10.4 Million Xbox 360s Sold; IPTV, HDMI, and 120GB HDD on the Way?

So, I guess this is going to make my launch 360 obsolete at some point.

Damn, why do they do this stuff?

I had to get a second XBOX and PS2 because, at some point, they stopped being able to play newer games in which only newer models could read.

This is the only way I see that I'm going to be able to fully take advantage of all the new features is to have to eventually buy a whole new system.

 

All this, coupled with the degree of difficulty and the risk of glitches, has tought me never to buy at launch.

 

I'm confused. They want to change the specs on the 360 and still call it the 360? Why don't they just call it the XBox 540? What would be the point of an existing 360 owner buying a HDMI-capable Zephyr 360 in the future? Doesn't the current 360 support 1080p with the release of the 2006 fall update?

Edit: Oh...I guess below explains it. MS is trying to pull a fast one over existing xbox 360 owners because...well...they seemingly have to if they truly want 1080p support. Can't help but feeling a little jipped over all this...if I were to buy a 1080p set that only supports 1080p over HDMI. This is MS cutting corners in their race to the market.

 

you guys never heard of Costco? that's why I bought my 360 there, cause I knew I would trade it in at some point for a new hardware revision down the road

 

argh i just bought my 360 back in november. i have the patch for 1080p for it i wonder if microsoft will release a AV->hdmi cable for the existing owners that will do 1080p

 

FIOS from Verizon and Uverse from AT&T are forms of IPTV (depending on your strictest definition), and people have had it for at least 1 or 2 years in the San Antonio/Dallas areas. MS seems to be saying the Xbox can be used to tune into an IPTV signal. Whoopie. lol.

 

If true, the 120 GB HDD will probably be sold seperately anyway, so I'm not too worried about that. The HDMI is the only thing I'd miss, I suppose.

 

I bought a 360 in December. I'm just glad they extended the warranty from 90 days to one year. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2006/1222-xbox360warrantyextended.htm

 

i thought if they did hdmi it would just be a cable add on. so i have to buy a whole new system if i want that? f#$k microsoft.

 

Do you guys have tv's with 2 HDMI ports?

If not, how the hell are you plugging in your HDMI cable box in, as well as a console?

This is a non-issue. The HD-DVD & 120GB drives are optional add-ons.

So is the HDMI in a way. You'll have a big price drop on the 2 existing models of 360's and the HDMI model will come in at what the Premium does now.

99% of the people on this earth do not have HDMI, or have never heard of it.
They'll go for the 2 other models.

It's about options.

Was I pissed when a couple of years after the original PS2 was released that Sony intro'd a slimmer, better version? No. My games still played on it & I had yeard of good play on my original console - sunken costs - bought the new one.

Maybe if you have a super HD-tv and just now bought your 360 then yeah that kinda sucks, but you're in the tininest minority of people in that situation.

Personally I think this is awesome. When I end up buying a tv capable of taking advantage of the 360's full capabilities, THEN i'll worry about this HDMI ****. At that point my older 360 become my older tv's game/DVD player.

 

Agreed. Well, that and the silly launch prices. I'm still loving my PS2. FFXII is awesome, and God of War 2 comes out ~March, not for the PS3, but for the PS2.

I remember the first time I saw an original PlayStation. I was most thoroughly NOT impressed. And I was comparing that to my Super Nintendo. My point is that with rare exception, developers don't figure out how to fully utilize a new systems capabilities for at least a year.

I'm happy waiting and picking up Greatest Hits for $20 in the meantime while the kinks get worked out, games get better, and prices (hopefully) drop.

And just to show that I'm on topic: Microsoft sucks arse.

 

the 360 hd-dvd player doesn't upscale old dvd's without hdmi am i correct? if there's a way around this then i don't care about hdmi as i don't really think the quality between that and component is an issue. i love the games on my 360 it's just frustrating to buy add-ons and potentially a new system to get the same features the ps3 has built-in.

 

i think the vga cable is the only way to output 1080p right now for the 360. i dont mind getting the vga cable but i heard on the hd-dvds it boxes in the image so it doesnt fill the entire screen. that would be really gay if i have my 61 inch and end up with only like 50'inch of view area and it would look funny to have the bars on the side and top and bottom

 

The VGA cable looks like **** on my TV. I ended up taking it back. I have the component cables, HD-DVD, and the 46" Samsung 1080p LCD. I think it looks fantastic. I use the 360 now as my primary DVD player.

I have a Denon receiver that has three HDMI inputs and upconverts the component inputs and feeds them all through the single HDMI output. It is super sweet!

The bigger HD for a 360 isn't a big deal since you can upgrade what you have anyway. There are tutorials online on how to do it.

I don't know much about the IPTV but it sounds sweet. I'd use it.

 

Baiter,
My friend just boought the same 46 1080p Samsung. it does look bad on VGA.
I read that VGA performance is different for every TV with the 360.
The Xbox dvd player is fine at 480p. I got a samsung upscale dvd player, and i really dont notice to huge of an improvement for upscaling dvds.

Also Ive been renting HD DVDs instead of regular DVDs anyways.

 

why are you renting HD-DVDs when you don't have an HD-DVD player? Is it because it still looks better on regular players?

 

The Xbox 360 has been out a year or so. So they're upgrading the specs on it. What's the big deal? That happens all the time in the electronics industry. It's called progress. I don't see a reason to be mad about it.