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

krw wrote:
> In article <mu1mr35cj2a4u4ptoa4shfhm1uvsd3bjse@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> chrisv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
>> 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).
>
> Depends on what you mean by "HD". Full 1080i isn't common under 42"
> (just went through that - ended up with a 42" plasma).  ...not that
> there is much 1080i content.

For certain values of "common".  Friend of mine got a 37" 1080i set a 
couple of years ago.  Not horribly expensive then and less now--seems 
that the Chinese were the first to get a 1080 LCD line going in that 
size.

>> People will want to watch
>> HD, not "upsampled DVD", on their HD displays.  It's inevitable.
>
> The "good enough" comments were right on.  VHS was "good enough".
> I'm not convinced people will pay big bux for BluRay.  I don't think
> I will, at least a large premium.

No, they won't pay big bucks, but a couple of years down the road it's 
going to be as cheap as regular DVD is now.
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