wraggster
July 10th, 2006, 16:09
While the whole 360 HD-DVD internal-external debate has been gathering pace in recent weeks, new pictures currently wending their way across the internet seem to show that Microsoft may be planning a HDMI connector built into the motherboard of future 360s, with this 'alleged' connector providing a serious challenge to one of the PS3's key differentiators.
The pics themselves are hardly conclusive, being of the blurry what-the-hell-is-that? variety, but further whispers have also circulated with some claimants saying they'd actually seen three versions of a 360 motherboard with the connector in place. Never has a piece of news been so deserving of the Microsoft standard response "we do not comment on rumour and speculation". So we didn't ask them.
HDMI actually stands for High-Definition Multimedia Interface and, as you probably know, it's a key output for Sony's higher end PS3 giving you a hi-def uncompressed digital audio-video stream between your console and HDTVs.
However, our 360 experts are more than a little sceptical over the existence of this bit of kit for future 360 iterations. Fishier than a trawler captain's waders is probably a fair summary of their feelings.
Still, the rumour refuses to die, so what do you think? Would the 360 benefit from an in-built HDMI output, would a simple connecting lead suffice or are you really that bothered about HDMI at all? Tell us what you think in the comments field below.
The pics themselves are hardly conclusive, being of the blurry what-the-hell-is-that? variety, but further whispers have also circulated with some claimants saying they'd actually seen three versions of a 360 motherboard with the connector in place. Never has a piece of news been so deserving of the Microsoft standard response "we do not comment on rumour and speculation". So we didn't ask them.
HDMI actually stands for High-Definition Multimedia Interface and, as you probably know, it's a key output for Sony's higher end PS3 giving you a hi-def uncompressed digital audio-video stream between your console and HDTVs.
However, our 360 experts are more than a little sceptical over the existence of this bit of kit for future 360 iterations. Fishier than a trawler captain's waders is probably a fair summary of their feelings.
Still, the rumour refuses to die, so what do you think? Would the 360 benefit from an in-built HDMI output, would a simple connecting lead suffice or are you really that bothered about HDMI at all? Tell us what you think in the comments field below.