Comments for: Xbox 360 HD DVD drive to launch in Japan for $177

#28. Posted at 10:15 AM on Sep 22nd 2006

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Beomagi

Would be interesting if this is adaptable to work on the pc - an HD-DVD drive for the pc for that price wont be bad at all!

#2. Posted at 11:48 AM on Sep 20th 2006

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Dizik

I still want to buy a 360. But my lack of an HDTV is getting in the way.

#2, 360 will output 480i just fine.... : dextrous (#6) «

#6, not just fine. it will look like crap. Get an hdtv, they ... : shank15217 (#7) «

#6, Well, since moving to England, I don't even have a somewh... : Dizik (#27) «

#12. Posted at 06:39 PM on Sep 20th 2006

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Vrock

I am so tired of the 1080p hype. The only difference between 1080i and 1080p on a disc is how the video signal is stored. The information is identical. Properly deinterlaced 1080i is indistinguishable from native 1080p.

#12, But why go through all that work of interlacing and deinterl... : titan (#16) «

#16, Thousands? Hardly. A good, motion-adaptive deinterlacer c... : Vrock (#20) «

#12, Vrock, I'm sure you know better than I, but just checking - ... : Anomymous Gerbil (#18) «

#18, Movies, which are generally recorded on film (a non-inter... : Namarrgon (#21) «

#21, A true 1080p video signal at 30 fps or 60 fps (such as... : Anomymous Gerbil (#24) «

#24, The article at wikipedia explains this pretty well,... : muyuubyou (#25) «

#24, Yeah, that's my understanding. I was thinking only ... : Vrock (#26) «

#18, There's the same amount of data there for both 1080i and ... : Vrock (#22) «

#8. Posted at 02:42 PM on Sep 20th 2006

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krazyredboy

Does the USB cable, that it uses, actually have the kind of bandwidth needed for 1080P?

#8, hd-dvd is 36mbit/s max, usb is 480mbit : zqw (#13) «

#13, I thought it was 36Mbytes, instead of Mbits. Even still, ... : krazyredboy (#19) «

#19, The HD-DVD drive reads only the compressed video signa... : Namarrgon (#23) «

#1. Posted at 11:46 AM on Sep 20th 2006

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lex-ington

All MIcrosoft has to do is learn that HALO and all t he "Adult" games don't really cut it in Japan. This is not the place to do "If you build it - they will come"!!!

Sony and Nintendo know what their Asian fans want - end of story. And adding the HD-DVD drive puts the better system at the same price point as the PS3. I'll take the PS3.

#1, But the key is, the HD-DVD is optional. You don't need it to... : Sargent Duck (#3) «

#3, Too early to bury either. : Zenith (#5) «

#1, Um....Japan is the capital of the world for violent or "Adul... : Zenith (#4) «

#1, "If you build it - they will come"!!! I seem to remember...oh... : Retiky (#9) «

#1, If by adult you mean FPS and american sports, then maybe you... : muyuubyou (#17) «

#10. Posted at 03:02 PM on Sep 20th 2006

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lemonhead

What does this have to do with "Personal Computing Explored"?

I have game consoles, but I don't come here for console updates. If vistia required HD-DVD or something like that, then i'd be interested.

#10, If you can't see a tie between the console and personal comp... : Retiky (#11) «

#10, Consoles = PC in a box Duh : PerfectCr (#14) «

#14, IMO, the next generation of consoles are closer to multim... : Krogoth (#15) «