http://forums.highdefdigest.com/ Debate the future of high-def in this area, and in this area only. en Sat, 25 May 2013 09:32:52 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.highdefdigest.com/images/misc/rss.png http://forums.highdefdigest.com/ http://forums.highdefdigest.com/high-definition-smackdown/131097-expected-xbox-one-will-have-blu-ray-drive.html Tue, 21 May 2013 20:33:21 GMT http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Microsoft-Xbox-Xbox-720-Xbox-One-Features-Specs,22682.html Both Sony and Microsoft have been trying to merg home... http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Mic...ecs,22682.html

Both Sony and Microsoft have been trying to merg home entertainment into an all inclusive solution. For some reason, people had felt that the next gen console from microsoft would not have a blu-ray drive - which to be honest never made any sense to me.

In any regard, to be an all inclusive solution - especially with about 50 percent of day-date releases being sold on BD, + >50% to core demographic gamers - microsoft could not afford to skip a blu-ray drive this generation.

Slowly, but surely - BD will functionally replace DVD as possibly the last piece of circular media. It is being used actively as a storage/recording medium. And now it will be the gaming media for sony/microsoft/nintendo. (nintendo will use a single layer blu-ray disc although not be a blu-ray player).

I only wonder the 4k and next generation 3D bandwidth requirements will continue to require physical media - if so will it be a circular disc? ]]> High Definition Smackdown Sbert http://forums.highdefdigest.com/high-definition-smackdown/131097-expected-xbox-one-will-have-blu-ray-drive.html