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Xbox 360 Coming With HDMI Port?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the upgrade-360 dept.

GeekGod writes "Images of an Xbox 360 motherboard with HDMI-port have been leaked on the internet. So it looks like Microsoft will follow into Sony's footsteps and release an Xbox 360 with a digital video output. This might also come in handy for their future HD-DVD addon, certainly when movies will get HDCP-protected."

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  1. Re:They're not "screwing over early adopters" by Mark+Maughan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hate it when people complain about them "screwing over early adopters". Either it was worth $400 for the console or it wasn't. Quit trying to stop them from adding a feature many of us who don't yet have an XBox 360 want. They're not going to have HD-DVD games, they're not going to up the clock speed, they're not going to add more memory. They are just adding a couple of features that in no way change what games you can play and how they look.

    But it does change how the games look on a nice 1080i or 1080p TV with DVI/HDMI.

    Hopefully when they move to the smaller die the XBox 360's will run a little cooler and the fans won't be so loud. That's not "screwing over early adopters". They're taking advantage of new technology when it comes out. The XBox 360's that people have already bought won't lose features.

    DVI was out well before the 360. There was no time excuse for not having DVI even HDMI in the more expensive Xbox360 model.