Ars Technica says that they've heard from an inside source that Microsoft will start making Core and Premium systems with HDMI ports after the exisiting stock has sold through.
According to my source, Microsoft wants to cut through all their existing inventory of hardware. They will then quietly "soft launch" a new version of the Core and Premium hardware in late August or September that will include an HDMI port. It's also expected that this new hardware will feature the 65nm process for the CPU and quieter DVD drives. The new hardware will ship in boxes very similar to what we saw on store shelves now, but there will be a small "call out" on the box so you know you're getting a system with the HDMI connection.
This may be a rumor, but it does have some weight to it. Both the upcoming Halo edition Xbox 360 as well as the currently available Elite sport HDMI outputs. It would make sense that newly made systems would follow suit.
That's just great! HDMI outs and cooler running chips? If this turns out to be true, then you'll have even more reasons to hate your current (probably ailing) Xbox 360. We have to agree with Ars Technica's Ben Kuchera - if you think this might be true, you might want to hold off on buying a new Xbox 360.
[Via Ars Technicia]
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2:45 PM on 08.07.2007
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for a newer one with HMDI.
and which version of HDMI is it?
HDMI 1.3 like the PS3 or what??
Same here.
08/07/2007 15:34
Hmm, slowly getting there, now they just need free online, a faster processor, and a larger media drive and they'll be set for me to buy a new one.
"ditto"
old 360 + new 360 = much more money VS the PS3
or
selling an old 360 and loosing money to buy a new 360 = still much more money VS the PS3 .... but hey you have more games right lollllll
@ Quest: You know one of the rules here? "Don't suck?" Apply it to your writing, because despite your valid point, it looks like fanboyish drivel.
lolll have fun with your halo 3 ... also with your lord of the ring ...of death :)))))))))
Have fun with the AIDS i gave your mom
You might want to reboot a few times and try again. You, not the computer.
Well, HDMI is a cheap enough add-on. I hope they do it. And I hope those Falcon 'Boxes come out soon. Is there a way that we'll know? Or is someone going to have to crack one open to find out?
Maybe I'm a little out of it right now, but I can't see how waiting nearly two years for the hardware to not suck so I can buy one pegs me as a Xbox fanboy, nor how buying a single, improved 360 (that supposedly won't have the RROD) is more expensive than a single PS3.
I'm not an M$ fanboy by an stretch either, never owned a PC, only recently got the original Xbox. You people want a kick ass computer for $300, you are spoiled with the console market.
This news is good, I can't wait to pick up a 360 by the end of the year, assuming Falcons are in by the Fall.
your so fanboy you smell like M$ ... shit
@ Necros
if i wait 2 years that price come down for the PS3 ... would you tell the same ... many would another argument to bash the PS3 .. when it'S not one thing , it's another ... no impartial comment on this site
what's good for M$ is not for sony ... and what's bad for M$ will in any way be good in the future ... what's bad for sony will never be good according to many here
see the point now
about the fanboy thing yeah i like my PS3 call me fanboy if you what i don't give a shit! and yeah i'm a bit on M$ fanboys ...because i remember not so long ago all the bashing and insult to all the PS3 owners from xcrap fanboys who were laughing at us big time ... remember some people here telling how stupid we are because we prefer sony to M$
when i see bad news about M$ don't be suprise if i'm happy
Seeing as though you've already made yourself irrelevant, I shall end it here and say goodbye. I shall see you the next time your raging, Sony-stamped hard-on leads you back to troll again another day.
Ditto.