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Insiders at Microsoft in the USA have told SmartHouse that Microsoft has already configured a standalone Blu-ray player that can be connected into an Xbox 360 and that subject to internal marketing and sales approvals the model could be on sale within 3 months.
The Company has also been working on a built in Blu-ray player however insiders are claiming that Microsoft see the HD format battle moving online with consumers offered 1080p movie and content files as a download as opposed to having to buy a HD DVD or Blu-ray disc.
Both Intel and Microsoft have been supporters of the HD DVD format that is set to be killed off this week.
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war is over!
Microsoft has obviously been planning this for several months. It saw the writing on the wall with the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray battle and was prepping for what it saw as the inevitable demise of the HD-DVD format.
There are reports that Toshiba is planning to exit its HD DVD business, such as
-Sony's Blu-Ray defeats Toshiba's HD DVD
-Toshiba May Fold HD DVD Business
www.forbes.com/.../toshiba-hddvd-sony-markets-equity-cx_jb_0218markets1.html
This isn't at alll a suprise to me or most people following the Xbox 360. The system is built to be able to work with newer tech through add-ons and so forth.
I'd like to see a good cheap blu-ray add-on for the 360 from MS for $200 or less. That should help a few people who haven't gotten a 360 yet cuz of also wanting a bluray player.