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Thread ID: 75638 2007-01-05 21:59:00 Getting into HD DVD.. Chilling_Silence (9) Press F1
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513065 2007-01-06 01:03:00 I think Microsoft is behind the Blu Ray consortium. winmacguy (3367)
513066 2007-01-06 02:41:00 I think Microsoft is behind the Blu Ray consortium.

I thought MS were putting HD DVD in to the 360 as an add on, which they are in direct competition with sony and the PS3
plod (107)
513067 2007-01-06 02:47:00 Chill, you're obviously not like me. I only got into DVD a year ago through buying a new pc, so am in no hurry to complicate things this end!!;) Neil McC (178)
513068 2007-01-06 03:06:00 HD DVD is in the 360, there's not much chance they'd be behind Blu-Ray seeing as its in the PS3 ;)

Anyways, I missed the DVD bandwagon and was a late-comer.. I wanna be at the fore-front this time around, and Im sure a HDDVD drive for my PC will probably cost a decent wad of cash, I wanna start my collection now :D

No HDTV yet, but its the beginning of a new year, who knows what it will hold ;)

Ive got like 6 DVD Writers in the house, only 1x DVD Reader (PLUS the Xbox drive counts as a 2nd I s'pose), I want a new toy to play with!
Chilling_Silence (9)
513069 2007-01-06 06:25:00 I thought MS were putting HD DVD in to the 360 as an add on, which they are in direct competition with sony and the PS3

Well what ever format they are supporting, Apple is backing the opposite format, how ever I do remember reading a while back that the Xbox was going to be supporting both formats which would make sense due to the success of the iPod and iTunes store since the movies from the store use the H.264 codec and lots of people with iPods have Xbox 360s.
The H.264 codec which I think is for HD DVD was developed by Apple and ratified by the engineering consortium backing the formats.

Have just checked and yes Sony is supporting Blu Ray.
whatis.techtarget.com
winmacguy (3367)
513070 2007-01-06 06:28:00 Some of us have access to other sources of HDTV
Such as?
pine-o-cleen (2955)
513071 2007-01-06 06:39:00 Both formats explained here
en.wikipedia.org
winmacguy (3367)
513072 2007-01-06 06:52:00 HD DVD is in the 360, there's not much chance they'd be behind Blu-Ray seeing as its in the PS3 ;)



Nice.

Except your wrong, The XBOX 360 has a DVD drive, not a HD DVD drive.

Unless you meant something entirely different.

And looking into my crystel ball, both formats will fail to reach mainstream sales.
Metla (12)
513073 2007-01-06 07:03:00 The HD Drive on the xbox is a add on currently only available in US etc - im guessing it will come out here when PS3 comes out. noone (22)
513074 2007-01-06 07:04:00 Nice.

Except your wrong, The XBOX 360 has a DVD drive, not a HD DVD drive.

Unless you meant something entirely different.

And looking into my crystel ball, both formats will fail to reach mainstream sales.
The xbox360 is has dvd drive, A HD DVD drive will be avalible shortly for it.
plod (107)
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