The thing that is limiting about the xbox 360 add on, is that the Xbox doesn't output 7.1 channels of uncompressed PCM or raw Dolby TrueHD bitstreams over the HDMI.
That's what I was hoping this rumored 360 was about. That they would add highdef audio output to the HDMI port and make it a fully HDMI 1.3a device. Then that way you could plug in either the HD-DVD drive or future blu-ray drive and enjoy the format to its fullest extent.
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The thing that is limiting about the xbox 360 add on, is that the Xbox doesn't output 7.1 channels of uncompressed PCM or raw Dolby TrueHD bitstreams over the HDMI.
That's what I was hoping this rumored 360 was about. That they would add highdef audio output to the HDMI port and make it a fully HDMI 1.3a device. Then that way you could plug in either the HD-DVD drive or future blu-ray drive and enjoy the format to its fullest extent.