(updated) Xbox 360 premium models will soon have HDMI output

[Poofta!]

360 has been capable of 1080p over VGA and Component since late last year. I believe some games already boast that capability, but the only one that comes to mind off hand is NBA Street Homecourt.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/n/nbastreethomecourt/

oh so ive been playing my 360 in 1080p all this time? (its connected through vga running at 1280x1024 but theres an option for 1920x1080 if i had widescreen).

[chrisbid]

No. That would involve having to use HD-DVD. The most you can get out of a 360 is 720p/1080i.

what does the optical drive have to do with system output?

freakin gamestop employees :\

[Nesmaster]

oh so ive been playing my 360 in 1080p all this time? (its connected through vga running at 1280x1024 but theres an option for 1920x1080 if i had widescreen).

1280 x 1024 isn't 1080p, only 1920 x 1080 is 1080p.

One nice thing about VGA that you may not know is, in one of the recent updates they added an option called VGA Expanded which greatly enhances the black levels. If you have this option off, enable it immediately. It's somewhere in the console settings tab.

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Xbox_360...and_After_PICS

[alxbly]

Perhaps the current stock of manufactured 360's will be sold as Core models (as those consoles won't have HDMI outputs). Once that stock runs out I suspect we'll either see the end of the Core bundle or Microsoft will start selling core 360's with HDMI.

[Nesmaster]

Confirmed, no 65nm in the 360s yet.

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/08...hdmi-premiums/

[ApolloBoy]

Never, Never get the core, it's such a rip off

They should of never had the Core system in the first place

I guess that makes me one of the few people who wants a Core system.

[Slate]

Confirmed, no 65nm in the 360s yet.

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/08...hdmi-premiums/

Darn. Hopefully they'll be out by x-mas.

[Bluteg]

Guitar Hero 2 and Lost Planet are also 1080P.

[Lothars]

I guess that makes me one of the few people who wants a Core system.

Can I ask why?