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Mike Hawthorne

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Win a Philips 42PFL5603D 42-inch 1080p HDTV!

Feb 5th 2008 7:49PM (Engadget HD)
Would like to replace my old heavy tube television with this baby

Fanswag: Win the ultimate Halo 3 setup

Sep 23rd 2007 11:18PM (Joystiq Xbox)
Great site for xbox 360 news and info!

Xbox 360 Elite uses HDMI 1.2; no support for Dolby TrueHD

Apr 2nd 2007 8:13PM (Joystiq)
it changes my mind. Not that it cannot pass TrueHD (at the moment there are not any receivers that can decode TrueHD). The simple fact that the so-called elite cannot stream 5.1 or 7.1 channel pcm kills it. The thing will only do 2-channel.

That is disappointing, why add hdmi and only do the video side and dismiss the audio side? if you are planning (like I was) on getting the hd-dvd drive, it then becomes a crippled device.

Doesn't seem very elite to me...

First Xbox 360 Elite pre-order ready for your cash

Apr 2nd 2007 10:56AM (Engadget)
Since the elite will not do 5.1 PCM, it can only do 2 channel-PCM. Amir from Microsoft over at AVS Forum has stated that the request for hdmi were in the vast majority video related. IMO that seems odd, because it appeared that the people clamoring for hdmi had the hd-dvd drive and were looking for the best video AND sound. It appears that MSFT is trying to take away bullet points from the PS3 but doing a half-assed job about it.

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