Coming from the guys over at MAXCONSOLE comes word that Samsung is developing an Xbox 360 built into a LCD television called the X-Series and will feature 4 USB ports, 512MB HDD and is set to release this November in both the US and Europe. Interesting, no? Our official take on this Xbox 360 TV rumor is that it's a quick photoshop job and is complete bologna. Especially the fact that it'll only use a 512MB HDD, because we don't think they even manufacture 512MB hard drives anymore. Pessimism is all the rage.
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6-27-2008 @ 1:27PM
Jez said...
The Nintendo Wii has a 512 MB HDD...
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6-27-2008 @ 1:32PM
Striker said...
The Wii uses flash memory, seriously, when was the last time you heard of a hard drive with under 70GB of space? They don't make hard drives that small, and the hard drive is probably a 500GB one.
6-27-2008 @ 1:33PM
Tony said...
I think it's technically a flash drive.
6-27-2008 @ 1:34PM
Jez said...
Oh, fair enough
6-27-2008 @ 3:31PM
Kryptinite said...
When is the first time you've heard of a 70 GB hard drive?
6-28-2008 @ 2:53PM
Brian said...
The wii doesn't have a hard drive, it uses flash memory.
6-28-2008 @ 3:18PM
Jez said...
Yeah I think I got that by now Brian, cheers
6-27-2008 @ 1:28PM
Terror said...
How about adding a Samsung BLu-ray drive to boot?
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6-27-2008 @ 1:38PM
Dick said...
Now thats using the ol noggin...
Wouldnt it be some shit if thats how MS brought BluRay into XBOX...
6-27-2008 @ 1:39PM
Cabal said...
Its possible they don't mean HDD, but 512MB memory card. OR they could have integrated 512MB flash storage.
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6-27-2008 @ 1:39PM
Josh said...
To the person above: The Wii uses flash memory, no? It's why people are always wanting a hard drive for it and Nintendo keeps saying no.
As for that debunking this rumor, I doubt it. Obviously it wouldn't be a hard drive but flash memory like the Wii. The Arcade already ships with no hard drive so why would so little an amount of memory surprise you? An LCD couldn't fit a hard drive inside it so it would have to be flash memory. And since flash memory is still relatively expensive, I doubt they would put very much in there at all. The TV will already be expensive because Samsung (or whatever company) would have to pay licensing fees to Microsoft so why add more to the cost and potentially push it out of the target audience of college-bound students, apartment goers, and children's bedrooms?
The TV won't be big and probably won't be higher than 720p for that reason. But looking at who this sort of product would be pushed towards, what is stated sounds right on the nail to me. And honestly, this was the first thing I thought of when I read that rumor on Digg. Honestly, I think it would be a great move by Microsof so long as they push customer service nightmares off onto the manufacturer and not to their own department.
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6-27-2008 @ 2:04PM
rob paek said...
First of all, I don't think they would ship with 512 MB of memory, unless they don't want this TV (which I think is a complete rumor at this point) to play old school Xbox games. Obviously you couldn't download an Xbox Original on 512 MB, and the current 360s have a 7 or 8 GB partition for the emulation software. 360s and original Xboxes have different GPUs, one is from nVidia and the other from ATI. That's why you never see "120 GB" or "20 GB" available on a brand new Xbox...
6-27-2008 @ 2:18PM
natrontheape said...
Not particularly aimed at you Josh, but my opinion on some of the things you mentioned in your post:
A. This is a bullshit photoshopped image. That doesn't mean Microsoft isn't working on this, but this add is pure bullshit.
B. A laptop size SATA drive (like the one in that giant shell that Microsoft uses, and like the one in the PS3) could certainly fit inside an LCD. They fit in laptops that are much smaller than most LCD televisions. In fact, they could fit a ton of them into my 42" LCD.
C. Wait until those TVs RRoD on everyone! No more Gears 2 and no more American Idol! Poor Bastards!
6-27-2008 @ 1:44PM
Kenny said...
What a silly, counter-intuitive device.
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6-27-2008 @ 2:03PM
jdkay20 said...
if thats true I will be pissed. I just bought a 37' samsung lcd hdtv less then a month ago.
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6-27-2008 @ 3:15PM
Azshros said...
37' TV.... man i wanna watch football at your house. :)
6-27-2008 @ 2:05PM
WastinMyFlavor said...
So when the 360 component red rings, where do you ship the ENTIRE TV off to? Microsoft or Samsung? And do you want to be without a TV for that long?
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6-27-2008 @ 2:08PM
MDJ2010 said...
I love my 360, I love my samsung. Do I want my console integrated into it? NO!!!! Imagine all the times youve had to send your 360 back having to send off a whole TV, NIGHTMARE personified!!!
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6-27-2008 @ 2:09PM
MDJ2010 said...
Damn it WastinMyFlavor, you read my mind and were faster than me, although as my above comment shows, i agree with you whole heartedly.
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6-27-2008 @ 2:19PM
joey said...
Why the hell would you want your 360 in your TV????
To save a power plug and some cables?
Oh, and what if it red ringed?
the coffin will have to be a lot bigger.
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