You are all idiots, as JoyStiq is merely a page to read user-submitted news. They have no bias. Stop whining, all of you.

XBMC kicks serious ass, was free, and upscales all my content to 720p or 1080i (I like the higher bandwidth 720 progressive signal though, as there is never page tearing this way...ever :] ).

If Microsoft releases the HDDVD drive add-on for $99, it will sell like hotcakes. I know that I would buy one for that price, no questions asked. HDDVD's are only going to be about $20 - $25 on average when they start to saturate the market, and I'm willing to pay that price to get native HD resolution from my DVDs. I also own a Samsung HDTV however, and that helps a lot too with my decision. I had to save up a lot of money to afford my HDTV + Xbox 360 + games + XBL, but I am happy with it. At the same time though, if the add-on HDDVD drive is over $99.95, no one is going to buy it, despite the cheap price point.

I love you Microsoft (for different reasons than I love Linux and MacOS), so don't screw this one up! By releasing the HDDVD player @ the $100 price-point, you will sell a TON of them and bring HDDVD into the market quickly. Just because most of the major movie companies want HDDVD doesn't mean they won't support HDDVD if it starts to sell well. At the very WORST, you drive up Sony's cost of production for Blu-Ray EVEN higher, and weaken thier sales of Blu-Ray movies.

Fuck you all. Atari Jaguar 64 is way better than PS3/360/Wii.

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO THE iPHONE.

So is Engadget filled with nothing but trolls and flamers?

#7 Jeff, please read from the article:

"However, Nikkei is quoting sources that say the phone, which may be released as early as this year (and which is definitely NOT pictured alongside this post)..."

#6 south, I think they are just ignorant. Personally I think the iPod is overpriced garbage that locks you into iTunes, but I'll at least defend this article for accuracy's sake.

You all are all so stupid. They said that the picture in this post has nothing to do with the product. It's not a prototype of anything, just a fake mockup of a dial-tone phone and an iPod.

Did you all even READ the article?

Dammit...with memory so cheap these days, why in the hell can't they make a WORTHY leap, and make it at least 512 MB...preferably a 1 GB. That way I could download a whole 360 game demo and take it to my mate's house to play.

Seriously Microsoft...if you ever read this, please make it at least 512 MB. I won't buy the 256 MB version (and I say this as the owner of the 64 MB 360 memcard and a 2 GB USB pen drive).

Everyone should stop spreading the misinformation that the cheaper PS3 won't have HiDef output -- it simply won't have an HDMI output. The AV Multi out (which can do component video, just like PS2) can output 1080p. The big benefit of HDMI (read: DVI video + digital audio + content protection) is that it creates a digital(HDMI)-to-digital(LCD/Plasma HDTV) connection, and looks better (so I read, but I've never seen them side by side myself).

So if you can afford a 1080p digital HDTV at today's price, you can easily get the $600 PS3.

Am I correct on this?

No.

If the $499 model indeed doesn't have HDMI capability, that means you CANNOT play Blu-Ray movies in High Definition (HD). You can still use Component cables to play GAMES in HD, but you are also wrong about it's capacity. Component cannot handle the bandwidth required for 1080p, only 1080i. HDMI covers DVI as well...some people think that they are screwed if they have DVI, but this isn't the case. You can buy a fairly cheap adapter and play any of the same content...so when MS releases the HD-DVD drive, as long as you have at least DVI on your TV, you should be able to play even 1080p stuff back on your HDTV (should it support it).

Anyhow, I'm not getting a PS3 anyways. Sony as many have said is the King of Lies, and I will not buy any of their products anymore. I hope all the Sony fanboys enjoy playing $499 for a crippled PS3. What's the point of having a Blu-Ray drive if you can only watch your movies in 480p?