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08-08-2007, 08:20 PM
|  | oPg -> sR-SonicSpeed | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oregon
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 : 70 th | | | Xbox 360 Premium Now Includes HDMI
More reason for even the biggest of Sony Fanboy's *Cough*Duke*Cough* to get a Xbox 360. It has been reported (and confirmed by Microsoft) that the new 360 Premiums (and the Halo versions) have a HDMI Port. Quote: |
Originally Posted by GameSpot
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot Posted Aug 8, 2007 3:33 pm PT
Earlier today, Shacknews reported that one of its readers had purchased the freshly cheapened Xbox 360 system (commonly known as the Xbox 360 Pro or Xbox 360 Premium system) and found that the system featured an high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) port. Previously, HDMI output had been exclusive to the pricier Xbox 360 Elite and the forthcoming Halo 3-themed 360.
A Microsoft representative confirmed the report for GameSpot, saying that HDMI-enabled Xbox 360s are starting to roll out in stores now.
"Yes, we are offering an HDMI port for Xbox 360 simply as another choice in Xbox 360 owners' games and entertainment experience," the representative said. "Retailers are gradually introducing HDMI-enabled Xbox 360s into the channel to meet demand."
Gamers can identify which consoles have the HDMI port before purchasing because the system will have an HDMI logo on the external packaging. Don't bother looking for the logo on Core systems just yet, however; the representative told GameSpot,
"We have not announced any plans to add HDMI to the Xbox 360 Core System."
As for whether or not the new HDMI-equipped Xbox 360 systems include the anticipated 65nm chips, the representative wouldn't say.
"We are constantly updating the console's more than 1,700 internal components and therefore will not comment on details of specific components or manufacturing processes," he said.
First announced last year, the 65nm chips run cooler than the 90nm chips in the original design of the Xbox 360. Those chips' heat output remains the prime suspect in the widely reported Xbox 360 failures which prompted Microsoft to extend the console's warranty to three years, costing it $1.08 billion last quarter alone.
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08-08-2007, 08:36 PM
|  | Pyro Suicide Rush | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: northeast
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: 83 rd | | | the only reasons i havent bought an exbox 60 are price and failure. if they fix one, i might be tempted. 50 bucks isnt a lot, and it is yet to be seen whether the new models have problems. i am hoepful..i want rockband
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08-08-2007, 09:01 PM
|  | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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: 78 th | | that's good news for sure...im about lay down some bux on a new TV too.  |
08-08-2007, 09:21 PM
|  | Indestructible | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: IT
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| | | HDMI Port? You mean there wasn't one already? I was thinking that they were including an HDMI cable with the new 360s. That would have been nice. Dam Microsoft, welcome to 2007.
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08-08-2007, 10:13 PM
|  | The Sky is Over | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston
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Originally Posted by Ruxor | bwhahahahahahahha...
it still breaks... |
08-08-2007, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Dukefrukem
it still breaks...
| lolz! My friend drove 40 minutes after work just to come play my ps3... lol
But I thought they shoulda came with HDMI ports in the first place... HDTV was already well established by then. Better late than never, i guess.
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08-09-2007, 12:47 PM
| | oPg -> sR-SonicSpeed | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oregon
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Originally Posted by akabaloo
But I thought they shoulda came with HDMI ports in the first place... HDTV was already well established by then. Better late than never, i guess.
| Well when the 360 came out HDMI was at revision 1.0 or 1.1 they have added alot since then.
Better late then never is good, but if I were to get a 360 I'd just get a VGA Cable and call it good since all I have is a Dell P1130 (21" CRT)
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08-09-2007, 12:49 PM
| | The Sky is Over | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston
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: 89 th | | | ill buy an elite now... 65 nano chip!! |  |
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