Crafty users over at NEOGaf spotted something interesting on Japan's Lost Planet 360 bundle. The list of contents on the back of the box show that an HDMI cable is cable is included with the bundle. Microsoft has said in the past that HDMI is unnecessary for high definition games, or that too few people have HDMI capable TVs, so this could be an interesting turn of events. Also, it would mesh well with rumors of the cable's imminent release.
Of course, it's always possible that this is merely a printing mistake. For instance, the front of the box (image here) notes that the bundle includes normal "HD AV" cables, which are found in American Premium bundles, too. Did some punch-drunk graphic designer accidentally type the wrong letters, or is Microsoft finally taking the HDMI plunge?
Update: It looks like Microsoft has officially shot this down. According to IGN, the HDMI reference on the back of the box was a typo. Shucks.
[Via AVS Forum. Thanks, Jay.]
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11-21-2006 @ 4:23PM
DeadPlasmaCell said...
Riiight, *Wink* *Wink* *Nudge* *Nudge*
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11-21-2006 @ 4:29PM
ymmv said...
How on earth can an "HDMI" bullet be a typo? The copy writer wanted to write "VGA" or "Component" and then he suffered a mind fart? HDMI was listed on that box on purpose. It can only mean that MS _is_ working on an updated Xbox 360 version with an additional HDMI output but aren't going to sell it this year after all. Unless the denial of this rumor is just a smoke screen. MS is also vehemently denying a forthcoming larger HD but it is a dead certainty that we'll see one very soon. You can't have a full-fledged download service with a measly 20GB HD.
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11-21-2006 @ 4:58PM
SuicideNinja said...
I don't see why they are making such a big deal about the HDMI cable. They already said they can do it without changing the hardware. There is a desire for it...although this gamer doesn't care what-so-ever.
Making a cable would just be another thing to even up the specs with Sony. What's the problem?
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11-21-2006 @ 5:35PM
Brian said...
The 360 may not be able to output a digital signal, which explains the lack of dvi and hdmi. It not just as easy as making a cable with a hdmi plug on the end.
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11-21-2006 @ 6:34PM
godden said...
its not a new 360 design its a new D Terminal AV Cable with a HDMI port on the lead aswell that comes bundled with the lost planet 360 bundle.
check the pic out of play-asia
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-bq-49-en-70-1p47.html
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11-21-2006 @ 9:33PM
McFly said...
I find it very difficult to believe that M$ would develop a "next generation" console that does NOT output a digital video signal. Component is great of coarse but it's still analogue...
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11-21-2006 @ 9:35PM
DA360 said...
Microsoft said that the Xbox 360 is already capable of doing digital output (HDMI/DVI), its just that when the 360 got released, HDMI TVs are a extremely small market. I am sure, as more people want it, MS will eventually release one. Then again, they still have yet to release a larger HDD...
But I don't see what the big deal about HDMI is, besides people worried about HDCP. Its just another way to connect your equipment to your TV, that's about it...
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11-22-2006 @ 9:25AM
Fatz said...
It's not JUST another way to connect to your TV, it would possibly also allow those of us without VGA capable TV's to upconvert standard DVD's to 720p or 1080i...
Plus HDMI often provides a cleaner, sharper picture than its analog counterparts, but mainly the upconverting aspect for me.
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11-24-2006 @ 11:15AM
Glenn said...
D Terminal != HDMI
D Terminal == Hi-Def Component bundled in one cable, common in Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D4_video_connector
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