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

tinman · Jan 6, 2007

Storm Surge said:

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?
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what makes you think i dont have an hd-dvd player?
i bought the xbox360 hd dvd drive.

mogrod · Jan 6, 2007

Well, the HDMI was not the only thing I was talking about earlier.

Like the posted article eluded to, the oldest mosels have heating issues that would cause many owners to REALLY think about leaving their systems on for a long time to do a lot of the things they are talking about doing. Hell, it takes hours upon hours to download the movies and shows they have on now.

I'm really not upset about it, but it just seems the trend is going in the direction that eventually I'm going to have to get a newer model to handle all the new features and/or hardware.

jtotheb · Jan 6, 2007

Dr of Dunk said:

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.
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I would REALLY love to know when either one of those is going to hit Houston.

Brando2101 · Jan 7, 2007

Storm Surge said:

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?
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HD-DVD and blu ray disks can't be read on a normal dvd player so I'm guessing he has the hddvd add on

Outlier · Jan 7, 2007

tinman said:

what makes you think i dont have an hd-dvd player?
i bought the xbox360 hd dvd drive.

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You don't have a hd-dvd player. That's a fake picture.
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Outlier · Jan 7, 2007

I still don't understand what HDMI is. Can someone explain HDMI to me in cave man? Seriously. I tried wikipedia and I still don't get it.

RC Cola · Jan 7, 2007

It is basically allows for the best picture and sound quality out of all the available interfaces (component, VGA, composite, etc.). It is uncompressed and all-digital, allowing for much less degradation than other solutions. It also has the necessary bandwidth to support 1080p resolution, or even higher (IIRC).

HDMI also supports DRM technology. This hasn't happened yet, but HD DVD and Blu-ray movie studios have the option of turning on a little switch on a HD DVD/Blu-ray player (called a ICT flag) when you're watching a movie that will basically restrict the resolution to 540p unless you are watching it via HDMI. IOW, if your TV did not support HDMI, you could not watch the movie in HD. This is their way of preventing piracy, although I hope it isn't ever necessary (not even sure why it would help).

So if you have the option of hooking up your video game console using HDMI or something else, use HDMI. Not sure if these links would be any better than Wikipedia, but they might help out if you have any more questions:
http://www.hdmi.org/consumer/faq.asp
http://www.cnet.com.au/hometheatre/accessories/0,239028666,240004563,00.htm

RC Cola · Feb 8, 2007

An update, although probably nothing more than a rumor at this point:
http://www.mcvuk.com/Shock-new-deluxe-360-arriving-soon

Rumours have surfaced on the web suggesting that a black Xbox 360 with a huge 120GB hard drive is to hit retail soon as a PS3 launch spoiler.
Official Xbox Magazine reports that sources at Australian retail chain Myers have leaked Microsoft’s plans to launch the suped-up console just in time for the launch of PS3 in an attempt to deflect attention from its bitter next-gen rival.

The rumours suggest that the special edition console will retail for AUS$749, which works out as around £295. The sources even suggest that the ‘new’ console has even been demoed to them. The speculation is also all over the Xbox forums, with one poster insisting:

“Just got back from another product knowledge day and official word from Microsoft is that there is a black 360, (black controller too) with HDMI and a 120GB hard drive coming out here soon, for $749. Probably around April, but possibly late March to take on the PS3 launch.”

It is a further hint at the long-standing rumours of a newly improved 360 model that will include a HDMI port and that hugely expanded hard drive.

When MCV contacted Microsoft about the rumours, the firm’s spokesperson could neither confirm or deny the rumours.

“We haven’t announced such a product,” he told MCV. “What we have delivered is the most powerful and affordable video game system on the planet today. And with games like Halo 3, Guitar Hero 2, Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto 4 and Forza Motorsport 2, the story of the year on Xbox 360 is the games, not the hardware.
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http://www.gamersreports.com/news/4966/120gig-black-xbox360-with-hdmi-official/

Just yesterday our inside source gave us a tip that Microsoft Australia has told a store named Myer to prepare the store for a Black 360 with a 120GB hard drive in April. Well day 2 of product knowledge today (Brisbane, Australia) featured Microsoft themselves and it's now 100% official that the Black 360, (with black controller), 120gb hard drive and HDMI is due out in Australia for $749 AU in April. They will try to push this forward to late March to deter buyers from the March 23 PS3 launch. Hopefully we see this good news sometime in Europe and USA. Should you take it as a grain of salt or not, whats your thoughts?

*Update: Apparently, our source claims that there are photos of this unit floating around. We will try to procure them.
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tinman · Feb 8, 2007

RC Cola said:

For those unfamilar with IPTV, here's the Wiki link for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPTV
Pretty cool stuff...I think I saw a demo of it by MS a year or two ago at CES. They'll probably show off more of it in a few days during their CES keynote (or at some event).
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Saw that at CES this year. They were watching foodnetwork and then you get this RCCola99 sent you a message thing.. it was cool!

UTweezer · Feb 8, 2007

the rumor is that the 2nd version of the 360 will be black w/black controllers

which rccola mentioned above

UTweezer · Feb 8, 2007

tinman said:

what makes you think i dont have an hd-dvd player?
i bought the xbox360 hd dvd drive.

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are people who buy the core system, cheap skates?

bladeage · Feb 8, 2007

UTweezer said:

are people who buy the core system, cheap skates?
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yes...yes they are.

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