Microsoft Xbox 360 Gets Blu-Ray
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It seems that Microsoft is getting ready to offer Xbox 360 users external Blu-Ray drives. Price point is said to be $100 to $150 and will be manufactured by Toshiba and Samsung. Microsoft is hoping that it will be able to catch up with Sony and their PS3 units that already plays Blu-Ray disks. According to the article, it also states that:
X-bit labs is not only reporting that Microsoft is still planning on releasing an external Blu-ray drive, but also that the company already has the device ready to go.
According to the article, Toshiba (yes, you read that correctly) and Samsung have been asked to come up with the external Blu-ray solution for the Xbox 360. Rumors are also floating around claiming a $100-to-$150 price point.
With Blu-ray playback remaining as one of the few advantages the PlayStation 3 has over the Xbox 360, one would imagine Microsoft would want to release this immediately to level the Blu-ray bragging rights issue.
If this information is accurate, we’re left wondering how Microsoft will play this. Do they try and get this out in time for the holidays? Or do they wait to debut it at a show (like CES) where we’re likely to see standalone Blu-ray players fall in price anyway?
So what do you think? Will you be buying a Blu-Ray for your Xbox 360?
Comments welcomes.
4 Comments
George
October 9th, 2008
at 2:13pm
ive never actually used blue ray. have you? does it really look better? i’ve always been fine with standard def, maybe its time to try out high def?
Ron Schenone
October 9th, 2008
at 4:54pm
Heh George,
I’ve only seen Blu-Ray on a HD TV at Best Buy. It does look great, no doubt about it. I’m just waiting for the prices to drop.
Standard def compared to HD? There is no comparison. I really enjoy my Plasma when viewing HD channels. DVD’s also look great.
Ron
Obi-Wan Jerkobi
October 9th, 2008
at 6:21pm
Sure, it’s great and all, but think for a second…
Blu-Ray already takes quite a bit longer than a normal DVD to load…
If this thing is external, that means it’s going to be running on USB, which is about the equivalent of PATA-66 (or UDMA-4) which is the standard the fastest of hard drives in 1998 and on til ATA-100 was introduced. And that tiny little data bus is going to be churning in 25GB of HD Content?
If this IS TRUE, it’s probably going to take like 3 minutes of buffering to get it ready to play a Blu-Ray.
Ron Schenone
October 9th, 2008
at 6:44pm
Hi Obi-Wan Jerkobi.
Interesting point. Thanks for dropping by.