Xbox 360 to have HD-DVD, Eventually

daRk_heLmet · Jul 31, 2005, 05:47 AM

"Bill Gates announced that the Xbox 360 will have an HD-DVD drive, just not for launch. From the article: "According to the statements made by Bill Gates in Japan, Xbox 360, the new gaming console, will include HD-DVD drives. Considering that such a decision would postpone the launching date, Microsoft will equip the initial models with classic DVD drives, and only after the new HD-DVD are ready, the Xbox will incorporate them."
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No_Style · Jul 31, 2005, 11:10 AM

What the deuce? So does that mean when the XBox360 comes out with HD-DVD, the ones who don't have it get a free upgrade? (ie: swap in your old and get a new one for a severely discounted price?) I wonder how they're going to sort that problem.

Dark Lord · Jul 31, 2005, 12:01 PM

come on, think about that for a min. a free upgrade by M$? not a chance in hell.
theyll probably charge you about 30 bucks for an external HD-DVD Rom.

No_Style · Jul 31, 2005, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by another-user

external HD-DVD Rom.

External HD-DVD-ROM would not be an elegant solution. It would hamper the whole portability thing. I would hope they not go down that path. I could see them make the current DVD-ROM easily removable, and sell the HD-DVD-ROM as an internal upgrade and have a free installation at your local BestBuy or something..

Dark Lord · Jul 31, 2005, 12:21 PM

as much as id like to agree with you on that, i think itll probably end up being an external.

Millions Knives · Jul 31, 2005, 12:30 PM

I doubt Best Buy or any retailer would do free instalation since they probably wouldn't make much money on selling the HD-DVD upgrade drive itself. I dunno what they'd do unless they do have a trade-up program where you send them your Xbox 360 and they send you either the same one back with the new HD-DVD in it, or they just send you a new 360 and then sell the ones you sent as refurbished ones with the new HD-DVD drive or something. But one thing is for sure, it won't be free.

rgreen83 · Jul 31, 2005, 09:39 PM

All games must be on regular old DVD-DL so HD-DVD will only help for watching movies.

Millions Knives · Aug 1, 2005, 03:07 AM

http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/...EuvylaSaef.php

"Several of these articles seem to link to an article on softpedia.com as source. Not only is this article over 1 months old (28th June - see bottom of article - back when Bill Gates was in Japan), it's also a bad interpretation of what Bill Gates said that day."

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No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,049 Rep Power: 0	What the deuce? So does that mean when the XBox360 comes out with HD-DVD, the ones who don't have it get a free upgrade? (ie: swap in your old and get a new one for a severely discounted price?) I wonder how they're going to sort that problem. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

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Dark Lord DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,584 Rep Power: 66 System Specs	come on, think about that for a min. a free upgrade by M$? not a chance in hell. theyll probably charge you about 30 bucks for an external HD-DVD Rom. __________________

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Dark Lord DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,584 Rep Power: 66 System Specs	as much as id like to agree with you on that, i think itll probably end up being an external. __________________

Jul 31, 2005, 12:30 PM	#6
Millions Knives To The Face Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 107 Rep Power: 0	I doubt Best Buy or any retailer would do free instalation since they probably wouldn't make much money on selling the HD-DVD upgrade drive itself. I dunno what they'd do unless they do have a trade-up program where you send them your Xbox 360 and they send you either the same one back with the new HD-DVD in it, or they just send you a new 360 and then sell the ones you sent as refurbished ones with the new HD-DVD drive or something. But one thing is for sure, it won't be free. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS K8V SE Deluxe \| 3x512 Kingston HyperX PC4000 2-3-5-2 \| Western Digital 160 GB 7200rpm \| Maxtor 160 GB 7200rpm \| BFG GeForce 6800GT OC @ Stock \| Pioneer DVD-ROM 120s 16x40x \| HP 420i 8x4x12x DVD+-R\DVD+-RW \| Samsung 955DF 1280x1024 @75HZ \| Creative Audigy2 ZS \| Antec TRUE430 430w.

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rgreen83 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 357 Rep Power: 0	All games must be on regular old DVD-DL so HD-DVD will only help for watching movies.

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Millions Knives To The Face Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 107 Rep Power: 0	http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/...EuvylaSaef.php "Several of these articles seem to link to an article on softpedia.com as source. Not only is this article over 1 months old (28th June - see bottom of article - back when Bill Gates was in Japan), it's also a bad interpretation of what Bill Gates said that day." __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS K8V SE Deluxe \| 3x512 Kingston HyperX PC4000 2-3-5-2 \| Western Digital 160 GB 7200rpm \| Maxtor 160 GB 7200rpm \| BFG GeForce 6800GT OC @ Stock \| Pioneer DVD-ROM 120s 16x40x \| HP 420i 8x4x12x DVD+-R\DVD+-RW \| Samsung 955DF 1280x1024 @75HZ \| Creative Audigy2 ZS \| Antec TRUE430 430w.