If you buy an Xbox 360 HD DVD Player between today and January 31 2008, you'll be able to send in a form with the barcode from the box, then wait for a few days, then get five free films in the post.

You can't complain about that, even though it's little more than a bribe to get you to side with HD DVD in the tedious HD "format war" that only about 200 people in the world give a toss about.

AND NOW THE BAD NEWS:
The free films on offer are: Serenity, The Chronicles of Riddick, Hulk, Children of Men, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Troy, Full Metal Jacket, Corpse Bride, The Prestige, Swordfish, Black Rain, Dreamgirls, Word Trade Center.

Children of Men's quite good and the first hour of Full Metal Jacket is the best hour of entertainment in the entire history of cinema, but the rest we could do without. Although you could whack them on eBay and use the money to get a game, eh?

The Xbox 360 HD-DVD player has already seen a bit of a price cut recently, and can be picked up in most places for a little under £115. And you might get a tenner each for flogging the five films.

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