Xbox 360 HD-DVD shown off

GamesIndustry.biz covered the brief snippit of news of the 360 HD-DVD drive and mentioned:

Whilst the picture quality has been deemed equal to most HD-DVD drives demonstrated at the event, the question of cost - something which every consumer is going to be acutely aware of - remains unanswered at this stage.

Microsoft is expected to launch the drive in time for Christmas, and it's thought that a specific release date and price point will be announced shortly.

Please please let it cost $100.  That would probably finish off this terrible, terrible format war.

You can see how the interface will work at a blog post from the GamerScore blog or Major Nelson's Blog.

The little doohickey from gamerscore.