Xbox 360 w/ HDMI spotted

[pipo]

It's not like games on HD DVD. I don't think many people complained when Nintendo released DSLite.

Or a PSTwo.

 

[J_Saint]

DSLite and PSTwo don't cost $400. I only mentioned the cable as a possibility as opposed to an all new system. Can someone translate the box details in the first post? What exactly does it say with regard to HDMI?

 

[London Geezer]

DSLite and PSTwo don't cost $400. I only mentioned the cable as a possibility as opposed to an all new system. Can someone translate the box details in the first post? What exactly does it say with regard to HDMI?

A new X360 SKU with HDMI doesn't change the ability to play games for people who bought the X360 from launch till now. In fact, it doesn't change anything to anyone, except the new owners can now plug an HDMI cable... Like PStwo never changed anything to people who had a normal PS2, and same thing for DSlite and PSone.

HDDVD games would, however affect the ability to play games of people who never bought the HDDVD add-on and don't intend to.

Two very different things.

 

[Dave Baumann]

Isn't the scaler chip in the 360 analog? If so, I don't want just an hdmi cable, I want a digital chip with hdmi port.

Scaling is a digital process.

 

[Karamazov]

I thought HDMI was only DVI+audio, isn't it ?

 

[Supernatural]

On teamxbox they say it was a photoshop:

http://forum.teamxbox.com/showpost.php?p=8431262&postcount=34

 

[London Geezer]

I thought HDMI was only DVI+audio, isn't it ?

Basically yes. With a different connector of course.

 

[one]

On teamxbox they say it was a photoshop:

http://forum.teamxbox.com/showpost.php?p=8431262&postcount=34

It's a fake by someone who can't read Japanese as the top of the list says "I/O ports". Why is "HD-DVD" listed in I/O ports? BTW, the correct name for the format is "HD DVD" without a hyphen.

 

[Supernatural]

It's a fake by someone who can't read Japanese as the top of the list says "I/O ports". Why is "HD-DVD" listed in I/O ports? BTW, the correct name for the format is "HD DVD" without a hyphen.

So it's not a fake. Great, thx.

 

[London Geezer]

So it's not a fake. Great, thx.

... I think he was saying it IS a fake?

 

[Supernatural]

... I think he was saying it IS a fake?

I mean the original one, with the HDMI text.

On the teamxbox forum they have posted a new fake picture to "disprove" the original.

The original pictures of the box are not fakes. We can still hope for an HDMI cable.

 

[jannek]

There has been some hints in AVSForum that MS might announce HDMI cable RSN. Apparently next week or something. I don't know how reliable info that is however.

 

[Dr. Nick]

Isn't the scaler chip in the 360 analog? If so, I don't want just an hdmi cable, I want a digital chip with hdmi port.

If the scaler really does matter I think the most important thing here is getting 1080p on all Tvs that support it.

 

[dobwal]

I dont think we'll ever see the DVD-based version ever disappear completely because MS has said they want to get to a 129 or $99 360 at some point this lifecycle. If they were to pack an HD-DVD drive in the unit, i think it would only be if the format entrenches itself and shows some staying power.

There is no cost advantage (and in turn a price advantage) to MS, thats clear but there is the strategic value of promoting the competing format to BR. The more value HD-DVD players have by virtue of installed base and support, the less relative value the PS3 has in terms of movie playback.

I think the HDMI thing is a definite though, regardless of the optical drive strategy.

Thats not his point. His point is current 360 have 12X DVD drives and that the HD-DVD drives' DVD speed isn't as fast (I don't know if thats true), which would affect current and future games if there were a sku with a slower DVD than 12x.

 

[scooby_dooby]

What "rumoured cable"? If MS releases an X360 with HDMI, you can use any HDMI cable ever created since the dawn of HDMI... Though i'm sure there could be MS-branded $40 HDMI cables, when you can get one for $5 online.

I think that would be MS's Todd Holmdahl saying they will provide an HDMI cable when the market ready for it. Whatever that means...as if it's not already the case.

 

[scooby_dooby]

Thats not his point. His point is current 360 have 12X DVD drives and that the HD-DVD drives' DVD speed isn't as fast (I don't know if thats true), which would affect current and future games if there were a sku with a slower DVD than 12x.

So they wait for 2nd generation HD-DVD drives with faster speeds?

 

[dobwal]

So they wait for 2nd generation HD-DVD drives with faster speeds?

How fast are the second generation HD DVD? 3x? 4x?

 

[RobertR1]

I rather they wait until HDMI is done right. In theory, 1.3 is suppose to the *it* for HDMI in terms of compatiablity and things just working as they should. Component + optical is fine by me, until then.

 

[scooby_dooby]

How fast are the second generation HD DVD? 3x? 4x?

Who knows, but it's the obvious solution to the problem you posed.

 

[dobwal]

Who knows, but it's the obvious solution to the problem you posed.

If you don't how fast second generation HD DVD drive performs, then how is that an obvious solution?