I have a great interest in this because I already own a 360. I have a nasty feeling that this "accessory" is going to come in at $200 or higher, without having read any of the news releases.
What I would imagine is that the player will connect via USB, and that it would also come standard with a new cable to replace the standard analog or component cable that came with the 360. Because the 360 has a propietary and flexible port for video out, they have the ability to just make that HDMI cable. I'm sure that the copy protection capability is already existent on the 360.
For me, the biggest question of this whole thing is price. It would make a lot of sense for me to be able to eBay my Samsung DVD player, and pick the HD-DVD adapter for the 360, but only for the right price, of course... (I'd say $100 is where it would make sense for me)
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I have a great interest in this because I already own a 360. I have a nasty feeling that this "accessory" is going to come in at $200 or higher, without having read any of the news releases.
What I would imagine is that the player will connect via USB, and that it would also come standard with a new cable to replace the standard analog or component cable that came with the 360. Because the 360 has a propietary and flexible port for video out, they have the ability to just make that HDMI cable. I'm sure that the copy protection capability is already existent on the 360.
For me, the biggest question of this whole thing is price. It would make a lot of sense for me to be able to eBay my Samsung DVD player, and pick the HD-DVD adapter for the 360, but only for the right price, of course... (I'd say $100 is where it would make sense for me)