1st Gen vs 2nd Gen Xbox 360 & DVD Up Scaling (Component vs HDMI)
I have a 1st Generation Xbox 360 which i purchase about a year and a half ago. I connect to my HD-LCD TV via component cables at a resolution of 1080i. I also have a HD-DVD Player which i recently got for free (well $5) at a garage sale on my street.Everything is working wonderful. Both my Xbox and my HD-DVD plays back regular DVD at a resolution of 480p.
HOWEVER, my roommate just purchased a 2nd generation Xbox 360 (core system), (for less then what i paid for mine btw), which came with an HDMI port. When we played a regular DVD movie via his Xbox 360, the system automatically up-scaled to 1080p (his TV is 1080p). How very angry i was.
I called Xbox Support and after a hour and half conversation, i was basically told that only Xbox 360's with HDMI ports will up-covert regular DVD's to 1080p. All 1st generation system does not have have ability because of the lack of a HDMI port.
When i asked about providing us, the early adopters of the Xbox 360 with a HDMI adaptor for our units so we can then use 1080p gaming as well as up-scale regular DVD movies, i was told one does not exist yet.
I was told if i wanted a system with a HDMI port i needed to sell my Xbox 360 and buy a new one that had a HDMI port on it.
I don't know about you, but i find that kind of reply beyond &%&&$.
The bottom line here is that as a early adopter, i feel cheated that all these new units can not only plug into the HDMI port on my TV and get 1080p resolution but they can also up-scale DVD's to 1080p. Which my Xbox cannot.
I am stuck now with an inferior Xbox 360, which upscales my regular DVD movies to 480p. Where is the fairness in that?
I don't mind playing my games in 1080i, or even seeing my regular DVD's in 1080i, but i want to have the same ability that all the Xbox 360's have when playing back DVD's with HDMI.
To up-scale to 1080p.
What do you think? - Xbox.com forum post
Contact Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
1 comments:
yeah, that's really messed up.
-the roommate with the hdmi xbox 360
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