New Xbox 360 set to upscale DVDs
A Circuit City page which lists the new Xbox 360 60GB model states the following.
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21.7.2008 Microsoft XBOX 360 HD DVD Player pictures
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10.8.2006 Xbox 360 HD DVD Player price drop
Now US $129.99! The Xbox 360 HD DVD Player price has dropped from $179.99 to $129.99 (U.S. MSRP.)
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6.2.2008 COMPLETE List of Original Xbox Games Playable on Xbox 360
The folks at Xbox are working hard to add more of your favorite games to this list, so check back often for the latest updates.
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365 Days Later, Xbox 360 Unveils First Wave of TV Shows and Movies on Xbox Live
Xbox 360 offers the latest in entertainment options for everyone, from a library of 160 high- definition games expected by holiday to downloadable standard and high-definition TV shows and movies.
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22.11.2006 Microsoft shows off HD DVD drive for Xbox
Microsoft on Monday offered the first glimpse of an external HD DVD drive built for the Xbox 360 game console.
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8.8.2006 Inside Xbox 360: What's Next?
Now that Microsoft's Xbox 360 has launched in its three biggest markets--the United States, Europe, and Japan--it's time to turn our attention to the second phase of this exciting game console's life.
In the first phase, we saw the massively successful launch of the console along with 18 launch titles and numerous hardware peripherals. And all around the globe, millions of eager Xbox fans queued up outside of retail stores to be the first on the block to obtain one of the most eagerly awaited game machines in video game history. How will Microsoft follow up on this blockbuster debut and keep new and future Xbox 360 users happy throughout 2006?
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12.12.2005 PlayStation 3 vs Xbox 360
We dig beyond the hype to see how Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 stacks up against Microsoft's big white box.
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11.6.2006 PS3 and Xbox 360 about the same
MICROSOFT'S Xbox 360 and Sony's soon to be seen PS3 are much of a muchness according to games developer, Denis Dyack.
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1.11.2006 XBox 360 ELITE
Xbox 360 Coming Soon in Black as "Xbox 360 Elite" Today Microsoft announced what has long been rumored, a premium XBOX 360 model with a black case and an HDMI port allowing for 1080p.
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30.3.2007 Try the Xbox 360 Pants!
One of the must-have accessories for all the Xbox 360 fanboys in the world has finally arrived and it is available for only 18 bucks.
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20.5.2008 Has Xbox 360 Already Won the War?
With Microsoft executives becoming ever more eager to tout the company's sales numbers of its Xbox 360 in public, and the dramatic success of games like Gears of War, has Redmond given itself such a head start that it will be near-impossible for Sony to catch up?
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8.12.2006 Xbox 360 price drop on the way soon?
If a promotion in a printed UK advertising catalogue is anything to go by, the cost of the Xbox 360 Premium console with wireless controller and 20Gb hard drive is set to fall to the cheaper cost of the Xbox 360 Core system, just in time to spoil the launch of the PS3.
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20.2.2007 Xbox 360 Laptop mk2
Behold, the Xbox 360 Laptop mk2! It may look a bit like its first generation sibling, but don't be fooled. This Xbox laptop is a bit thinner, significantly lighter, and has some essential upgrades if you're gonna build one yourself.
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18.4.2007 Xbox 360 Messenger Kit
This year's Xbox 360 Spring Dashboard Update brought MSN Messenger contact-list integration to Xbox Live, but many of us have been waiting for Microsoft to release the chatpad accessory before making full use of the service.
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23.7.2007 Xbox 360 Survey Reveals
Families are sticking together and searching for better entertainment value this holiday.
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30.11.2008 Xbox 360 suffers ritual sacrifice
A brand new Xbox 360 was ritually sacrificed in front of a large line of Xbox Fanboys waiting to buy the latest machines.
Blokes from smashmyxbox.com queued for 55 hours outside Best Buy to be one of the first to own the new gear.
