Xbox 360 (Xbox 360)New Xbox 360s With HDMI Already In StoresKotaku - August 8, 2007
Submitted by kingsinghbling (819)
at 3:16PM PST on August 8, 2007
Chalk one up for Ars Technica's Opposable Thumbs crew and their Xbox 360 "insider" as newer versions of the Xbox 360 (non-Elite versions) with HDMI output have already begun appearing in stores. A commenter in a Shacknews thread boasted of his recent 360 acquisition, wondering why his Xbox 360 PREMIUM came equipped with an extra audio/video port......
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I suspect you are right Joe80 this will probably cause some confusion and will put some off. The timing of this is probably usefull though as the price drop will produce a spike which will help clear some of the older models. MS did well to keep this stum though, it seemed to creep under the radar.
Is this the right time to bring out HDMI, probably but the market is still a confusing place when it comes to the HD rated tellies.
I suspect though as the elite has been engineered to reduce the RROD issue what we are really seeing is the release of the board across the range and the premium simple benefiting from the elite having a HDMI port built in, but I am a sceptic.