Where does the HD DVD announcement leave Microsoft?
Microsoft released a statement saying that the end of HD DVD does not impact the sales of the Xbox 360. At first glance this seems like a reasonable conclusion. However, Microsoft should be concerned about the PlayStation 3, which is the cheapest Blu-ray player on the market and one of the major reasons why Blu-ray [...]
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High Definition on the XBOX 360
Last year during the holidays I bought the XBox 360 HD DVD player add on. After getting it all hooked up to my Sony 51″ Projection TV, I wasn’t very impressed with the picture. My TV did support 1080i resolution. To be honest, I couldn’t tell the difference between HD DVD and regular DVD. I remember [...]
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Microsoft Extends the Warranty on Xbox 360
Microsoft announced on Thursday, July 5th that it will extend the XBox 360 warranty coverage. In a news release Microsoft announced that “any Xbox 360 customer who experiences a general hardware failure indicated by three flashing red lights will now be covered by a three year warranty from date of purchase. All other existing Xbox [...]
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