Rumor: Samsung releasing Xbox 360 TV this Fall

The Nintendo Wii has a 512 MB HDD...

How about adding a Samsung BLu-ray drive to boot?

Its possible they don't mean HDD, but 512MB memory card. OR they could have integrated 512MB flash storage.

To the person above: The Wii uses flash memory, no? It's why people are always wanting a hard drive for it and Nintendo keeps saying no.

As for that debunking this rumor, I doubt it. Obviously it wouldn't be a hard drive but flash memory like the Wii. The Arcade already ships with no hard drive so why would so little an amount of memory surprise you? An LCD couldn't fit a hard drive inside it so it would have to be flash memory. And since flash memory is still relatively expensive, I doubt they would put very much in there at all. The TV will already be expensive because Samsung (or whatever company) would have to pay licensing fees to Microsoft so why add more to the cost and potentially push it out of the target audience of college-bound students, apartment goers, and children's bedrooms?

The TV won't be big and probably won't be higher than 720p for that reason. But looking at who this sort of product would be pushed towards, what is stated sounds right on the nail to me. And honestly, this was the first thing I thought of when I read that rumor on Digg. Honestly, I think it would be a great move by Microsof so long as they push customer service nightmares off onto the manufacturer and not to their own department.

What a silly, counter-intuitive device.

if thats true I will be pissed. I just bought a 37' samsung lcd hdtv less then a month ago.

So when the 360 component red rings, where do you ship the ENTIRE TV off to? Microsoft or Samsung? And do you want to be without a TV for that long?

I love my 360, I love my samsung. Do I want my console integrated into it? NO!!!! Imagine all the times youve had to send your 360 back having to send off a whole TV, NIGHTMARE personified!!!

Damn it WastinMyFlavor, you read my mind and were faster than me, although as my above comment shows, i agree with you whole heartedly.

Why the hell would you want your 360 in your TV????
To save a power plug and some cables?

Oh, and what if it red ringed?
the coffin will have to be a lot bigger.

Give me a bigger HDD, and im sold!!

Once again, Microsoft knows the history of Trip Hawkins and the 3DO, it knows that the open-ended model of console building has not nor ever will work, and ultimately this is just a silly rumor to get people worked up over nothing.

MS is not going to farm out the tech specs that they spent years developing and give up the control over the hardware itself. If it won't allow unlicensed controller it sure as heck isn't going to allow other companies to manufacture their own 360s. There's a reason why consoles are closed systems.

I like the idea of a 360 themed TV, especially if they made one to match my Elite. The idea of a 360 built into the TV however, not so much. There just isn't a visible market for it. Those who want a 360 already have one, or don't because they can't justify spending the money on one. That group of people definitely won't be buying this sort of product, as it will likely dwarf the price of the 360 at least 2.5x.

Well, Samsung already has a series of Laptops called the X-Series so does that debunk the rumor? Or make it more confusing?

So when you get the RROD would ya have to send the whole tv in for repairs?

Neat, well only in black.

Can't wait for that TV to get the RRoD and you are without your precious 42" 1080p LCD HDTV for two months... not worth it...

portable version??????

I'd be remiss if I said that I wasn't waiting for something like this after the horrendously branded "XBOX Ready" TVs that RCA released a few years ago, that had the *gasp* VPORT. Too bad RCA couldn't pony up the dough, and think to actually ship the cord that could take advantage of the VPORT in the box. If Joytech can do that with their 540C control center, you'd think Thomson could have done it with their product.

But if it is a Samsung, that also is unsurprising as there is an obvious partnership there, and Microsoft could have chosen worse. I don't know if I want to pick up a green and white TV, but for the right price, even if it is "just" 720p, I may give it a second look.

Would be nice as a 2nd TV :)

If its a bargain compared to getting the things separately, it would be an attractive 2nd TV. No more than U$700.

HP is already making TV's with built in Media Center Extenders, so either MS has taken the short leap to this idea or an insignificant rumor monger has.

we shall see...