It doesn't really look like it though..... it seems to have an infrared and controller ports on it like a normal Xbox 360; the HD-DVD drive doesn't have anything else on its front besides the drive-bay door: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360hddvdplayer/
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HD-DVD addon.
It doesn't really look like it though..... it seems to have an infrared and controller ports on it like a normal Xbox 360; the HD-DVD drive doesn't have anything else on its front besides the drive-bay door: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360hddvdplayer/
I think it was meant to be a joke...
I really wouldn't mine having a HD-DVD player, since its so cheap i'm sure they could do it at very little cost.