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Dying to see how this works out and if good ol' USB can keep up with all those high def bits flying by. There's theory, then there's reality ...

I also don't really care if it looks a bit goofy. My 360 sits behind the TV so it doesn't make much difference to me.]]>Nov 9th 2006 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 10th 2006 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/]]>Nov 9th 2006 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
How does the HD DVD play quality compare to the Toshiba???]]>Nov 9th 2006 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
The great thing with the current solution is that you can hook the drive up to your pc as well. I'm not sure if you can play hd-dvd movies although, something with the copy protection. ]]>Nov 9th 2006 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
At least Nintendo's add-on disk drives looked like part of the system...]]>Nov 9th 2006 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 14th 2006 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
We dont need to combine all this tech, in the end it doesnt save anyone any money.]]>Nov 9th 2006 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
Unboxing pr0n is one thing, but how does this thing stack up to my Tosh HD-A1? Is it faster(please let it be)? Down/sideconvert to 720p better? More resilient to scratches etc. Remote backlighted? Any info in pack-in materials mentioning HDMI?]]>Nov 9th 2006 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
I would like to nominate this post ( particularly the photo captions ) for second funniest of the year, second only to that post about the "smelling" robot that mistook someone for bacon.]]>Nov 9th 2006 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/2) not everyone wants to spend $500+ on a standalone when they can buy a cheap addon for a console they already own
3) you are a tit]]>Nov 9th 2006 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
Actually makes the PS3's size a lot more impressive. The Xbox on it's own is almost as big as the PS3 and it doesn't have a next-gen disc drive or a power brick inside it.]]>Nov 9th 2006 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Beautiful !!!!! ]]>Nov 9th 2006 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
It looks like Darth Vader...

In my opinion the X-box 360 is better looking for sure...

To bad I don't game... They both look pretty sweet... ]]>Nov 9th 2006 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/any1 know what this can upscale 2 ( 720p,1080i,1080p,etc)
PLEASE does any1 know the uk release date i sure know what i want for christmas]]>Nov 9th 2006 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
Thing hooks up USB, looks like. If DVD Jon could work his magic, we could have open-source HDDVD player software for the Yellow-Dog linux that you can get for the PS3. Or the developer for PowerDVD could provide for like $50. That would be cool as hell.]]>Nov 9th 2006 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
Now that said. Where is the HDMI connector on the Xbox?]]>Nov 9th 2006 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
1: 1080P supporte over component is sketchy at best.
2: Eventually the turn on the DRM and you can't watch movies on your Xbox anymore.

If you actually want a setup that does Games and Hi Def movies, the Sony makes a lot more sense to me.]]>Nov 9th 2006 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/1. It depends on the TV.
2. No, that's not how it works.]]>Nov 9th 2006 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
Any reviews anywhere of picture quality? I saw the Tosh HD player this weekend and it looked nice; not $500 plus the cost of the discs nice though.]]>Nov 9th 2006 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
http://gear.ign.com/articles/691/691408p1.html

If you purchased an HDTV more than a couple of years ago, chances are you are using Component Video (the red, green, and blue plugs) to connect HD sources to your TV. Component Video is an analog transmission, which means that it can't work with the absurdly stringent AACS copy-protection Hollywood has insisted be integrated into the new formats. Thus, no HDMI input on your TV, no hi-def DVD for you. If you don't have a compatible TV, you'll either receive a massively downgraded sub-720p resolution version of the content, or what the studios are suggesting, a warning screen followed by nothing.


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Careful there buddy. This is not exactly true. Having HDMI is not the ONLY way to be HDCP ready. There are many pre-HDMI tvs out there that have DVI inputs that are also HDCP ready. I bet you just scared the shit outa quite a few people out there.

Also I dont think the movie studios are going to be able to impliment this for at least another two years. They want their content protection, but more over they want people to buy their goods. So what would happen if they cut off 25% of the HD market 3 years after it began.

*I know HDTVs have been around longer then 3 years, but thats just about how long they have been selling to your adverage joe. ]]>Nov 10th 2006 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/Nov 9th 2006 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/
http://www.gadgetreview.com/2006/04/toshiba-hd-a1-hd-dvd-player-review-reveals-unsettling-copy-protection.html

rom the HD-A1 manual according to the ManRoom: “HD DVD and DVD video disc creators have the option to include copy protection instructions in their discs that prohibit the output of some standard video or high definition video (original 720p or 1080i or up-converted 480i or 480p) from the COMPONENT OUTPUT jacks. If such instructions are present in the disc you are playing, you must use the HDMI OUTPUT jack to view the disc in a high definition format and the COMPONENT OUTPUT jacks, if activated, will output video only in 480i or 480p resolution.”

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