MS Says HD-DVD Not Critical To XBox360 Success >

	2008/01/09 10:39:55: Posted by DM
	According to Xbox Hardware Group Marketing Manager Albert Penello, when asked what impact the Warner Brother Blu-Ray exclusivity would have on the XBox360, he told Reuters hardware group marketing manager Albert Penello told Reuters, "I fundamentally don't think ... this has a significant impact on Xbox 360 versus PlayStation 3." He went on to note that in previous console generations, movie playback never played a significant part in deciding sales. Gates himself, as we previously reported, told USA Today that consumers would be downloading movies off the internet, so that is why the HD formats did not matter. Penello agreed and said that direct download was the future of movies on consoles. Time will tell, we suppose. >Link
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Yeah, consider the broadband issue, still there btw.

And it was smart for them to include hd-dvd as an addon in case of a fuckup, less likely

Brilliant

And Michael bay was right all along, brilliant

Sony isn't willing to include an HD-DVD add-on during this "format war."

That means Playstation 3 consumers will ALWAYS be missing out on content that is exclusive to HD-DVD...movies like Transformers, and all of the Bourne Identity movies...and all the cool TV shows from Paramount, Universal, Nickelodean, MTV.

I think Microsoft did the correct thing by releasing an HD-DVD "add-on," because HD-DVD is the format Microsoft, Intel, HP, Toshiba, Universal, Dreamworks, Paramount and others believe in...Remember, HD-DVD is the format that DID WIN the competition of which format was selected by the DVD Forum as the "Official Successor to the DVD Format."



The cool thing is that Microsoft said allllll along that if Blu-ray were to become the dominant format, then they would ALSO release a Blu-ray "add-on" for the Xbox 360...that way Xbox 360 owners would ALWAYS have access to ALL content!!!

But at this point in time, there is no need for a Blu-ray add-on device, because HD-DVD still has exclusive support from such huge organizations as Universal, Paramount, Dreamworks, Nickelodean, MTV, ect...

But more importantly, the Xbox 360 really doesn't need either HD-DVD or Blu-ray, because it has access to THOUSANDS of Movies and TV shows in the On-Demand format. With Xbox 360 you can have BOTH Transformers from Paramount AND Spiderman 3 from Sony.

If blu-ray failed then it could cause a problem for PS3 as it'd be the only device using it and it is reliant on it for all games.

actually, if b blu ray wins then it doesn't matter since its still uses as video games,

MS is only saying taht they will support blu ray so that they dont look stupid, look ! if they really wanted that then they would release blu ray and hd dvd !!! but instead they want to hurt sony and if they dont get that adn dont wana look stupid then yes release blu ray which i dont care either way , cause blu ray and hd dvd is not internal which is never good !

and no HD DVD never won, tahts in your imagination kroganato ! as to DVD forums give me a link cause i read it and it says no one is a successor, and blu ray is looking to win this competition tahts where i read, i wonder where u read,

probably Hatebluray dot com or something

Of course the DVD group chose HD-DVD as their format of choice. It's like Microsoft choosing Vista as the "Official Successor" to XP. Their not going to choose OSX.

1. There are ways to convert HD-DVD content to Blu-Ray without quality loss.

2. Many HD-DVD "exclusives" are available in Blu-Ray format via importers.

3. According to the late UTP... "SD-DVD looks just as good as Blu-Ray" anyway... and the PS3 can play those as well.

4. Spiderman 3 is not currently available on XBL. Look it up.

5. MOST movies on XBL are only SD 480p

6. Transformers on XBL is not available in True HD. It's only 720p or 480p

7. XBL does not offer FULL TRUE HD movies. NONE that I have ever seen. ZERO!

Response to WithoutPrejudiceGamer:

DVD and HD-DVD may share three of the same initials, but the DVD Forum was not biased in any way when it came time to select an "Official Successor" to the DVD format.

The bottom line is that both Blu-ray and HD-DVD had a chance to become the Official Successor, but Blu-ray lost, and HD-DVD won.

HD-DVD won, because HD-DVD is less expensive to produce, offers equal or greater quality using newer video compression techniques, offers more space in each standard disc (30GB for HD-DVD vs 25GB for Blu-ray), and has superior hardware requirements. For example, all HD-DVD players need to have picture-in-picture, and operate at 24 frames per second output, but the same cannot be said for Blu-ray.

HD-DVD is better...period!!!



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As far as Xbox Live goes, there are plenty of HD movies...they are downloaded in 720p High-Definition, and are output at up to 1080p, if you have an HDMI cable.

Remember, 480i is called Standard Definition and 480p is called Enhanced Definition, because the pixels are large enough that the difference between an Interlaced and Progressive signal can be seen by the human eye. That is why they have different names--different classifications.

However, 720p/1080i/1080p are all classified as "High-Definition," because the pixels are so small that the human eye can tell virtually no difference between those resolutions.

"Full-HD" is nothing more than a "marketing term" used by Sony...similar to their "HDNA," nonsense that they use for cameras.



And the point I was making is that with Xbox Live and other On-Demand services, you never have to worry about having Universal and Paramount supporting one format, and Disney and Warner Bros. supporting the other.

Comcast and DirecTV have both Transformers and Spiderman 3 available right now, in High-Definition...and there are a LOT more subscribers to those "formats" than their are HD-DVD and Blu-ray.

Dude, you're contradicting yourself again. LOL. You're facts are wrong ... HD-DVD was inferior and as a result is now dead.

Full-HD is a term used by MANY companies to let people know that they are buying 1080p equipment which is the highest picture quality available for television. There is a huge quality difference between 720 and 1080... and a very distinguishable difference between 1080i and 1080p even when your TV is larger than 37 inches. HD broadcasting is only done at 720p and 1080i and the compression used by Comcast and DirecTV further degrades the picture quality from the original source. The highest quality broadcast picture is your local stations via an antenna. AND the only way to get FULL-HD movies is on disc (Blu-Ray or HD-DVD).