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[elitegamer360]

QUOTE(Chancer @ Dec 6 2007, 09:04 PM)

Because too many people refuse to see any flaws in anything MS. Too many people believing no difference in a high end player vs a 360.
Personally I never would use my 360 for DVd playback. I already have better equipment, but if someone wants a one machine solution, I can see why they would be disappointed.

I can agree with all what you said, and like you I dont use my 360 for DVD playback but some times I just have a preview for fun. To me the DVD, SD material, Divx and Xvid that I have tried on the 360 looks awesome through my 32" HDTV and I find it even better than all my £100 DVD players and Xvid Combo players that I have bought during the years. I just trashed all of them last month because I use my XBOX XBMC all the time now and I've converted all my media library to Digital storage so no need for DVD players any more.

Even the stuff that I play using XBMC looks better using the 360, but I would never use the 360 for now because:
1- Gets too hot.
2- Too much power consumption for DVD, SD, or HD playback.
3- I only want to use it for Gaming.
4- XBMC functionality, ease of playback and features Superseds the 360.

and ONLY when MS releases the 65nm CPU with lower power consuption then I will be using it more for DVD/HD playback "I'm gona have to buy a Second 360 thought" lol.

to summarise, I find the Xvid, Divx, DVD and HD playback using the 360 is awesome and I would not see why every one is bitching about it, as if they sit 1-inch away from the screen and they can spot every single artifact with the picture...

The guy who wrote the article is retard and every one whos bitching about the picture quality needs to get a life, go get girl friend and/or buy a Denon.

[lcprove]

Every HD-DVD movie I've watched through the 360 HD-DVD addon looks badass, Transformers included.  I like the HD-DVD addon just as much as my PS3's Blue-Ray player.  I watch my movies on a 42" Toshiba Regza via component with the 360 and HDMI with the PS3.  I see no differences except sometimes the Blue-Ray movies can actually look a little worse (maybe the encoding was bad) but the Spiderman trilogy on it is outstanding so I know Blue-Ray is fine.

[Elemino]

QUOTE(HotKnife420 @ Dec 6 2007, 10:35 AM)

To advertise the 360 should be the "hub for your media center experience", is to imply superb DVD/HD-DVD playback, not just a machine that will play them, but not as well as a standalone device and you should just buy our HD-WMV's or whatever.

Since when has any all-in-one solution you can BUY (that excludes xbmc) been the best at all of the things it can do? With ANYthing in electronics, separate components are ALWAYS better than any all-in-one solution. That can include anything from 3/4 in 1 printers, to HTIB's that come with a built in DVD player and have 5.1 capability. The only problem I see is ppl taking the companies too literally. It's their job to make themselves sound good. No company is going to advertise and say, "Well we have an okay player, but you could do better. Still you should buy ours." Never forget, the number 1 purpose for ANY business is to make money. Period. They tell you the good stuff and the posibilities, and they leave the bad stuff out. I've seen vendors come into my store and down talk other brands to make themselves look good. Pitiful... but none the less it is their job to make their company look good no matter what.

[HotKnife420]

QUOTE(Elemino @ Dec 7 2007, 09:06 AM)

Since when has any all-in-one solution you can BUY (that excludes xbmc) been the best at all of the things it can do? With ANYthing in electronics, separate components are ALWAYS better than any all-in-one solution. That can include anything from 3/4 in 1 printers, to HTIB's that come with a built in DVD player and have 5.1 capability. The only problem I see is ppl taking the companies too literally. It's their job to make themselves sound good. No company is going to advertise and say, "Well we have an okay player, but you could do better. Still you should buy ours." Never forget, the number 1 purpose for ANY business is to make money. Period. They tell you the good stuff and the posibilities, and they leave the bad stuff out. I've seen vendors come into my store and down talk other brands to make themselves look good. Pitiful... but none the less it is their job to make their company look good no matter what.

 And that makes it ok.