Eurogamer review Xbox 360 Elite

[Xaim]

Here's a great review of the 360 Elite by Eurogamer, definitely answers a lot of questions on the console.

Another aspect of the Elite that I really appreciated was the complete omission of copy protection (HDCP) on the HDMI output. There are hundreds of thousands of perfectly capable DVI monitors out there (including many that can handle native 1080p) that won't work with PlayStation 3 as they don't feature the HDCP decoder chip required to descramble the image.

The only other major change under the bonnet is the new HANA video display chip, replacing the old ANA version in the classic 360. This chip has erroneously been described as the silicon that deals with the 360's inbuilt hardware scaling. In truth, Microsoft has now confirmed to us that it's merely a video output chip - a means of transferring the framebuffer into all of the different signals: composite, s-video, RGB SCART, component, VGA and - the key addition with HANA - HDMI. Scaling itself is actually performed by the Xenos GPU (most likely using a variation of Lanczos resizing) so in that respect the Elite performs identically to the original Xbox 360. The presence of HANA confirms that there will be no aftermarket HDMI solution for the current model.

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[Sovieto]

i had no clue about the chip
still, i dont have a set up that needs an elite so i wont be getting one

[gingerkid]

should i get the elite for my birthday in september or buy the premium on ebay for about 300?

[paintba||er]

Originally Posted by gingerkid

should i get the elite for my birthday in september or buy the premium on ebay for about 300?

It depends on if you would be buying movies and stuff on Live to fill up your HDD and if you would use HDMI. Also is the one on eBay new? Because I wouldn't buy an used 360.

[The_Thing]

no same, espically with the 360 curse n' all