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"High Definition era starts with PS3"
Posted on Wednesday, 14 December 2005 by Devilke, source: GamesIndustry.biz
The three large players -Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo- are never afraid to pronounce strong statements (read: slate the competition). This time it's Phil Harrison's turn, development boss of Sony. Harrison said in an interview that the Xbox360 doesn't really support High Definition and that only the PlayStation 3 will do this. As it happens, the Xbox360 isn't capable of playing HD movies without BluRay discs and also can't take the 1080p standard:
Now we only have to buy such a tv...
"The true definition of HD is the three elements of the HD value chain - the display, the content and the hardware to play back that content," he explained, "and PlayStation and Sony is the only organisation that has all three bits of the value chain together."
"As you well know," he continued, "the Xbox 360 doesn't play high definition movies and doesn't have true HD functionality - PlayStation 3 is the only format that has 1080-progressive, which is the true definition of HD, so it's really premature to be talking about the HD era."
"The HD era really only starts when we are on the market," he concluded.
"As you well know," he continued, "the Xbox 360 doesn't play high definition movies and doesn't have true HD functionality - PlayStation 3 is the only format that has 1080-progressive, which is the true definition of HD, so it's really premature to be talking about the HD era."
"The HD era really only starts when we are on the market," he concluded.
Now we only have to buy such a tv...
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