However, to the horror of the waiting line, once buying the much sort after machine, the pair took out a pair of sledgehammers and pummelled it to death in front of them.
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23.11.2005 Xbox 360 Crashing Like Mad? + Screenshots
From Xbox-Scene.com:
Jsgongwon, one of our forum members, reported that his newly bought Xbox 360 keeps crashing while playing Project Gotham Racing 3 in single player mode.
He's playing with the default settings, and apparently his Xbox crashes even before the end of the first lap. Crashes on Xbox Live and on startup occur too. He included screenshots of the crashed Xbox 360 and a video of the crash.
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23.11.2005 Xbox 360 crash fix found
A gamer fed up with his new Xbox 360 crashing every 20 minutes has fixed the problem by raising the power supply off the ground with some string.
Dan, from Duluth, or 'goldeneyemaster' as he is known, told the game spot forum here that he thinks the main reason that the xBox 360 freezes is because the power supply overheats. The solution is to lift the power supply off the floor and allow the air to circulate better around it.
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26.11.2005 Asia to get Xbox 360 by March, Microsoft says
Microsoft Corp. plans to offer its Xbox 360 game console in Asian markets outside of Japan by early March, despite tight supply in the United States.
The head of Microsoft's Xbox business in Asia, Alan Bowman, said the console would hit the market in Korea on February 24 and Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore on March 2.
Microsoft's second offering in the game console market went on sale in the United States on November 22, and has been sold out at many shops. It went on sale in Europe on December 2 and is scheduled to reach shops in Japan on December 10.
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5.12.2005 Microsoft Sued for Xbox 360 Problems
Microsoft has been sued by a Chicago man who bought the company's new Xbox 360 game console over alleged overheating and lockup issues. The suit, which asks for class-action status, accuses Microsoft of rushing to market a flawed system to ensure it beat competitors Sony and Nintendo to the punch.
According to Reuters, the suit seeks damages and litigation related expenses, as well as a replacement or recall of Xbox 360 consoles
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6.12.2005 Xbox 360 Off to Slow Start in Japan
Microsoft may have to try a little harder in marketing the Xbox 360 to Japanese consumers if initial reports coming out of the country Saturday are correct. According to several press outlets, reaction to the new console from Japanese customers appeared to be somewhat apathetic.
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11.12.2005 Hackers find first Xbox 360 cracks
Only weeks after the introduction of the Xbox 360, hackers appear to have cracked their way into the software that runs the Microsoft game console.
A group called "Team PI Coder" claims to have found a way to extract the source files of Xbox 360 games as they get loaded onto the console.
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18.12.2005 MS posts Xbox 360 update
Microsoft posted its latest Xbox 360 update last night, which makes a handful of tweaks to the console's system software, according to the brief list of fixes posted by Microsoft. The update adds improvements to Xbox Guide and to the Dutch Xbox Live network configuration.
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7.2.2006 Microsoft evaluates China for Xbox 360
SEOUL, South Korea - Microsoft Corp. is in no hurry as it evaluates China for a possible launch of the Xbox 360, the company official in charge of the game console for the region said Thursday.
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23.2.2006 Xbox 360 breaks records in Australia
Next-gen Microsoft console big down under
Microsoft's Xbox 360 console has broken all records for the sale of a games system in Australia.
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2.4.2006 Win an Exclusive PGR100 Xbox 360!
Microsoft and www.oxm.co.uk are working together to allow fans to win a limited edition black PGR100 Xbox 360!
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3.4.2006 Could a Patent Lawsuit Stop the Xbox 360?
An injunction that could disrupt the distribution of the Xbox 360 game console is possible because of a patent suit that Lucent Technologies has filed against Microsoft, according to attorneys who practice intellectual property (IP) law.
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15.4.2006 Xbox 360 Gears Up for Its Second Holiday Season and Beyond
Microsofts X06 Xbox 360 and Games for Windows lineup showcases award-winning, exclusive next-generation titles, blockbuster franchises and the most anticipated games.
