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ExtremeTech: Xbox 360's Seriously Flawed DVD Playback
>> From extremetech.com:
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Frankly, the Xbox 360 is a terrible DVD player. Yeah, we know it's primarily a game console. We know DVD movie playback is essentially a "free" feature. But it is a feature nonetheless, and an important one. After all, many of our TVs only have so many inputs, and we only have so much room for boxes in our TV cabinets or stands. If you have an Xbox 360, you have no reason to believe that you shouldn't be able to use it as your primary DVD player. Except that you can't, because it's awful. Honestly, we have seen sub-$100 DVD players and PC graphics cards perform better than this. Don't believe us? Think the 360 plays back DVDs "fine?" We've got proof! [see all HQV tests: Xbox360 got a score of 20 out of 130]
To say that the Xbox 360 is a "decent" DVD player, as we have seen reported in so many places on the 'net, is giving it way too much credit. Frankly, it's a terrible DVD player. Hopefully, this article has provided you with enough evidence to compare Xbox 360 DVD playback with other consumer electronics (and even PCs) and see what you're missing.
The million dollar question is this: Will Microsoft fix DVD playback? The Xbox 360 is updated regularly with new system software that adds features and improves existing functions. There's no reason this game box couldn't be one of the best DVD players around, scoring over 120 on HQV's benchmark. The processing power in the CPU and GPU combined is well in excess of the combined might of many PCs and video card combinations that we have seen score 100 or more. The only thing necessary is the will to make it happen--for Microsoft to expend the resources to write vastly improved DVD playback code.
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