From: "Robert Comer" 

I think the idea is to stream from your PC, rather than using the XBox as
the server/storage.

I don't even know where they get such small drives anymore and agree they
should be putting larger ones in though...

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Bob Comer





"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
message news:45a7b733$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> No problem finding Xbox 360s.  Microsoft if it wishes to use it as a
> multimedia video platform really needs to upgrade the size of the hard
> drive as 20 gig is rather pitiful nowadays. Even the rumored 360 with hdmi
> and a 120 gig drive seems a bit small
>
>
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:45a7b4f4{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> The one weird thing Microsoft did for it's add on HD player is still not
>>> provide an HDMI 1080p solution unless you use the VGA add-on
>>
>> That wouldn't hurt me much, I just a month ago joined the 1080i crowd and
>> I don't own an XBox.
>>
>>> FWIW around here ( Detroit ) while the Wii is still very hard to find
>>> Sony PS3s are starting to gather some dust on the shelves.
>>
>> That is pretty interesting!  How about Xbox's?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message
>> news:45a7b233$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I can see the new ads - Xbox 360 made for porn 
>>>
>>> The one weird thing Microsoft did for it's add on HD player is still not
>>> provide an HDMI 1080p solution unless you use the VGA add-on
>>>
>>> FWIW around here ( Detroit ) while the Wii is still very hard to find
>>> Sony PS3s are starting to gather some dust on the shelves.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Robert Comer"  wrote
in message
>>> news:45a7afdc{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> One of the big problems they have with Blu-ray is its expense,
>>>>> followed by its market share. "Blu-ray has
superior quality, yes,"
>>>>> said a spokesperson for porn studio Bangbros,
"but HD DVD is easier to
>>>>> produce, cheaper to produce and there are more HD DVD
players in homes
>>>>> than there are Blu-ray players, for example in the
Xbox 360."
>>>>
>>>> That sounds like the best argument for HD DVD than the
fallacious porn
>>>> industry only one, it's why the porn industry is choosing it...
>>>>
>>>> This is *exactly* the same as beta vs vhs -- the quality was better
>>>> with beta, the players and tapes are cheaper to make for VHS.
>>>>
>>>> Sony ought to have learn their lesson with beta. 
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
>>>> news:45a713a2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> The war is over 
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/11/ces2007_hddvd_blu_ray/
>>>>>
>>>>> Las Vegas (NV) - Knowing their audience quite well, the adult
>>>>> entertainment industry holds their annual get together
in Las Vegas to
>>>>> coincide with the CES. There is also a very pertinent crossover
>>>>> between the adult and tech industries - porn has a
tendency to drive,
>>>>> and be driven, by technology. Which means HD DVD when
it comes to
>>>>> high-def.
>>>>>
>>>>> Quite famously in the war between Betamax and VHS the latter won
>>>>> especially because the adult industry preferred it. If
you've been
>>>>> around long enough, you probably remember that the
very early home
>>>>> video rental stores were primarily responsible for
driving Betamax out
>>>>> of the market. And those stores carried almost exclusively
>>>>> pornographic content.
>>>>>
>>>>> Putting myself through the arduous trek through the
floor of the adult
>>>>> expo I did a quick straw poll on, the virtues of HD DVD versus
>>>>> Blu-ray, and the answer from a dozen companies, big and small,
>>>>> including Pink Visual and Bangbros editor-in-chief, is
going into a
>>>>> single direction: HD DVD is the preferred format. Period.
>>>>>
>>>>> One of the big problems they have with Blu-ray is its expense,
>>>>> followed by its market share. "Blu-ray has
superior quality, yes,"
>>>>> said a spokesperson for porn studio Bangbros,
"but HD DVD is easier to
>>>>> produce, cheaper to produce and there are more HD DVD
players in homes
>>>>> than there are Blu-ray players, for example in the
Xbox 360."
>>>>>
>>>>> Pink Visual heavily complained about the fact that Blu-ray discs
>>>>> cannot be replicated and a range of other studios, who
did not want to
>>>>> be mentioned by name indicated that the cost of going
with Blu-ray
>>>>> cancels the technology as a possible HD solution for
this industry.
>>>>> "Only bigger studios can afford Blu-ray, and even
then it's not
>>>>> economical," we were told.
>>>>>
>>>>> It would seem that either Blu-ray has to do some
catching up very
>>>>> quickly. But we got the strange feeling that HD DVD
has won the format
>>>>> war already, at least in the porn industry.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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