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29.9.2006 Xbox 360 Wireless Headset Update
I was just alerted about an update from the Xbox Accessories team regarding the Xbox 360 Wireless Headset.
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16.12.2006Xbox 360 HD DVD Add-On:
$199.99
Microsoft put the
high-definition rumors to rest
Wednesday, announcing at its
X06 event in Barcelona that
the HD DVD add-on for the Xbox
360 will arrive in the U.S. in
mid-November at a cost of
$199.99 USD. The package will
come with a copy of "King
Kong" on HD DVD and the
Xbox 360 Universal Media
Remote...
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28.09.2006Microsoft denies any Xbox 360 Blu-ray drive possibility
Three years ago at E3 2006, Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft, announced a Xbox 360 HD DVD player that was capable of playing HD-DVD's. After
the bloody war between HD-DVDs and Blu-ray discs was over and HD-DVD's were no more, Microsoft decided to discontinue the HD DVD drive for the
Xbox 360. Since then there have been multiple rumours regarding a possible Blu-ray drive coming to the Xbox 360. While statistics from the Digital
Entertainment Group clearly show a spike in Blu-ray movie sales (91% in the first half of this year), Microsoft once again denied that a Blu-ray
player for the Xbox 360 was in the making.
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24.07.2009Microsoft says possible end of HD DVD won't impact Xbox 360
No matter what Toshiba decides to do about HD DVD, Microsoft says the decision will have little bearing on the Xbox 360 game console, for which the
Redmond company sells and HD DVD add-on...
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19.02.2008Microsoft Releases Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator
Microsoft Corporation, one of the many backers of the HD DVD format, has unveiled its Xbox 360 HD DVD Emulator. The tool enables film studios and disc
authoring companies to model the behaviour of HD DVD disc content, including encoded video and HDi interactivity, in a virtual environment, before
burning the HD DVD disc. The emulator uses a combination of available hardware (the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and the Xbox 360 HD
DVD Player) and specialized emulation software to ultimately enable playback of near-final assets from a network storage share, portable hard drive or
optical disc. This eliminates the need for expensive hardware or time-consuming and costly trial-and-error processes for testing HD DVD titles,
helping to ensure that titles ship error-free.
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14.12.2007Hot deal: Xbox 360 HD-DVD, plus six HD-DVD movies, for $170
We've seen the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player listed at close to $200, so we're happy to find it offered for quite a bit less.
The Xbox
360 HD-DVD player is an inexpensive way for 360 owners to get high-def movies. For you gamers who already love your Xbox, just plug in the HD-DVD
player and boost your at-home viewing with ultra-sharp images and surround sound.
What: Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player plus six HD-DVD
movies
How much: $159.99
Shipping: $9
Where:
GoGamer (via
LogicBuy)
When: Through unknown date
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25.08.2007Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD Add-on Gets The Axe
It looks as though Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on is the
latest victim of HD DVD's failure in the marketplace. Microsoft announced today
through its
Gamerscore
Blog that
the Xbox 360 HD DVD player will no longer be manufactured.
The move to discontinue the Xbox 360 HD DVD player comes
just
weeks after Microsoft lowered the Toshiba-manufactured player’s price from
$179 to
$129.99 following mass defections to
the Blu-ray standard. The drive was
priced
at $199 when it
launched in late 2006.
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24.02.2008Microsoft slashes price of Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on
Microsoft continues to play hardball in the next-generation DVD format wars, this time slashing the price of its add-on HD DVD player for Xbox 360 by
30 percent...
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05.12.2007Amazon drops price of Xbox 360 HD DVD player, promptly sells out
Amazon this week began offering Microsoft's HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 for only $79.99, but those wanting to take advantage of the deal may be
too late, as the online retailer is currently sold out...
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06.02.2008Microsoft: No plan for
internal HD-DVD on Xbox
A report surfaced on
Australian technology site
iTWire suggesting that
Microsoft eventually will
release an Xbox 360 that has
been revised to include an HD
DVD drive internally.
