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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Seed_Of_Evil on November 13, 2001, 09:43:24 AM
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The Xbox DVD player will not have progressive-scan capabilities.
Microsoft has confirmed that the progressive-scan DVD feature will not be available in the final retail version of the Xbox console. The company would not elaborate on the specific reasons behind the exclusion of progressive-scan, but judging from previous comments from Microsoft executives, the feature was, at one point, under consideration for inclusion in the Xbox. Supported by newer digital high-definition televisions, progressive-scan writes one full frame of video in a single pass--as opposed to the double pass used for the regular interlaced method--which results in a clearer DVD image quality.
Issues with cost are likely the primary reasons that Microsoft has decided not to include progressive-scan capabilities in its DVD players. Currently, stand-alone progressive-scan DVD players range in price from $200 to more than $1,000. Consumers will have to purchase a separate DVD kit, which includes a remote and software, for an approximate price of $29 to play DVD movies on the Xbox. The console will be released this Thursday.
Source (http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/news/0,10870,2824108,00.html)
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Yea the Xbox website has confirmed this for a while. If you look as the AV pack it says for games only. :( Oh well.
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That will shut those xbox fanboys up, for an hour or two