Wow. This is really awesome, but...I do think there's one big thing missing: 1080p content. While 720p content is nice (already been downloading trailers and whatnot from Xbox Live in this resolution), 1080p source content will make a huge difference even if your HDTV isn't do native 1080p. It's not always the resolution of the display but the the quality of the source signal. For example: if you have a native 480p projector and feed it HD signals, it will provide a much better picture even though the display resolution isn't HD. It will definitely be better if it was HD, but still...there's a big improvement. That's why I wish these movies and stuff over Xbox Live were actually 1080p instead of the announced 720p. However, I do understand the reason because of bandwidth and small hard drive for the 360. I guess I'll just have to cross my fingers for the future. In the meantime, I'll get the HD-DVD drive for the 360. $200 and King Kong sounds good to me.
imo 1080p would be a huge mistaked... nobody really cares about 1080p and the downloads would be 2x as big. At this point even 720p content will take a while to download.
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Tyler @ Nov 7th 2006 12:15AM
Wow. This is really awesome, but...I do think there's one big thing missing: 1080p content. While 720p content is nice (already been downloading trailers and whatnot from Xbox Live in this resolution), 1080p source content will make a huge difference even if your HDTV isn't do native 1080p. It's not always the resolution of the display but the the quality of the source signal. For example: if you have a native 480p projector and feed it HD signals, it will provide a much better picture even though the display resolution isn't HD. It will definitely be better if it was HD, but still...there's a big improvement. That's why I wish these movies and stuff over Xbox Live were actually 1080p instead of the announced 720p. However, I do understand the reason because of bandwidth and small hard drive for the 360. I guess I'll just have to cross my fingers for the future. In the meantime, I'll get the HD-DVD drive for the 360. $200 and King Kong sounds good to me.
Aaron @ Nov 7th 2006 12:47AM
imo 1080p would be a huge mistaked... nobody really cares about 1080p and the downloads would be 2x as big. At this point even 720p content will take a while to download.