Xbox 360 adds 1080p Support

jayintune writes "2old2play has received news from the TGS (Tokyo Game Show) that Microsoft plans on releasing an update that will enable 1080p support on their Xbox 360 console. From the article, "users can expect 1080p upscaling immediately on current games and DVDs while native 1080p on compatible HD DVD titles." What could this mean for Sony now that MS has 1080p as well?" Now honestly, show of hands: who has their console (not PC!) connected to a display device capable of 1080p? Who plans on buying a device capable of 1080p?

Comments

Are you kidding?

[Mark_Uplanguage]

Of course my console (PS2) is hooked up to my big screen TV (54" at 4:3), which is HD capable. Of course I haven't gotten an HD tuner yet (don't feel the value is there), but I'd love to see what the heck this is going to look like. It's just going to take a while before I get a PS3 or XBox or Wii, until after I know they're all available and have good titles out. Honestly I'm completely up for grabs by any console that impresses me with the most value (please don't respond with invalid assumptions about what my sense of 'value' is). Hooray for competition!

Re:1080p, me!

[Aladrin]

Nobody has definite plans to buy a luxury electronics more than a year out. The market is too unpredictable.

Having said that, at a guess, yeah, I'll probably buy a 1080p TV by then. My current one does 1366x768 native. It says it'll accept 1080 input (I forget which one) but of course it's going to downsample that.

I only paid $1700 for mine about 6 months ago. It's a Polaroid, so I didn't expect much from a cheap LCD, but I've been very very happy with it. I could wish it would accept the signal from the PC at 1366x768, for example... 1280x720 or 1600x1200 and it resamples both. Oh well. Still looks amazing.

My dad has historically bought all my TVs when I upgraded, so he's been asking (for like 4 months) "When are you going to sell me that TV?"