Random Xbox 360 question.

[kyo_244]

Right, me and my flatmate are having this silly debate. Silly cause I know he's wrong lol. He says that a 360 playing on an HD READY tv, WONT play the games in High Def unless you have the HD DVD drive installed.

But I said that thats only for playing ND dvd movies NOT the games, as the 360 is pretty much HD ready gamewise. That's what i know anyway.

Would buying an HD DVD drive make a difference to the actual graphic quality of the GAMES?? Surely it's just the component cables you need?

[kendra]

You're right, get new friends.

[wakka]

Your friend is talking absolute bull**** and hasn't got the first clue about what he's on about.

[kyo_244]

fair enough..

[bootmonster]

kick him in the mouth for talking utter crap....

[EvilBoris]

I can personally slap him about if you want

[charlesr]

This "friend".... It's not you is it?

Scarily enough all the HDDVD drive does is let you play HDDVDs.

[stainboy]

That's worse than when DVD came out and my mate insisted you'd need a "digital tv" for it to work.

[sj33]

That's worse than when DVD came out and my mate insisted you'd need a "digital tv" for it to work.

Dispite the fact that, until DVI and HDMI appeared, there were no digital standards on TV's anyway :P

Your mate might just be confused though. It's obviously true that a Component cable is required for HD, but I've had to explain to more than a few people that their PS3 isn't HD on their new HDTV unless they buy a separate cable. They don't make this easy.

[kyo_244]

Haha! Thanks for the "support" guys!

I just wanted to prove him wrong and I think this worked.. I dragged him to the screen to show him this thread.. and he ran away in denial

By the by.. just to escalate a bit.. will HDDVDs work on 360s AT ALL without the HDDVD drive? Or is it just for playing them in high def? Thats ME asking that

[sj33]

No, HD-DVD's are physically completely different to DVD's, thus needing a HD-DVD drive. The drive itself is just a reader drive, nothing fancy about it.
Same as how you can't put a DVD in a CD drive.