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Author Xbox 360 Might Incorporate an HD-DVD Drive

2005-06-28, 12:33 am

*Microsoft / Bill Gates is leaning towards the HD-DVD format

* there is a *possibility* that Xbox 360 could have an HD-DVD drive, but the
all important details are unknown.

* even if Xbox 360 gets HD-DVD, that does not automatically mean games will
use it.

*If Xbox 360 comes with HD-DVD later down the road, and therefore, the first
wave of Xbox 360's only have standard DVD, that *probably* means that
HD-DVD is for movie playback only, not games.

* Xbox 360 games would probably therefore only be on HD-DVD *IF* *ALL*
Xbox 360s come with HD-DVD from the start.


http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8591/...e-HD-DVD-Drive/
http://www.tinyurl.com/898p2
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index...260;fp;2;fpid;1
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin...b20050628a2.htm


did I miss anything ?


Aaron J. Bossig

2005-06-28, 8:34 pm

"Ron Mexico" <Estoscacahuates@comcast.net> wrote in
news:Nbydnfls5NAr_VzfRVn-1A@comcast.com:
quote:

>
> <xenos> wrote in message news:B5CdnVV2TexZJl3fRVn-pw@comcast.com...
>
> What kind of logic is that?


The kind that figures all PS2 games were on DVD, because it had a
DVD drive from the start.



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Ron Mexico

2005-06-28, 8:34 pm


<xenos> wrote in message news:B5CdnVV2TexZJl3fRVn-pw@comcast.com...
quote:

> * Xbox 360 games would probably therefore only be on HD-DVD *IF* *ALL*
> Xbox 360s come with HD-DVD from the start.
>


What kind of logic is that?
quote:

>
> http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8591/...e-HD-DVD-Drive/
> http://www.tinyurl.com/898p2
> http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index...260;fp;2;fpid;1
> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin...b20050628a2.htm
>
>
> did I miss anything ?
>



RichA

2005-06-29, 12:32 am

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:53:56 -0500, <xenos> wrote:
quote:

>*Microsoft / Bill Gates is leaning towards the HD-DVD format
>
>* there is a *possibility* that Xbox 360 could have an HD-DVD drive, but the
>all important details are unknown.
>
>* even if Xbox 360 gets HD-DVD, that does not automatically mean games will
>use it.
>
>*If Xbox 360 comes with HD-DVD later down the road, and therefore, the first
>wave of Xbox 360's only have standard DVD, that *probably* means that
>HD-DVD is for movie playback only, not games.
>
>* Xbox 360 games would probably therefore only be on HD-DVD *IF* *ALL*
>Xbox 360s come with HD-DVD from the start.


Wow! A HD-DVD drive in an Xbox. Now I can watch it on my $4000 HDTV!
The wonder of the Xbox; All that capability, and the CHEAPEST
electronics you can find. Audiophiles, beware.
-Rich
Ron Mexico

2005-06-29, 12:32 am


"RichA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:4p24c159ja0rhfq6vvk1eb6pbrddqh5dgk@4ax.com...
quote:

> On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:53:56 -0500, <xenos> wrote:
>
>
> Wow! A HD-DVD drive in an Xbox. Now I can watch it on my $4000 HDTV!
> The wonder of the Xbox; All that capability, and the CHEAPEST
> electronics you can find. Audiophiles, beware.
> -Rich


You can get an HDTV for less than $1000 nowadays.


GMAN

2005-06-29, 3:35 am

In article <hIydnbMNM_lli1_fRVn-pA@comcast.com>, "Ron Mexico" <Estoscacahuates@comcast.net> wrote:
quote:

>
>"RichA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
>news:4p24c159ja0rhfq6vvk1eb6pbrddqh5dgk@4ax.com...
>
>You can get an HDTV for less than $1000 nowadays.
>
>

Not a GOOD one.

David Eckard

2005-06-29, 3:35 am

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 02:46:15 UTC, RichA <none@none.com> wrote:
quote:

> Wow! A HD-DVD drive in an Xbox. Now I can watch it on my $4000 HDTV!
> The wonder of the Xbox; All that capability, and the CHEAPEST
> electronics you can find. Audiophiles, beware.
>

MS announced the XBox 360 before E3. That is because it is not JUST a
gaming system. MS is after your livingroom, all of it.

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TokaMundo

2005-06-29, 6:31 am

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 04:56:49 GMT, glenzabr@xmission.com (GMAN) Gave
us:
quote:

>In article <hIydnbMNM_lli1_fRVn-pA@comcast.com>, "Ron Mexico" <Estoscacahuates@comcast.net> wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
>Not a GOOD one.



Bullshit, LCD boy.

My Toshiba Dual mode 36" CRT is miles better than any LCD yet made.
No built in tuner, but definitely full HD when one is on it.

The only thing that really beats it is the 19 million pixel OLED IBM
monitor.

CRTs are still king, and this one is now at less than $900.

LCDs and Plasmas both exhibit "confetti" anomalies in moving action
imagery. No such animal on these babies.

One can declare the number of grams of grass is embedded in the guys
jersey... right off the broadcast air!!!

CRTs rule! Toshiba rules CRTs.
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