Lite-On be Microsoft partner for Blu-ray drive Xbox 360

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Lite-On the producer chosen by Microsoft as a supplier of Blu-ray drive with which the American giant will update its Xbox 360 next generation: the revelation comes from sources close to Lite-On. The decision of the transition from MS, to the world of HD linked to the Blu-ray format has become inevitable after the interruption by Toshiba, production of hardware compatible with the HD-DVD discs.

Lite-On, which has already provided, together with other companies, DVD players for the Xbox 360, has already started the development phase of the reader Blu-ray: the delivery of such volumes will begin only in the second part of the current year.

But the optical drive is not the only major news of the Xbox 360 next generation, according to the source, in fact, the next game system will be optimized for Microsoft compared to the current generation, from the point of view of the electric power dissipation . This will allow not only the adoption of a 170W power supply (the current delivers 210W, editor’s note), but also reducing the size of the device and production costs (and presumably, therefore, dell’MSRP, editor’s note).

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