Posted by Phat Bytestard on 08/10/06 08:28

On 8 Aug 2006 12:17:03 -0700, "Pez D Spencer" <colecoadam@gmail.com>
Gave us:

>
>AirRaid wrote:
>
>> "All the audio and video processing is done inside the Xbox," said
>> Collins, who noted that research has shown that a majority of Xbox
>> owners already own high-definition displays. An Xbox drive provides
>> them with all the other equipment they need to watch HD DVD movies, he
>> said.
>
>well, if all the math is done in the console, then i don't see why this
>add on should go for more than 200.

Before the texture map can be displayed or processed, it has to be
read, and HD DVD allows higher data rates on the read, as well as
larger texture files and more of them.

It's quite simple really. More "crisp imagery" type games.

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