I don't see why people are thinking up uses for their HD-DVD players.... I'm thinking about picking up a HD-DVD drive on the cheap, and the discs for reaaaally cheap, and I'll have some nice HD Movies to watch.
Funnily enough, most products with an expiration date will not expire after said date. Beer holds up to 4 months after the expiration date, soft drinks hold up to three months, depending on the what it is (Fanta will hold less than 7Up). Yogurt holds a couple of days after, as does milk and most dairy products.
It's just that that is the 'safe' date to sell it... if the product is sold after that date, thjey won't be held responsible for damages, but in order to avoid negative publicity or whatnots, they'll set the expiration date some time before the actual expiry.
Well, HD-DVD lost the format war, so some nerds (I know this by the Star Trek books/movies they have) decided to find something for their HD-DVD drive (for the Xbox 360) to do, one of those things was to hold up the transformer (I think that is what it is called?), and relive pressure on the cord
@ 360.
