Toshiba-Samsung to release Xbox 360 Blu-ray player?

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Published: Thursday 9th October, 2008 | Author: Steven Williamson
Products: Xbox 360
Companies: Microsoft (All Microsoft content)
Platforms: Xbox 360
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Rumours that Microsoft is readying an external Blu-ray player for its Xbox 360 have re-surfaced, this time from unnamed market sources, who claim that Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology Corp., have been contracted to bring the machine to retail.

Xbitlabs has a report claiming that the joint venture between Samsung Electronics and Toshiba Corp will see the new Blu-ray drive come in at a competitive price, rumoured to be between "$100 - $150 price-point" to compete with the PS3 and its built-in Blu-Ray.

Earlier this year, Microsoft ceased production of the HD DVD add-on for Xbox 360 and has always said that it would look at releasing a Blu-ray player should the format take off.

It's one rumour that just won't go away and Microsoft has responded with a resounding "no comment", but with XBitLabs going a bit further than most with its report, claiming that the device is already in production, could it indeed be true this time around.

For now we can only speculate, but if true, with Blu-Ray player sales still slacking, it seems unlikely that Microsoft would launch the player this side of Christmas. It's been suggested that the Consumer Electronics Show in January could be the ideal launch pad.

Source :: XbitLabs

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Re: News - Toshiba-Samsung to release Xbox 360 Blu-ray player?

Posted by Knoxville - Thu 9th Oct 2008, 11:56pm

I thought Microsoft were all for the download movie service seems odd that they'd go and knock up a blu-ray drive when the formats not really taken off and they've got netflix for the 360 in the U.S.Quote

Re: News - Toshiba-Samsung to release Xbox 360 Blu-ray player?

Posted by CaseyV9 - Fri 10th Oct 2008, 6:46am

Quote: Knoxville
I thought Microsoft were all for the download movie service seems odd that they'd go and knock up a blu-ray drive when the formats not really taken off and they've got netflix for the 360 in the U.S.

I also thought MS were opting for download service.

And with Blue Ray, won't they need to include HDCP into It or am I a bit muddled there?
Is HDCP simply just something a monitor would need?Quote

Re: News - Toshiba-Samsung to release Xbox 360 Blu-ray player?

Posted by The Hand - Fri 10th Oct 2008, 8:01am

If they bring one out, hopefully they'll have the foresight to manufactor it in black as well as white for Elite Xbox 360! :cool:Quote

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