At was at a local Best Buy last night and saw a couple of HD-DVD players for the Xbox 360 for 39.99.
I remember these went on sale for like 50 a piece a while back.
Though they are pretty much like dinosaurs now, they would still make good portable DVD players.
Can be used with computers too.

I've seen them as low as $35 but who needs them now?

Staples has these in the paperweights section next to the bulk steno pads

These aren't really portable DVD players....unless you use them as a PC drive. They are not a great deal at $40, for that price I would look at eBay.....this has been the price for awhile at Fry's, but if you don't have one in the area and want one (as I do) to back up your HD-DVD movies to your computer, this is a good deal. Note they do come with King Kong on HD-DVD as well.

Yeah, not superb price. Most people buying these now are doing so mostly for the remote.

Title should read: "Near-future $2 garage sale item only $40 now...!"

Thanks OP, though I don't need one, still a good option as backup for those that own 100's of HD DVD's. Thanks for posting.

Can't use these for games. Only movies and other non game media.

leonc said:This is the regular price at Fry's also. Not really a hot price for this drive. You'd be better off getting the stand-alone A3 with 2 free movies for $50. Quality and audio is better.

Basically the only way this is a good deal for someone is if they want to rip their HD-DVD movies to their computer's HD to view or later burn onto Blu-Ray.....I have a Jimi Hendrix HD-DVD (European) that will likely never make it to Blu-Ray so I purchased one of these to rip the footage to my HD.....when Blu-Ray burners are commonplace I will burn it onto a disc....other than that I really can't see much use for this unless you only have one hookup on your TV and you want to use this as a DVD player instead of your XBOX to save the internal XBOX's drive.

superlazy said:Sweet, I can ad this to my collection of laser discs and beta tapes

Thanks for the constructive comments.....