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Will Nextbox have a Blu-Ray drive?

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DirtyP2002 on 01 January 2013

I think it will use BluRay. But people making this a Sony win need to get informed.



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jamesmarkus87 on 01 January 2013

I was always under the impression that Sony owned the rights to blu-ray.



SOLIDSNAKE08 on 01 January 2013

its got to have a blu ray drive and guys this isnt a war, microsoft and sony work together aswell you know. i remember microsoft advertised a sony viao laptop for their windows advert. besides, sony dont own blu ray, they're just one out of multiple electronic companies that are in the blu ray disc association. sony corporation are one of the board of directors aswell.



SvennoJ on 01 January 2013
jamesmarkus87 said:
I was always under the impression that Sony owned the rights to blu-ray.

Maybe a simple faq can help with all the fud in this thread
http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/

1.3 The Blu-ray Disc format was developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers, with more than 180 member companies from all over the world. The Board of Directors currently consists of:

Apple Computer, Inc.
Dell Inc.
Hewlett Packard Company
Hitachi, Ltd.
LG Electronics Inc.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Pioneer Corporation
Royal Philips Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Sharp Corporation
Sony Corporation
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TDK Corporation
Thomson Multimedia
Twentieth Century Fox
Walt Disney Pictures
Warner Bros. Entertainment

It's an old faq too, 2.5 luckily never came through
2.5 Will Blu-ray replace VCRs?
HDD's are much better for that.



Chris Hu on 01 January 2013
HesAPooka said:
Chris Hu said:
HesAPooka said:
SvennoJ said:
madman25 said:
I hope not...Can't stand blu ray films (unless it's animation). I don't see the attraction of removing a film's texture and making it look like a cheap daytime soap opera.
I'm guessing the hard drive will be huge enough to allow for the option of direct downloading more than just a few games/movies so physical discs will be less of an option for me.

Out of all arguments against blu-ray this is the most misinformed I've ever read, bravo.


He probably owns an LCD or LED


No, duh everyone that post here does so by using a LCD or LED screen.  Anyway plasma is way overrated and its pretty much a dying technology since everybody is moving away from it. 

I can see why you'd say a technology that is cheaper and generally gives you a better picture quality is over rated. 

The truth is that its still dying Panasonic is the only big player left when it comes to plasma televisions and they are in deep financial trouble if it was such a great product they would make money.  Also how exactly does it offer better picture quality when all the next gen sets that offer better then 1080p are not based on plasma technology.



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HesAPooka on 01 January 2013
Chris Hu said:
HesAPooka said:
Chris Hu said:
HesAPooka said:
SvennoJ said:
madman25 said:
I hope not...Can't stand blu ray films (unless it's animation). I don't see the attraction of removing a film's texture and making it look like a cheap daytime soap opera.
I'm guessing the hard drive will be huge enough to allow for the option of direct downloading more than just a few games/movies so physical discs will be less of an option for me.

Out of all arguments against blu-ray this is the most misinformed I've ever read, bravo.


He probably owns an LCD or LED


No, duh everyone that post here does so by using a LCD or LED screen.  Anyway plasma is way overrated and its pretty much a dying technology since everybody is moving away from it. 

I can see why you'd say a technology that is cheaper and generally gives you a better picture quality is over rated. 

The truth is that its still dying Panasonic is the only big player left when it comes to plasma televisions and they are in deep financial trouble if it was such a great product they would make money.  Also how exactly does it offer better picture quality when all the next gen sets that offer better then 1080p are not based on plasma technology.


I'm not going to address the first part of your statement, but in regards to the second part plasma offers darker blacks, and whiters whites, and a higher refresh rate. So when you're watching a movie it will look like the film makers intended instead of a "soap opera" with un realistic colors. Sure you can get around the soap opera effect with lcd/led, but than the refresh rate is shit, and you'll be looking at a lot of motion blur with unrealistic colors. Either way the colors are shit. That is of course unless you plan on spending 3000+ for a top notch LED in which case sure you can find a slightly better picture quality than a plasma, or OLED which will set you back quite a bit as well but blows plasma/led/lcd out of the water. I've been hearing "plasma is a dead technolocy" for the past 8 years and yet they it's still around. 



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Nsanity on 01 January 2013
turtuls said:
They will definitely not want to pay Sony for their discs so they will use their own new disc format.

Sony do not own Blu-Ray.



MARCUSDJACKSON on 01 January 2013
turtuls said:
They will definitely not want to pay Sony for their discs so they will use their own new disc format.

this

and here's info on nintendo's propritary disc. 25G  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_optical_disc

Sony was one of 9 tech companies that started the Blu-Ray disk association. i'd gusse Sony would still male money either way.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association

Sony was one of the original 9.



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thranx on 02 January 2013

I do not think it will. I think it is more likely that it will come with a standard hardrive than it is a bluray drive. There is no need for bluray, and microsoft is in a position to become a content distributor, adding a bluray would compete with that part with no added benefit.



Somini on 02 January 2013

Microsoft would be wise to include a bluray drive in their next console, that's if they still want to call the thing an entertainment hub and not just a gaming console.