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

In article <771afeb0-1b6d-4e99-836c-f6f3abd9d012@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, sudsy2222@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
> On Feb 19, 11:48 am, chrisv <chr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 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?stor...
> >
> > 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.
> 
> I'm with Robert on this one. The increase in quality with my
> upconverting
> Phillips DVD player is most impressive! Given that there's no
> broadcast
> standard (yet) for 1080p because of the bandwidth demands, I happily
> purchased a 720p set. I'm not a big gamer so none of my video sources
> even sup****t 1080p. Watching A&E HD is simply marvelous at 720p.

I went with 1080p because at 42" there wasn't a lot of difference in 
price.  The 42" plasma TV we bought (though it was on sale) was less 
than $100 more than the "same" TV in 720p.  I considered the $100 as 
cheap obsolescence insurance.

> Perhaps a few years down the line I'll find it worthwhile to go with
> 1080p
> but I don't want to have to replace my movie collection with yet
> another

I didn't want to replace the hardware either.

> format just now. I'll wait until the prices on plasmas come down or
> maybe OEDs will live up to their hype. Who knows?

Plasmas have come down a *lot*.  When I bought (November) the sweet 
spot seemed to be about 42".  They with up rapidly from there.

> I even went with component video cables since I couldn't see a
> significant
> improvement with HDMI. Old eyes? Just cheap?  ;-)

It took me a while to get HDMI working.  The stupid cable company...  
Grrr.  Cables are cheap.  So cheap I have mine wired up with 
everything from composite to HDMI.  ;-) 

> But perhaps I'm not the only one who doesn't want to pay $140 for a 6'
> audio/video cable...

How about $6?  It's a damned cable, not an investment!

-- 
Keith