
Alright, so you've had due time to squabble over Microsoft's reasoning for apparently readying an
Xbox 360 v2 -- supposedly prepared with a
65-nanometer CPU, 120GB
hard drive, and an 1080p-pumpin'
HDMI port -- and now XboxScene has dug up photos of what appears to be a prototype board sporting the coveted new HDMI port as well as a new "
HANA" scaler. The materials on the PCB certainly seem to match up with what we saw yesterday, and moreover, the direct comparison shot between the current model's (presumably analog only) "
ANA" scaler and the forthcoming version's "HANA" model adds a bit more consistency to the whole story. Indeed, if the current machine's scaler can't even output digital
1080p signals, it certainly helps to explain the missing
HDMI cable that one would've thought went hand-in-hand with all this
HD DVD hoopla Microsoft has got itself into. So be sure and hit the read link for a few more high-res shots, and click on through for the YouTube proof -- oh yes, there's a video.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]