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

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>, jclarke.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
says...
> 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.

Sorry, I meant 1080p (AIUI, it must be 1080p - 1920x1080 to properly 
be called HDTV now).  Most of the <=42" class weren't.

> >> 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.

I see a catch-22 here though.  DVD is incredibly cheap.  BR doesn't 
give *that* much more.

-- 
Keith