Xbox 360 Elite Won't Support HDMI 1.3

The Xbox 360 Elite will not support HDMI 1.3 - unlike the PlayStation 3 - and will instead revert to 1.2. This means that people with the HD-DVD add on will not be able to use the latest and most insane surround-sound systems with the brand new console.

Amir Majidimehr, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Mobile and Embedded Devices Division has revealed that the recently announced Xbox 360 Elite console will not be HDMI 1.3 compliant, unlike Sony's PlayStation 3. Instead the X360 Elite will be complaint with the HDMI 1.2 specification.

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