Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (Amex: MCZ; TSX), a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider announced today the release of the Xbox 360 HDMI Conversion Kit, a revolutionary new accessory designed to allow owners of the Xbox 360 console to connect directly to any standard HDMI input on their TV's or displays and enjoy true High-Definition (HD) digital video and audio for gaming and movie playback.
Not so revolutionary since the Playstation 3 uses HDMI as its standard out. That and the X-box's use of HD DVD for storage gives it two strikes against it in my view. Of course, to be fair, you have to weigh that against the games that are available for each.
Because it takes a product that is limited due to being analog video and opens it all up for SD DVD, HD DVD and HD audio from HD DVD. I can't think of any mass market consumer product that provided a significant upgrade like this without replacment.
One hell of a deal!!!
$90 versus $450 to replace mine with an xbox 360 Elite. I am ordering one now... well, as soon as I find one
It will be interesting to see how good the output actually looks, since it is converting it from analog back to digital again. It would have been great if there had been a way to get the digital output directly from the Xbox 360 graphics engine. For $89, you might have better results going through and upconverting AVR, if you have one of course.
The HDMI Conversion Kit connects easily and safely to the 'AV Output' located on the rear of the console and utilizing advanced microprocessor technology, converts the analogue signal to a digital HDMI stream
Because it takes a product that is limited due to being analog video and opens it all up for SD DVD, HD DVD and HD audio from HD DVD. I can't think of any mass market consumer product that provided a significant upgrade like this without replacment.
Won't happen. It's taking the Xbox video out, which is analog, and converting it to digital via HDMI. As you probably know, this means no HDCP.
Actually it won't if based on the analog output. All you gain is the potential convenience of HDMI such as feeding a display with HDMI only from an A/V receiver or HDMI switch.
