enjoy watching DVDs? Then you need one of these. This DVD playback kit unlocks the DVD functionality of Microsoft's powerful Xbox and helps make the console an even more important addition to your home entertainment deck.
Feeling rather light in hand, this remote features large keys that feel rubbery yet firm. The kit sports some of the basic functions you'd expect from a common controller, including chapter skip, play, pause, and number buttons. There's also handy 32x fast-forward and reverse controls.
Pressing the display button calls up a friendly onscreen menu that allows access to more features, including up to 10x magnification, A-B playback loop (for cueing and viewing favorite scenes repeatedly), and subtitle and audio options. It's worth noting that many lower-cost DVD remotes have access to such features through the press of a button. The fact that this one requires you to use a menu to access such common commands may rankle DVD aficionados, as the menu is a bit slower than using buttons. Still, the menu is quite intuitive and couldn't be much easier to use.
For the remote to work, you'll need to plug the included infrared receiver into an open controller port on the Xbox. Most gamers will never need to unplug the receiver again, as you can plug it into the rarely used fourth port. Interestingly, the receiver works best when the remote is operated almost directly in front of it, and can be a little finicky when signals are sent from the far left or right.
The couch potato crowd won't be thrilled to learn that the remote does not include power or eject buttons. Why such standard features were omitted escapes us, but that is far and away the worst thing we can say about an otherwise decent control.
Buyer Reviews :
I bought this remote a few days after x-mass, I must say I am very happy with it. People wonderd about Microsoft putting out a seprate remote for just dvd playback. I found out that is is because if they were to include it in the xbox (built in) they would of had to pay a fee to have the dvd logo, thus making the price go up on this already expensive system. When you buy one of these remotes you are paying that fee. The remote is shaped like a RCA remote control, you can put the receiver in the 4th controller port and leave it in until you play a 4 player game. The remote's buttons glow in the dark making it easier to operate in the dark. It has a zoom feature unheard of in home dvd players (10x!), It also has all the other options as a regular dvd player does. The picture is great, as well as the sound. There is no eject button but I think we can live without that. Bottem line, if you don't have a DVD player and are looking for an inexpensive one, buy this. If you have a dvd player already get this anyway. It makes a great dvd player for the bedroom.
(by pyro374)
Features/Technical Specs :
* Enables DVD movie playback functionality on the Xbox
* Includes remote control
* Infrared receiver plugs into Xbox controller port
* Makes your Xbox a complete entertainment system
* Required for DVD functionality on the Xbox
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