![Email This](mailto:?Subject=Toshiba man hints at internal HD-DVD 360&body=Hi,%0D%0A%0D%0AI just found this:%0D%0A%0D%0A<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/sony-playstation-3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/microsoft-xbox-360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/peripherals/" rel="tag">Peripherals</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a></p><a href="http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4816/53/"><img width="225" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="225" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/06/hddvddisc.jpg" id="vimage_1" alt="" /></a>Assuming the mouthpiece behind this piece of chatter, we'll have to take this all with a grain of salt. However, <a href="http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4816/53/">IT Wire</a> in Australia has spoken with Mark Whittard, general manager of Toshiba's Information Systems Division in Australia, about the possibility of an internal HD-DVD drive making it into next generations of the Xbox 360 before the end of the year. He is quoted as saying:<br /><br /><em>"The Xbox [360] is coming out with an HD-DVD player towards the end of this year. ... I would imagine that there are plans in place to put an HD-DVD drive internally in future revisions of the product. They're not speaking about it publicly at the moment but I would expect them to do that and fairly soon."</em><br /><br />It can be hard to imagine this becoming a reality, unless production costs are reduced dramatically sometime soon. Considering the flack Sony and the PlayStation 3 have received as far as pricing with their costly Blu-ray drive included, to have the 360 price stay the same or even inch a bit higher wouldn't be the most prudent business decision. Besides, who really needs an HD-DVD player anyway?<br /><br />[via <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=65835">Eurogamer</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4816/53/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/30/toshiba-man-hints-at-internal-hd-dvd-360/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/638638/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/30/toshiba-man-hints-at-internal-hd-dvd-360/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking Blogs</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/30/toshiba-man-hints-at-internal-hd-dvd-360/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><p><font size="1"><hr>SPONSORED BY: <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">Age of Empires III - Real-Time Strategy Game</a> Control a European power on a quest to colonize and conquer the New World. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">AOE3</A> introduces new gameplay elements, as well as new civilizations, units, and technologies. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/DEI/go/wblgsxbx0080000528dei/direct/01/">http://www.ageofempires3.com/</a></font></p>%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp://xbox-360.x-hub.com/?a=360-news%26id=148){kind=link}
Toshiba man hints at internal HD-DVD 360
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Peripherals, Business
Assuming the mouthpiece behind this piece of chatter, we'll have to take this all with a grain of salt. However, IT Wire in Australia has spoken with Mark Whittard, general manager of Toshiba's Information Systems Division in Australia, about the possibility of an internal HD-DVD drive making it into next generations of the Xbox 360 before the end of the year. He is quoted as saying:"The Xbox [360] is coming out with an HD-DVD player towards the end of this year. ... I would imagine that there are plans in place to put an HD-DVD drive internally in future revisions of the product. They're not speaking about it publicly at the moment but I would expect them to do that and fairly soon."
It can be hard to imagine this becoming a reality, unless production costs are reduced dramatically sometime soon. Considering the flack Sony and the PlayStation 3 have received as far as pricing with their costly Blu-ray drive included, to have the 360 price stay the same or even inch a bit higher wouldn't be the most prudent business decision. Besides, who really needs an HD-DVD player anyway?
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