I think I have to jump into the fight now ...

http://www.digg.com/xbox_360/Buy_a_360_DVD_player_get_5_HD_DVDs_Heroes_HD

We all know about the 5 free BR and HD-DVD movies, but with Best Buy, check this:

Buy the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on with King Kong HD-DVD (1)

Get Heroes boxset for free (2)

Get two more HD-DVDs in store for free (4)

AND ... get the 5 free HD-DVDs via mail-in rebate. That's 9 movies, yall.

I was going to stay out for a while longer, but I have to jump in after seeing this. And all this for under $200. Pretty sweet deal ...

My picks?

Transformers
300
King Kong
Heroes
Babel
Pitch Black
Full Metal Jacket
Darkman
The Frighteners

This is gonna be my early Christmas present. I am gonna get it Monday.

No spiderman 3 for you man?

*Runs out and buys it*

Wow. That's bonkers. I might just get that now.

Nice deal... hypothetically, I'd get

Carlitos Way
Goodfellas
Unforgiven
Bladerunner
Casino
Children Of Men
Blood Diamond
Serenity

I was a naysayer of HD DVD and Blu-Ray in the past even though I bought one last Xmas. Last week, I bought Transformers HD DVD and now I am sold on the HiDef players. I'm not sure if Blu-Ray has it but HD DVD has web downloading features that allow you to get more content. And watching Transformers on my big screen with HD DVD was utterly shocking compared to the regular DVD (Which I also bought)...

I'm going to get another few players for my other TVs now and will only buy movies in HiDef form...

Sweet list, but the 5 free mail-in movies are from this list: 

Unfortunately, you can't pick ANY five hd-dvd's that you want. Here's the link to the actual rebate:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=cat12105&type=page&rebateid=70158&skuid=8132095&h=403

Select 5 HD DVDs
**ONLY SELECT ONE HD DVD FROM EACH CATEGORY**
***********************************

Category A
( ) Aeon Flux [PG-13]
( ) Babel [R]
( ) The Italian Job[PG-13]
 
Category B
( ) The Hulk [PG-13]
( ) Pitch Black [NR]
( ) The Thing [R]

Category C
( ) Charlie & The Choclate Factory [PG]
( ) Swordfish [PG]
( ) Full Metal Jacket [R]
 
Category D
( ) Firewall [PG-13]
( ) The Frighteners [NR]
( ) U2: Rattle and Hum [PG-13]

Category E
( ) Black Rain [R]
( ) Darkman [R]
( ) Troy [R]

Still, to start off with 9 movies is pretty sweet. 

It's quit a nice deal.
So they are pushing out all the HD-dvd add-on. Guess they made a lot of them hu :)
Transformers with less audio quality then the Blu-ray version in 2008 ")

Or you can buy a standalone HD-DVD player so you won't wear out your Xbox360, you never know when the RROD might show it's power.

Keep buying it so you can deplete the HD-DVD add-on stock. In 2008/2009 the new SKU will have a HD-DVD player build inside it's which looks cooler then something attached to your Xbox360.

Or you can buy Toshiba's dual player (HD-DVD and Blu-ray) :)

Have phun

boo.. I should've known there was a catch. ;)

That's actually a really nice deal but I still refuse to buy in until there's a clear winner. I really don't want to have the risk of having a dead format and having to keep a player around for that dead format.

Also, how do you get Heroes for free?