OXM has reported that, not only is sony not shipping ps3's to europe until next march like we all know, but they are only going to be releasing 100,000 units in japan on launch and 400,000 in the united states. MS sold 1.5 million 360's in the first quarter much more than can be expected than sony.
They also announced that the HD-DVD add-on will be able to output 1080p, unlike the first generation hddvd players. Hmm I thought that was the biggest difference that sony fans kept holding above our heads, 1080p this and 1080p that, At least we have movies in 1080p, games on the otherhand will still be 1080i or 720p. LOL not so fast, there are reports now that a outside company may now make it so that the HD-DVD addon may be capable of playing games, and in 1080p format. take that sony that's what you get for forcing bluray down your former supporters throats.
I have no need for HD since i don't own a HDTV but if I do, my business is sticking with microsoft. interesting article here - although it does not say anything about the hd dvd addon playing 1080p, I swear it says it in the new issue of oxm. but found this a good read none the less.
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In a recent article, Microsoft?s HD DVD program manager Sage Schreiner implied that the failure of many HD DVD players to output 1080p content is due to a limitation in the HDMI standard. This is incorrect. As the president of HDMI Licensing, LLC ? the organization that licenses the HDMI Specification ? I would like to set the record straight.
All versions of the HDMI Specification support 1080p/60Hz. HDMI has supported 1080p from the day HDMI version 1.0 was released in 2002. 1080p/60Hz requires a pixel transmission rate of 148.5MHz, which fits well within the current 165MHz rate of HDMI single-link.
As with many functions that HDMI enables (such as DVD-Audio and SACD) it is up to the manufacturer to choose to implement 1080p. Until recently, many manufacturers have chosen not to do so. They have faced little pressure to support 1080p, as there has been little or no 1080p content available (all the HD content available on broadcast is only 720p/1080i). However, this landscape is likely to change in the next year.
In fact, there are already many HDMI products on the market supporting 1080p input or output. For example, Hewlett-Packard is shipping a 56" 1080p DLP TV that supports 1080p input, and Marantz and Denon have been shipping DVD players with 1080p output.
Given that we are seeing many electronics manufacturers release chips that support 1080p (HDMI receivers and transmitters, video processors, ADCs, video decoders, etc.), it is safe to say that we will see many more products supporting 1080p this year.
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So HD-DVD's have been capable of outputting a 1080p signal? something I didn't know
I hope Sony fanboys enjoy their ps3 and playing games online, lol that's if they can find anyone to play against, looks like it's going to be a barren landscape with sony's service even though it is free.
If a game or movie or anything can be played at any resolution at XXXXI it can do it at XXXXP as well. So 720 or 1080 or whatever if it can do it in I it can do it in P so the HDDVD player if it can do games it would still do them at P or I whatever you wanted
1080p might be bragging point from Sony's side, but so what if the machine can do 1080p? I don't know anyone who owns a 1080p capable TV.
Over here in Europe, we're really behind with HDTV and such, 99.9% of the LCD TV's being sold can do 720p or 1080i.
Microsoft at least let's you choose. I don't need HD-DVD, so that's fine. While with Sony you are FORCED to pay for the expensive BR drive.
and oh, I'm not even anti-Sony, I own both PS1 and PS2, but a PS3 won't be making his/her entrance in my house for a long time. The launch games are pretty dull too, nothing but EA sequels that you can get for 360 too.
The fall dashboard update should add 1080p to the 360. And it can be done without a HDMI cable. 1080p is supported by component cables. The 360 HD-DVD Drive is able to offer 1080p because they haven't implemented the token device that downconverts signals yet. I'm sure Microsoft has a way around this is they ever DO decide to use the token to downconvert since they are a big HD-DVD supporter.
