Re: Upcoming & future Xbox 360 motherboard / chipset revisions are: Jasper, Opus and Valhalla - The Valhalla to have 65 or 45 nm combined CPU-GPU in 2009

Robert Redelmeier wrote:

>Just because HD-DVD is dead does not mean Blu-ray will thrive.
>There is competition from upscaled DVDs:
>
>http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/techview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10610923

Seen 'em.  They suck worse that leaving the DVD alone and nost trying
to "upsample" them.

>As always, the question will be "Is the difference worth it?"
>Not something a techie can answer.  It depends on mass market
>perceptions.  If Joe Sixpack can plug a [sinfully expensive] HDMI
>cable into a decent DVD player and his HDTV and see a picture as
>good as s/he remembers from the BigBox store Blu-ray, why would they
>switch?  Only if the blu-ray players become really cheap, there might
>a movie or two the SFX or other visuals will be worth the premium.

They will become cheap, HD displays are getting cheap (you can't
hardly buy one that isn't HD any longer).  People will want to watch
HD, not "upsampled DVD", on their HD displays.  It's inevitable.