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Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: sn4k13s on July 30, 2005, 01:34:00 PM
HD-DVD and XBOX 360

considering the source i dont know how accurate it is, but i thought i would post it anyways.  i want HD-DVD
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: Andy51 on July 30, 2005, 02:12:00 PM
Lol, Thats the the inquirer, basically gaming's tabiold.... I don't believe it, and when Fox has agreed to have Blu-Ray, I believe M$ will stick with DVD to reduce any form of risk....
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: Romps on July 30, 2005, 02:30:00 PM
QUOTE(Andy51 @ Jul 30 2005, 10:23 PM)
Lol, Thats the the inquirer, basically gaming's tabiold.... I don't believe it, and when Fox has agreed to have Blu-Ray, I believe M$ will stick with DVD to reduce any form of risk....
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: jk009 on July 30, 2005, 03:05:00 PM
I really don't like HD-DVD at all.  To me, it is like upgrading the DVD 1 notch to make it seem better.  Then you have Blu-Ray technology that is many steps higher.  What do you want, the 1 step up or the many steps higher. uhh.gif
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: Romps on July 30, 2005, 03:05:00 PM
QUOTE(NumberOneRB @ Jul 30 2005, 11:09 PM)
(and for the people who think MS will have some return/exchange policy to update your drives you guys are living in a fantasy world).  They're losing money as it is they're not going to lose more money just so people can upgrade a disc drive that probably should have been used as the standard format in the first place.
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: Carlo210 on July 30, 2005, 03:28:00 PM
Since no one as of yet is supporting blu-ray, including Hollywood, then that is why I'd rather have Hd-Dvd. Hollywood is supporting Hd-Dvd, meaning that is what movies will be on.
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: Andy51 on July 30, 2005, 03:49:00 PM
I don't really care for a next-gen format right now... DVD is still new to me still after owning it for like 4 years...
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: XanTium on July 30, 2005, 09:59:00 PM
This news is based on what Bill Gates said over 1 month ago in Japan.
see:
http://www.xbox-scen...ukyssKIOgCU.php (June 27th!)

His exact words were:
 ``The initial shipments of Xbox 360 will be based on today's DVD format,'' Gates said. ``We are looking at whether future versions of Xbox will incorporate an additional capability of an HD DVD player or something else.''
Gates said MS hasn't ``solely'' backed either DVD format.

So nothing is confirmed so far.
I have no idea why several sites suddenly start running this 1m old news again. (even slashdot!)
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: B1ZKIT on July 30, 2005, 10:24:00 PM
More reliable source maybe?

http://news.softpedi...-360-3902.shtml
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: XanTium on July 30, 2005, 10:33:00 PM
QUOTE(B1ZKIT @ Jul 31 2005, 06:35 AM)
More reliable source maybe?
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: Twasi on July 30, 2005, 10:43:00 PM
Yeah this is old, so far Bill has said they might incorporate it but if they did it would most certainly be in a 'second edition' model and not at launch. He also said it would be strictly for HD movies so you wont see games being stored on HD-DVD's. I don't see them marketing a second version of the 360, they wil probably just wait until launch and let people forget about it.
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: jlet19 on July 30, 2005, 11:21:00 PM
all i have to say is FUCK BILL. fuck him to hell. fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.

this shit pisses me off. the later releases and add-ons are just a way for them to keep the cost lost on consoles low and to make money off the "later add-ons."

money drinking son of a bitch
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: Trisman on July 31, 2005, 02:29:00 AM
QUOTE(scienide @ Jul 31 2005, 09:53 AM)
I found some other info today that got me wonder whats the source of this...
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: corridon on July 31, 2005, 02:34:00 AM
ONce they upgrade to HD DVD will all games use it or only the ones that need to?

I would only get it if they let me trade in my old 360 and pay a small extra fee for the upgrade.
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: Twasi on July 31, 2005, 03:00:00 AM
QUOTE(corridon @ Jul 31 2005, 10:45 AM)
ONce they upgrade to HD DVD will all games use it or only the ones that need to?
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: XanTium on July 31, 2005, 08:33:00 AM
QUOTE(scienide @ Jul 31 2005, 09:53 AM)
I found some other info today that got me wonder whats the source of this...
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: twistedsymphony on July 31, 2005, 12:26:00 PM
QUOTE(XanTium @ Jul 31 2005, 10:44 AM)
as far as I know the Xbox 360 can not have a digital video output. The design of the ATI R500 Xenos GPU hasn't been made to have any digital output.
Title: Xbox 360 And Hd-dvd
Post by: M1ndL3sS on August 02, 2005, 12:17:00 PM
Any move later in the game to put Blu-ray or HD-DVD into 360 would be really bad, because there'd be people who would feel shafted out of high def movie playback because they bought the 360 before they put this stuff in, external addons or whatever won't work, add-ons don't normally do so well, developers would have a "why the fuck?" look on their faces at the sight of a new drive placed into 360's because there are some out there that would have wanted a next-gen optical disc with large amounts of space for their games rather than the current DVD.