Xbox 360 Rumor // CES Tradeshow

Erik · Posted: Jan 03, 2008 9:30 am Post subject: Xbox 360 Rumor // CES Tradeshow

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=223243

It is a 9 page thread (don't waste your time) - but no concrete info yet which is typical of this message board. It is about the CES tradeshow happening next week. Most people who are venturing guesses - are guessing that Gates will announce an Elite Xbox 360 with a built-in HDDVD player.

Which will piss me off to no end... also it would not surprise me one bit since I just got the external HDDVD drive for the Xbox 360

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So if you guys were to venture a guess... what would it be?

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

Erik, christ. I just bought an Xbox 360. I am so behind the technology train.

But the Elite xbox 360 has a 120Gb hard drive, and probably will have the HDDVD in with it.

J-Ro · Posted: Jan 03, 2008 10:53 am Post subject:

Ehhh....when the big N announces an internal HD-DVD, I'll be pissed.....it will take 6 years to find one in a store.

I did hear N may announce full title DS downloads for the Wii soon.

Erik · Posted: Jan 03, 2008 11:13 am Post subject:

Haugy - yes that is the current rumor. A new version of the Elite - 320GB drive, HDMI/1080p out, Falcon chipset, and internal HDDVD drive.

J-Ro, that isn't so much a rumor as a statement of what they could do is they wanted to. Nintendo USA President Reggie Fils-Aime said that the Wii "could" handle downloads of full DS games. Could isn't will and Nintendo normally takes an age to get these things off the ground.

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

Erik, 320GB??? Dear lord man!! I have the Falcon chipset in mine, thank heavens, but still WOW. That's a machine. So who's gonna sell their car first to get one?

JRW160 · Soul Rider Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 367 City: Huntsville

I've heard rumors of internal wifi, internal hd dvd, and iptv. 320gb seems like overkill unless they add the ability to record shows from iptv.

When is the big announcement?

Erik · Posted: Jan 07, 2008 6:39 am Post subject:

JRW160, IPTV is still not set in stone yet because the service isn't really there and IPTV means about 34 things depending on who you ask. I also just got good word that Microsoft has NO PLANS to put an internal HDDVD drive in any Xbox 360 SKU/version. So a correction to my previous post.

I expect the rest of what you mentioned to be announced at CES. 320GB drive - yes. Wifi - yes. HDMI out - yes. HDDVD Internal - Signs point to no. Color - black. Name - Ultimate. Price - heftx0rz.

JRW160 · Soul Rider Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 367 City: Huntsville

Gates keynote was last night. I don't think he announced anything but IPTV for the 360. I haven't had time to look into it much, but that's what I've heard.

Isn't hdmi out already standard?

They've said before that internal hd-dvd would never happen. I don't see it as that big of a deal.

kmagnuss · Posted: Jan 07, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject:

What's this falcon chip you speak of?

JRW160 · Soul Rider Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 367 City: Huntsville

Falcon is the inherently cooler running 65nm chipset. They have a different heatsink without the heatpipe. They're rumored to not be as prone to the red ring of death, but who knows. Falcon 360's started appearing a few months ago in the halo 3 special edition, and I think the chipset has made it way throughout the ranks of the consoles by now.