Posted by Winfield on 10/20/07 20:43

T.B. wrote:
> "AirRaid" wrote:
>
> (snip)
>
>> Another benefit for Microsoft in moving to a new Xbox platform is that
>> it can introduce new components that are less likely to fail.
>> Currently the PS3 has a failure rate of under two percent. Recently
>> Microsoft was forced to allow for a $1.3 billion charge against
>> warranty claims following reports of up to a 30 percent failure rate
>> of the original Xbox 360.
>>
>> The new device is expected to be released late in 2008 or at the 2009
>> CES show in Las Vegas.
>
> Heh, just in time for the phasing out of the HD-DVD format.

Please provide a link or two that HD-DVD is being phased out. I must
have missed this.

I understand that the current winner and still champion - standard DVD -
provides Toshiba with a bigger chunk of royalty action then what Sony gets.


> Plus, can you
> say 60%+ first year failure rate?

.... quote from the article you may have overlooked:

"Another big problem for Microsoft according to insiders is getting the
heat and noise output from the current Xbox 360 under control so that
the new device can run silently while a movie is being played. It is
known that Toshiba has been working with Microsoft on this issue as it
has extensive experience in notebooks and "quiet" drives. Currently
most iPods incorporate a Toshiba drive."

Maybe Toshiba can actually help out here. Maybe not.


> Toshiba/Microsoft's money would be better
> spent just bribing more studios to release product solely on HD-DVD.
>
> T.B.


- winfield

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