Microsoft currently
plans to release an external
HD DVD add-on for the Xbox
360, although an exact price
and launch date have yet to be
announced. What lends some
credence to the report,
however, is that it's Toshiba
(which is behind the HD DVD
format that's competing with
Sony's Blu-ray) that believes
Microsoft will be going the
internal route.
In fact, the article claims
that a senior Toshiba
executive has predicted that
Microsoft will release an Xbox
360 model with an internal HD
DVD drive before the end of
the year. "We have no plans
to release the Xbox 360 with
an internal HD DVD drive,"
Microsoft replied.
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02.07.2006HD DVD add-on for Xbox 360 now only $50
After announcing it is being discontinued, Microsoft is offering the HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 for under $50 - an amazing deal or a waste of cash
depending on where you stand...
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26.02.2008Microsoft Demos Xbox HD DVD
Drive
At the DVD Forum in Los
Angeles Monday, Microsoft took
the wraps off its upcoming
external HD DVD drive for the
Xbox 360. When laid flat, the
add-on is about half the width
of the console and nearly as
high. The Xbox will handle all
the audio and video
processing, Microsoft said...
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09.08.2006Images: Xbox 360 HD DVD Add-on
At DigitalLife in New York
City over the weekend,
Microsoft demonstrated its
upcoming HD DVD add-on for the
Xbox 360. As previously
reported, the device is priced
at $199 USD and will ship with
"King Kong" and a
remote control. Read on for
some pictures we snapped of
the prototype on display...
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16.10.2006Xbox 360 HD DVD to Launch Nov.
22 in Japan
In a press event staged to
coincide with the opening of
the Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft
announced it will premiere its
HD DVD add-on accessory for
Xbox 360 to the Japanese
market. The company appears to
be taking full advantage of
Sony's already announced
cutbacks in PS3 availability
in Japan...
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20.09.2006Xbox 360 USB HD DVD Drive
Confirmed
As E3 prepares to get underway
in Los Angeles this week,
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo
are holding their announcement
cards close to the chest.
However, Microsoft confirmed
over the weekend that its
previously announced HD DVD
add-on for the Xbox 360 will
connect to the console via
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08.05.2006Xbox 360 Software Update Improves HD DVD Sound Quality, Compatibility
Last week, the Xbox
360 received its Spring
Dashboard software, and today
the console gets a software
update for its HD DVD add-on
peripheral. The most notable
in this update are
improvements to the player’s
ability to decode audio
streams.
Prior to the update, the
Xbox 360 HD DVD player had
difficulties decoding Dolby
TrueHD audio, leading some
titles, such as Nine Inch
Nails: Beside You In Time and
Poseidon, to exhibit “static
popping” and “clipping”
during playback. The new
software resolved all such
audio issues.
While
the HD DVD player supports all
audio formats for the spec,
the Xbox 360 hardware itself
is unable to output the true
lossless Dolby TrueHD stream.
Instead, the Xbox 360
downsamples the lossless
stream into a lossy bitstream
that can be outputted via the
console’s optical toslink
connection. Added in the new
software update is a full
bitrate 1.5 Mbps DTS and WMA
Pro as an option for downmixed
audio output, along with the
previous 640 kbps Dolby
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15.05.2007Xbox 360's HD-DVD uses 4.7 million lines of code
As a result of the
complexities of decoding HD
DVD audio and video content,
as well as providing a user
interface and DRM, over 4.7
million lines of code went
into the HD DVD software. The
external HD-DVD drive can play
H.264, MPEG2 and VC1 videos.
There is no hardware HD DVD
decoder chip set on board the
Xbox 360. As a result, the HD
DVD subsystem is almost
entirely written in software.
It's one of the most
demanding applications written
for the 360 to date, using up
all six of the system's
hardware threads.
