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Blu-ray Xbox 360 planned by Microsoft |
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
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| Strong rumours are circulating on the net that Microsoft is set to dump HD DVD & bring out a Blu-ray capable Xbox 360 by as early as May 2008. |
Insiders at Microsoft in the US 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 & 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 & content files as a download as opposed to having to buy a HD DVD or Blu-ray disc.
The Company has also held discussions with several OEM manufacturers of media centres with nearly all of them telling the software Company that they are set to move to Blu-ray configured Media Centres within the next month.
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