It’s now confirmed that all future Xbox 360 Premium units will come complete with HDMI slot – not just the soon to be released Elite consoles. But only in the US for now.

Speaking to Gamespot, a Microsoft representative stated “Yes, we are offering an HDMI port for Xbox 360 simply as another choice in Xbox 360 owners' games and entertainment experience. Retailers are gradually introducing HDMI-enabled Xbox 360s into the channel to meet demand.”

What the representative wouldn’t confirm is the rumour that these HDMI equipped consoles would be packed with the cooler 65nm chips. Sadly, they simply uttered the same old rubbish. “We are constantly updating the console's more than 1,700 internal components and therefore will not comment on details of specific components or manufacturing processes.”

So what does this mean to gamers? Well, for those in the US – where the HDMI’d up Premium consoles have already started to appear in the wild – then they can enjoy the kind of true HD gaming that Microsoft had always promised. At least with the very few supported games anyway. As for the rest of us, we’ll no doubt be expected to shell out on another brand new console if we want to make the most use out of those expensive TV’s.

Source: Gamespot
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