Xbox 360 Fanboy

The HDMI cable will still run you $60! So that's about $410 total with the current sale price Premiums.

Might as well spend $450 for the Elite, which comes with M$ Official HDMI cable and 120GB HDD. Either way, this is still better than my older 360 :(

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UMm who cares.. we all know you cant see a real difference with HDMI upgrade. But i like how the industry treats us like LEMMINGS and dangles this crappy over hyped carrot in front of our faces....

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Actually some people don't really know or care about HDMI. They're just gonna see the box and buy it and be absolutely happy with their purcahse.

Its good that you want people to be informed but sometimes it seems like you want to make MS out to be the bad guy (or at least Joystiq does).

As if MS is trying to trick people into buying a 360 that doesn't have an HDMI port.

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If you look around even a little on the Internet you're not going to spend $60 on an HDMI cable.

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Nice response ForceUnleashed, i totally agree. People are just happy just to make the purchase and us hardcore people can just continue to be anal on the little things :D

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haha $60 on an HDMI cable? Only if you are an uninformed consumer. You can get an HDMI cable for $10 that works for its intended purposes and you will not be able to tell the difference between it and a Monster HDMI cable.

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I knew there was a marking on the outside of the box. I was gonna go to our local electronics stores to see if I could find it...I guess someone already beat me too it.

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HDMI counts on the HD sets 35' and up for sure!!!

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I've got a core 360 hooked up via component cables to an HD tv, and an elite hooked up via HDMI to another HD tv - I see no difference at all.

Oh, and you're a complete tool if you pay $60 for an HDMI cable these days.

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I see the name "Zephyr" on the sticker picture up there. Isn't that the same as the Elite's codename? It's odd to me to see HDMI being added to the 360's while no sign of a 65nm CPU/Second Heatsink.

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there's an 8 dollar HDMI cable sitting right next to the PS3 peripherals at my local walmart.

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@6,

35 feet? Really? Where can I get one of these?

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oops, meant @8

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Bravo:

I have 360's hooked up to my various HD sets all component, and of course via HDMI on the Elite, and you're right, I simply can't see any difference between the two. Hell, the only reason I bought an Elite was to see what all the hype was coming from the playstion camp, and I just don't see it. I've tested component vs HDMI at 720p & 1080p.

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i just bought a 6' hdmi cable from amazon.com for freaking less than $7 ($.69/cable + s/h...the s/h was more than the cable!). anyone who's paying $60 for one should be hung, tarred, and feathered for being a complete idiot.

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Bite my head off fackers...I wouldn't pay that much either. I did pay $30 for an Fiber Optic Cable though :)

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I think the reason for the HDMI upgrade is to eventually get rid of the expensive propritary AV cable, then only package the cheap standard HDMI cable with the xbox.

Also, currently on the Amazon ranking, both the Xbox and PS3 are significantly beating the wii. So it looks like the wii fad is coming to an end.

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Umm, people the HDMI is only for the HD-DVD drive. When you watch an HD-DVD with/without the HDMI then you can see a slight difference in clarity.

AND it's an inferior HDMI output with it's version 1.2 VS. PS3's standard version 1.3.

Again this is only for MOVIES not GAMES.

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#18,

Wow, One of the things that is apparently driving the PS3 price up is that they are running transport mechanisms that the video card can't saturate. Seems beyond foolish and expensive to me to add the 32bit deep color capabilites of 1.3 when your console can only do 24bit color.

No wonder sony is getting their ass kicked so bad this generation.

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Yeah, actually xbox-scene has nothing to do with these photos. They were posted on NeoGaf:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7348944&postcount=532

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7348582&postcount=499

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=7348624&postcount=503

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