The same reason people buy BMWs or Benz's as opposed to a Ford. Just because you can't afford or don't want to buy it doesn't mean there isn't a reason to. This piece of crap has analog outputs and 1080p output via HDMI.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Why on earth would anyone buy these stand alone pieces of crqap instead of just buying an Xbox 360 core and the $199 ad on hd dvd player?
Because the Xbox with the add on doesn't support the TrueHD lossless audio features of the spec.
The same reason people buy BMWs or Benz's as opposed to a Ford. Just because you can't afford or don't want to buy it doesn't mean there isn't a reason to. This piece of crap has analog outputs and 1080p output via HDMI.