alvino said:So what if it's external? It's purely for media and all the work is done by the Xbox 360 itself. Microsoft made it external because they want people to have choice. If you want to view HD-DVD movies, then that's for you, if not just leave it as is. Becides, the $200 is a very good deal compared to current HD-DVD players in the market.
Also, the only reason why HDMI is important in the first place is because HDCP requires HDMI to output high-definition content at full resolution.
yes, microsoft being the angel that it is did the external drive because its an "option". personally id rather have it be an internal drive, or at least have the option for having an internal drive, having only an external drive isnt an option, i dont know how you can call one solution an option.
well, "so what" isnt exactly the best justification. Sure I agree that $200 isnt a bad deal for an hd-drive, but add 200 to the amount one paid for the 360 and there you have it a PS3 price.
if the studios start using hdcp some xbox users will be quite screwed, HOWEVER i hope that they dont use hdcp strictly because then id have to buy crap legally.