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A 360 with BluRay. April Fool? Or Not?

StarJet | April 01, 2008 | News | XBOX 360 
With all the jokes coming up, this one is a bit hard to believe. Digitimes says that an XBOX360 is being made by Lite on IT with an internal BluRay drive!
They say that Microsoft has decided to switch to BluRay because Toshiba has discontinued HD-DVD. But with Microsoft executives saying Non-disc media is the best, I believe all we can do is wait and see.
It further says that Lite-On has already started steady shipments of BD-ROM drives and BD burners.
Lite-On's shipments of the BD ROMs to Microsoft will start in the second half of 2008, the sources added. Lite-On is currently one of the suppliers of Xbox 360-use internal DVD-ROM drives.

Microsoft has decided to switch to BD for its Xbox 360 game consoles after Toshiba announced to discontinue HD DVD, the sources said. The BD-ROM drives that Lite-On is developing for Microsoft are for the next-generation Xbox 360 game consoles, the sources said.

Power supply makers also revealed that while the present Xbox 360 uses a 210-watt power supply, the next-generation game console will use a 170-watt power supply in order to reduce production cost and the size of the device, according to the sources.

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    The Power | April 02, 2008
    I personally think it COULD be an Arpil fool, Xbox are with HD, yet I think if they are to make another console it will be with Blu-Ray
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      Avalith | April 02, 2008
      Yes, but Microsoft has reportedly been considering adding Blu-Ray to the 360 now that Toshiba has officially halted HD-DVD production.
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    Avalith | April 02, 2008
    I'm going to have to call April Fool's on this one for now. All it says is "the sources said," "the sources said," "according to the sources," ad infinitum without ever stating a single source. Yes, it's possible, but if it were legitimate there would be at least one link showing a source.

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