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Xbox 360 HD DVD Add-On to Get Upgrade Tomorrow
By Shane Sturgeon
Publisher & Chief Technologist
Posted on May 14, 2007
Category: HD DVD & Blu-ray
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There has been no press release yet from Microsoft on this, but the following bullet-points outline improvements for the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on that are apparently to go in tomorrow according to threads at the AVS Forum by Amir Majidimehr, VP of Microsoft's Consumer Media Technology Group:

  • Fix DD being stuck in "Night Mode" which is essentially Dynamic Range Compression leading to the sound sounding very flat
  • Option to output ALL HD DVD audio as DTS 1.5Mbps (list includes DD+, TrueHD, DTS, and any other audio option offered on HD DVD discs I may have missed)
  • Option to output ALL HD DVD audio as DD 640Kbps, (which it currently does, but will be fixed from the Night Mode bug), list includes DD+, TrueHD, DTS, and any other audio option offered on HD DVD discs that I may have missed.
  • Option to output ALL HD DVD audio as WMAPro 1.5Mbps, (list includes DD+, TrueHD, DTS, and any other audio option offered on HD DVD discs I may have missed) for those receivers that support WMA.
  • Option to enable/disable Night Mode (with the default set to off)
  • Fix a number of disc incompatibilities (including DVD Essentials) as well as a number of Lip Sync issues.

Any forthcoming press release by Microsoft will be posted here when available.

Here are a few threads you can track at AVSForum for the latest info:
Feedback for May 15th's Xbox 360 HD DVD Audio Update

Xbox 360 HD-DVD add-on update thread

Posted by Shane Sturgeon, May 14, 2007 08:23 PM

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About Shane Sturgeon

Shane Sturgeon is the Co-Publisher and Chief Technologist of HDTV Magazine, an industry publication with HDTV roots going back to 1984, when Dale Cripps founded The HDTV Newsletter. Today, HDTV Magazine is a leading online resource for HDTV news and information and captures the eyes and imaginations of over 3 million visitors annually. Mr. Sturgeon has a background in information technology and has served in various consulting capacities for Fortune 500 companies such as J.P. Morgan Chase, Verizon Communications, Proctor & Gamble and Nationwide Insurance. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Wright State University.