xbox360fanboy.com— A couple spy shots hot off the production line in China of the new Black Xbox 360 Elite which is to include a black finish, black controllers, 120GB hard drive and an HDMI port.
Mar 26, 2007View in Crawl 4
Makes picking up and dropping 530 bucks on an Xbox360 and accessories a few weeks ago including 12 month Xbox live a .......HUGE SHOT in the BALLS!!!!Thanx for the Official heads up Micro$oft. c**k-Eaters !!!!!!!!!
I'm an April fools dude from another topic. Yeah, I'll be the fool if this is "all" true. But then again, if I'm correct, I'll be a minority of snobs lording it over the rest of you. No offense meant. :) I don't have the time to lord it over anyone.I'm still very suspicious why such a "possible" product would be kept secret for so long that it is already assembled and ready for shipping before a press release or advertising. It doesn't make sense unless these are commercial/testbed products. Another possibility is these are actually testbed products that won't be released until next fall/winter. Now that makes a little bit of sense.We'll soon know I suppose.
I really do not understand this logic. If anything this makes me happier with choosing M$. Instead of just doing the traditional price drop, Microsoft is actually adding functionality to the XBOX360 (i.e actually listening to what gamers want). None of these changes will have an impact on your current or future XBOX360 games. It will cost more than the current premium so people without a HDTV are not being forced to pay for the added technology (cough...blu-ray...cough). The 120G HD will be sold separatelyAll this bitching about not being notified. WHEN is a good time to tell the consumer?
I smell a big pile of runny s**te, those pics could just be new black models of the production line with a 120GB hard drive but theres no guarantee a HDMI socket will come with it, there is not sufficient evidence to come to this conclusion. Also the Xbox 360 can support 1080P if the TV supports it.
No, it's never actually been confirmed, there was a response from one of the developers to a question regarding HDMI developer support but this was taken out of context and rumour exploded. There has not been an official press release or any sort of announcement from Microsoft themselves.I mean come on, there aren't any high quality pictures of the Xbox 360 with the HDMI or the actual hard drive, this is just all rumour, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. Even if HDMI is coming it's very unlikely it will affect your gameplay at all in any way or shape.Also if this is about 1080p let me just clarify the matter. The Xbox 360 has the needed built-in scaler that will scale the output to any resolution you need. In the case of HDTVs that only support 1080i, the game might render to an internal 720p frame buffer, but the output scaler will scale that output up to a 1080i signal that your HDTV can display.So if your TV supports 1080p and a game has been released which states 1080p (hypothetically speaking) as the recommended resolution, then you can view this in HD 1080p without even worrying about any loss of quality (unless your cables are stretched miles apart) whether it's HDMI, Component or VGA. VGA in itself produced high quality high resolution. (My HDTV supports VGA, HDMI as well as Component).What if the game is 720p/1080p and your TV only supports 720p? or 1080i? Well the Xbox 360 can easily adapt as it has the built-in scaler. So what I'm trying to say is, there really isn't a problem with this and there's no need for major panic. You will NOT loose anything. Digital and Analogue both have their advantages and disadvantages, but your human eye will not notice them. The only big deal after the latter is the 120 GB Hard Drive which will no doubt come and will no doubt be external. So what, buy it and stick it in your Xbox 360. (Alternatively you can dissasemble and replace the existing drive with higher capacity using Norton Ghost but I won't explain this here).
Ok so what if xbox 360 elite has 120 gig HD, "Largest hard drive available on any console" you can upgrade ps3's HD easy, i have a 500 gig hd in there right now. They should have included built-in wifi and hd-dvd player...tools.
Closed AccountMar 27, 2007
Makes picking up and dropping 530 bucks on an Xbox360 and accessories a few weeks ago including 12 month Xbox live a .......HUGE SHOT in the BALLS!!!!Thanx for the Official heads up Micro$oft. c**k-Eaters !!!!!!!!!
deep_nnnMar 27, 2007
I'm an April fools dude from another topic. Yeah, I'll be the fool if this is "all" true. But then again, if I'm correct, I'll be a minority of snobs lording it over the rest of you. No offense meant. :) I don't have the time to lord it over anyone.I'm still very suspicious why such a "possible" product would be kept secret for so long that it is already assembled and ready for shipping before a press release or advertising. It doesn't make sense unless these are commercial/testbed products. Another possibility is these are actually testbed products that won't be released until next fall/winter. Now that makes a little bit of sense.We'll soon know I suppose.
dunlopMar 27, 2007
I really do not understand this logic. If anything this makes me happier with choosing M$. Instead of just doing the traditional price drop, Microsoft is actually adding functionality to the XBOX360 (i.e actually listening to what gamers want). None of these changes will have an impact on your current or future XBOX360 games. It will cost more than the current premium so people without a HDTV are not being forced to pay for the added technology (cough...blu-ray...cough). The 120G HD will be sold separatelyAll this bitching about not being notified. WHEN is a good time to tell the consumer?
smokespliffzMar 27, 2007
I smell a big pile of runny s**te, those pics could just be new black models of the production line with a 120GB hard drive but theres no guarantee a HDMI socket will come with it, there is not sufficient evidence to come to this conclusion. Also the Xbox 360 can support 1080P if the TV supports it.
smokespliffzMar 27, 2007
No, it's never actually been confirmed, there was a response from one of the developers to a question regarding HDMI developer support but this was taken out of context and rumour exploded. There has not been an official press release or any sort of announcement from Microsoft themselves.I mean come on, there aren't any high quality pictures of the Xbox 360 with the HDMI or the actual hard drive, this is just all rumour, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. Even if HDMI is coming it's very unlikely it will affect your gameplay at all in any way or shape.Also if this is about 1080p let me just clarify the matter. The Xbox 360 has the needed built-in scaler that will scale the output to any resolution you need. In the case of HDTVs that only support 1080i, the game might render to an internal 720p frame buffer, but the output scaler will scale that output up to a 1080i signal that your HDTV can display.So if your TV supports 1080p and a game has been released which states 1080p (hypothetically speaking) as the recommended resolution, then you can view this in HD 1080p without even worrying about any loss of quality (unless your cables are stretched miles apart) whether it's HDMI, Component or VGA. VGA in itself produced high quality high resolution. (My HDTV supports VGA, HDMI as well as Component).What if the game is 720p/1080p and your TV only supports 720p? or 1080i? Well the Xbox 360 can easily adapt as it has the built-in scaler. So what I'm trying to say is, there really isn't a problem with this and there's no need for major panic. You will NOT loose anything. Digital and Analogue both have their advantages and disadvantages, but your human eye will not notice them. The only big deal after the latter is the 120 GB Hard Drive which will no doubt come and will no doubt be external. So what, buy it and stick it in your Xbox 360. (Alternatively you can dissasemble and replace the existing drive with higher capacity using Norton Ghost but I won't explain this here).
deep_nnnMar 28, 2007
I'm the goat on this one. lolAnyone read these old topics?
jasonbirringMar 31, 2007
Ok so what if xbox 360 elite has 120 gig HD, "Largest hard drive available on any console" you can upgrade ps3's HD easy, i have a 500 gig hd in there right now. They should have included built-in wifi and hd-dvd player...tools.