"Important" Xbox360 news

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by NEONKNIGHT

Wow! you can hear that Axe grinding away at 1000 paces.

Cease the baiting now.

[shawty]

Originally Posted by Mick

If you are going to post anything that isn't to do with the topic then I will tell you to *Shut up* and if you fail to abide by my or Stuarts request or argue with our request, I will shut you up on a more permanent basis. You have been warned.

What was all that about? I was actually back on topic when someone suddenly comes and tells me to shut up. While having a word with me for going of topic, dont you think you should be having words with someone else for telling me to shut up.

Surely, doing what you have done is just going of topic even further, if you wanted to put me in my place surely do it on PM, more so when I had already gone back on topic.

[MadGamer]

Piece of advice mate, quit now before your banned, its only a matter of time.

Originally Posted by shawty

What was all that about? I was actually back on topic when someone suddenly comes and tells me to shut up. While having a word with me for going of topic, dont you think you should be having words with someone else for telling me to shut up.

I will tell you what that was all you about - your account is now suspended until futher notice. You will learn not to argue with a team decision shawty.

Originally Posted by shawty

Surely, doing what you have done is just going of topic even further, if you wanted to put me in my place surely do it on PM, more so when I had already gone back on topic.

I will communicate with you how I like and you are in no position to dictate to me otherwise - I am the one wearing the team avatar.

I wish Microsoft did what Apple do and have the Keynote in the morning. I don't wait till tommorow!!

It's happening at 2:30 our time, when we wake tommorow we will know this and anything else microsoft are going to reveal! Let's hope its good and it's bill gates last time here as keynote speaker so let's hope they give him a good send-off!

[peanut]

If or when my 360 dies and if I decide to get another, I'm still not sure if I'd get a HD one or not. I'm still totally happy with DVD quality films till something more clear cut comes my way (or a BR or HD winner). I have heard a lot of good things about Blu-ray quality wise though.

Still, you can't stop progress even though it is taking longer than I thought.

[Niles Crane]

If anybody is interested enough, you can watch the CES live at http://www.microsoft.com/ces/

[popper]

hmm interesting, i DID SAY a while back , it would be a good idea if NTL/tw/VM finally commissioned/buy in a new powerful STB that used the PPC/CELL and a good gfx card as its base, perhaps they should have listened to me instead of pushing through the antiquated massively underpowered mpeg2 only V+:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/06/b...l-ces-keynote/
"7:15PM PT - MGM! "Xbox Live will provide 2x on-demand content than any cable or sat provider. Our approach to TV isn't just through Xbox --

Media Center continues its success, and is on the vast majority of PCs in the market to date." Talking about Media Center Extender tech: "New extenders from Samsung and HP -- which we already heard about last week."

Finally Mediaroom (MSFT's awesome IPTV service): "First, we have tech called DVR anywhere -- distribute recorded content around the house."

Talking about interactive services with CNN. "The final announcement, last year we talked about the 360 being an STB -- this year we're excited to announce that BT will be the first to provide that capability. But a 360 and use it as an STB for your TV."
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i assume 'but' is a typo, and they mean 'buy'.

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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=16849
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At the keynote, Microsoft exec Robbie Bach said that with the new additions, the Live Marketplace will have "more than twice as much HD content as any cable provider."

The company also announced, turning to future IPTV developments via its Microsoft Mediaroom campaign, that UK cable provider British Telecom would soon be selling a specialized Xbox 360 with Mediaroom functionality built in. No similar announcement has yet been made for North America.

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other CES news
http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_ro...ase/32521.html

SONY DEBUTS SUB $200 BD-ROM DRIVE FOR BLU-RAY MOVIE PLAYBACK ON THE PC

LAS VEGAS (CES Booth #14200), Jan. 6, 2008 – Sony Electronics today announced an internal BD-ROM drive that can upgrade an existing desktop computer into a high-definition Blu-ray Disc™ player, as well as a DVD and a CD player.

The new BDU-X10S BD-ROM drive comes with CyberLink’s PowerDVD BD Edition software for playback of commercial movie titles, recorded Blu-ray Disc home videos, DVD-ROMs and CD-ROMs.

“The BD-ROM drive’s sub-$200 price tag offers consumers a very viable option to discover and enjoy the nearly 500 high-definition Blu-ray Disc movies released to date,” said Bob DeMoulin,

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The BDU-X10S drive features a Serial ATA (SATA) interface and standard 5.25-inch form-factor for easy installation inside contemporary desktop PCs running the Microsoft® Windows Vista™ or Windows XP operating system.

The included CyberLink PowerDVD BD Edition software also supports playback of recorded Blu-ray Discs in MPEG-2 or H.264 format, standard DVD-Video discs or recorded DVDs encoded with MPEG-2 or AVCHD formats.

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[SMHarman]

If buying an XBox now I would love it to be HD. I have HD broadcast/DVR and a ready supply of HD or BR DVD from Netflix for no extra cost but cannot justify the cost of a standalone HD/BR DVD player at the moment when my progressive scan one does such a good job on SD DVD. Most wow at that picture and only when you switch over to an HD channel realise how much sharper HD takes it.

That said SD DVD for certain movies gives it a more cinematic look.

So, what are the chances of VM jumping on the Xbox STB then? BT are said to be the "first provider" meaning others to follow???

Well all they added was more videos, which will properly be US only. Lame.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by NEONKNIGHT

So, what are the chances of VM jumping on the Xbox STB then? BT are said to be the "first provider" meaning others to follow???

Almost zero, I would have thought. They didn't even go for the mpeg4 version of the Scientific Atlanta Explorer box they used for the v+

[ShadowTD]

That's pretty awesome news. By a 'BT Specific' version, do you think it will have a bigger hard drive?

Will be watching this one with interest. Although if MS want to push the 360 as media STB, they'd better make it a darn sight quieter! My 175w Falcon still kicks up a fair racket.

[Uncle Peter]

Originally Posted by ShadowTD

That's pretty awesome news. By a 'BT Specific' version, do you think it will have a bigger hard drive?

Will be watching this one with interest. Although if MS want to push the 360 as media STB, they'd better make it a darn sight quieter! My 175w Falcon still kicks up a fair racket.

Agree yes, the ambient noise generated by the console is still quite significant even when idling. Definitely louder than my pc!