Monday, October 30, 2006
New Xbox 360 Update Coming, Digital Media Abilities Boosted
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 01:08 PM
"Microsoft has finally seen fit to release the details of its Xbox 360 dashboard update. Scheduled for release the morning of October 31st -- yes, that's tomorrow -- the update will add the much-talked about 1080p / HD DVD support, as well as the ability to play WMV files from a connected PC, disc, or USB storage device. Currently, users can only stream video from connected Windows Media Center PCs, but any XP machine running Windows Media Connect or Windows Media Player 11 should be able to do it post-update, as demonstrated during a press conference in Japan with several 720p-encoded videos. This compares to the PlayStation 3's recently-revealed compatibility with MPEG-4 and other video files, but so far neither has announced support for DivX / Xvid and Media Transcode 360 still requires Media Center."
Awesome news, I'm excited to see that things continue to evolve on the Xbox 360 - I still want to see more codec support though...
Awesome news, I'm excited to see that things continue to evolve on the Xbox 360 - I still want to see more codec support though...