Shaheen Gandhi, an Xbox 360
engineer, said: "At the
moment, the player software
pushes Xbox 360 harder than
any other (save, perhaps,
Gears of War during some
particularly busy parts of the
game)."
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06.11.2006Microsoft stands behind HD DVD for Xbox 360
Microsoft's director of global marketing for the Xbox 360, Albert Penello, told BetaNews this morning that the company will continue to push an HD
DVD drive for the Xbox 360, but acknowledged the external nature would enable it to ship a Blu-ray drive if Sony's format became the new
high-definition standard.
Penello also said that despite the rumors, Microsoft has never planned to ship an Xbox console with an
integrated HD DVD drive, but the decision has nothing to do with the uncertainty in the format war. Because neither standard was finalized when the
Xbox 360 shipped, Microsoft opted to use DVDs.
Changing that now could lead to confusion among consumers, Penello added,
especially if game developers were to make use of the larger space on HD DVD discs. He admitted that Sony's inclusion of Blu-ray in the PlayStation 3
has helped that format, but said Microsoft's add-on HD DVD drive alone has outsold all standalone Blu-ray players combined.
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09.01.2008Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Moves to $179, Adds Five Free HD DVDs
Today at Comic-Con
International 2007, Microsoft
Corp. announced it will lower
the price of the popular Xbox
360 HD DVD Player from $199 to
$179 ERP (United States only)
starting Aug. 1, 2007, and
will add five free HD DVD
movies for anyone purchasing
an Xbox 360 HD DVD Player
between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30.
In addition,
Microsoft further solidified
the Xbox 360 as the ultimate
high-definition (HD)
entertainment platform, with
key announcements around the
HD DVD launches of 300 from
Warner Bros. Home
Entertainment Group and
Heroes: Season 1 from
Universal Studios.
To promote the HD DVD
versions of 300 and Heroes:
Season 1, Microsoft unveiled
exclusive content for Xbox
LIVE® Marketplace. Xbox LIVE
will offer 300 on demand in
HD starting Aug. 14, and is
working with Warner Bros. at
Comic-Con on a Bringing It
Home campaign featuring 300
and other Warner Bros.
properties. In advance of the
street date for the Heroes:
Season 1 HD DVD boxed set,
Xbox LIVE members will be able
to download for free the shows
pilot episode in high
definition for a limited time.
Members will also be able to
download trailers, teaser
scenes and other promotional
materials highlighting the
Heroes: Season 1 boxed set
on HD DVD...
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26.07.2007Xbox 360 with HDMI Spotted in
the Wild
Information has just come in,
from a trusted source who has
asked to remain anonymous,
that Microsoft has been
working on and displaying a
version of the Xbox 360 with
an HDMI port built directly
into the unit itself. The game
system was being exhibited
with it's external HD-DVD
drive, but was being shown off
in a very secretive fashion.
Each showing was accompanied
by an N.D.A. Details are a bit
sparse at the moment, but the
port was built into the Xbox
360 and did support HDCP
functionality. Could Microsoft
indeed be planning a second
revision of the Xbox 360? Stay
tuned with Neowin as we all
await further information to
come down the pipeline.
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27.09.2006Amazon giving away 90 Xbox 360 Heroes systems
If you are a Heroes fan, then you will want to check out the new sweepstakes by Amazon in celebration of its launch of a new Hi-Def 101 store. The
prize includes a Xbox 360 Heroes system, which includes an Xbox 360 console with a 20 GB hard drive and HDMI connection, an Xbox 360 HD DVD Player
and Heroes Season 1 on HD-DVD. The Xbox 360 console has been decorated by artist Tim Sale.
Amazon is being pretty generous with
this sweepstakes, considering the company will be selecting three winners a day for 30 days. That means the company is giving out 90 Xbox 360 Heroes
game systems in all. To enter the sweepstakes, you just need to go to the Amazon website and sign in with a valid Amazon.com account to complete an
entry form. No purchase is necessary to enter the sweepstakes, but you must be 18 or older to enter. The contest will run through November 15.
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