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ggrobot
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 Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:25 pm Post subject: MS denies any Xbox 360 Blu-ray drive possibility [27557] |
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While statistics from the Digital Entertainment Group clearly
show a spike in Blu-ray movie sales (91% in the first half of this
year), Microsoft once again denied that a
Blu-ray player for the Xbox 360 was in the making. A Microsoft
spokesperson had this to say:
As we have stated before, we have no plans to int
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Source: GGMania headlines
GGMania.com - Daily Gaming and Tech news |
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Sabot
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Ones is only for games the other is for a TRUE home entertainment system.
Blu Ray movies are uncompressed audio and visual heaven.
The XBox is just a kid-on version of the BBC i player. (I can watch movies on my Nokia 5800 lol, it's nothing new) How on earth anyone can even contemplate downloading a HEAVILY compressed HD film is beyond me. Lets face it it is! What i have read is it broadcasts in 720p so as to reduce the capacity -let's face it, there is NO way that you Xbox owners are going to download a 15/30GIG movie ROFL!!!!! Whereas us Blu Ray owners get spoilt TRUE audio and 1080p UNCOMPRESSED near lossless quality pumped out from a 50gig disc.
Now just like music or films, if you want the exact quality, then you have got to OWN the ORIGINAL to rip (MP3) or view from (Blu Ray)
But hey, M$ has this festering back catlogue of DEAD HD films that it just HAS to make money out of somehow 
Me, well i'm watching 'Wanted' and 'Gran Torino' on rented Blu Ray on my PS3 AND i can keep the films for as long as i like with no M$ time limit  |
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sikapossu
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Stumpus wrote: | Ones is only for games the other is for a TRUE home entertainment system.
Blu Ray movies are uncompressed audio and visual heaven.
The XBox is just a kid-on version of the BBC i player. (I can watch movies on my Nokia 5800 lol, it's nothing new) How on earth anyone can even contemplate downloading a HEAVILY compressed HD film is beyond me. Lets face it it is! What i have read is it broadcasts in 720p so as to reduce the capacity -let's face it, there is NO way that you Xbox owners are going to download a 15/30GIG movie ROFL!!!!! Whereas us Blu Ray owners get spoilt TRUE audio and 1080p UNCOMPRESSED near lossless quality pumped out from a 50gig disc.
Now just like music or films, if you want the exact quality, then you have got to OWN the ORIGINAL to rip (MP3) or view from (Blu Ray)
But hey, M$ has this festering back catlogue of DEAD HD films that it just HAS to make money out of somehow
Me, well i'm watching 'Wanted' and 'Gran Torino' on rented Blu Ray on my PS3 AND i can keep the films for as long as i like with no M$ time limit |
next time read some real facts what xbox live is and how you watch movies there before make fanboy rants like this |
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Ozieo
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't care, have all I need, PS3 for media, Wii for fun. |
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Sabot
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| Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| sikapossu wrote: | | Stumpus wrote: | Ones is only for games the other is for a TRUE home entertainment system.
Blu Ray movies are uncompressed audio and visual heaven.
The XBox is just a kid-on version of the BBC i player. (I can watch movies on my Nokia 5800 lol, it's nothing new) How on earth anyone can even contemplate downloading a HEAVILY compressed HD film is beyond me. Lets face it it is! What i have read is it broadcasts in 720p so as to reduce the capacity -let's face it, there is NO way that you Xbox owners are going to download a 15/30GIG movie ROFL!!!!! Whereas us Blu Ray owners get spoilt TRUE audio and 1080p UNCOMPRESSED near lossless quality pumped out from a 50gig disc.
Now just like music or films, if you want the exact quality, then you have got to OWN the ORIGINAL to rip (MP3) or view from (Blu Ray)
But hey, M$ has this festering back catlogue of DEAD HD films that it just HAS to make money out of somehow
Me, well i'm watching 'Wanted' and 'Gran Torino' on rented Blu Ray on my PS3 AND i can keep the films for as long as i like with no M$ time limit |
next time read some real facts what xbox live is and how you watch movies there before make fanboy rants like this |
You are obviously BLIND! XBox HD films are DEAD!! That's facts NOT rants. How great it is watching a time limited movie that you download onto your XBox, Fact. listen, i can watch downloaded movies on my phone. But if we're talking true film buff territory, you don't go bloody well using the internet to download poor compressed quality films and stick them on your TV in 720p. Like that's why you DON'T own a PS3. I DO because it's the BEST blu ray player out there for everything! Future proof. An XBox is primarily a games console and a poor,poor film viewer. Exactly how many watch films on it? Not very many at all. My PS3 is output 7.1 via HDMI through a dedicated Sony home Cinema system, It bangs out blu ray in 1080P 24fps. People view films and comment on the quality, then you tell them it's a console and they don't believe you. Why? because it's the over 40 year olds that own MORE PS3s for home cinema than for gaming, sadly the same can't be said for the XBox lol, and that's a FACT |
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strangestsensation
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 5:00 am Post subject: |
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| Bluray kicks the shit out of HD DVD, plain and simple. Downloaded movies, pfff I got no comment for those. I still think Xbox is $100 plus over priced. MS losing money on it? Ya right. LOL! |
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tub0rg
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hey i can download highdeff movies from the internet for free without timelimit. thx to my 32 mbit flatrate. and i love bluray rips in 720p.
you dont need a cashbox for that. |
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