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Microsoft's Xbox 360 To Add Blu-ray Drive Early as May?

Feb 19, 2008 11:18 AM EST

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Microsoft's Xbox 360 To Add Blu-ray Drive Early as May?

In another bit of breaking news on the high definition format front--sources inside Microsoft have confirmed that they will be releasing a Blu-ray player add-on to its X-Box 360 as early as May of 2008. Sources also confirm that the prototype player has already been tested in-house.

This news comes on the same day the Toshiba announced they will no longer be producing HD-DVD players nor supporting the format that they helped to create. (http://www.flickdirect.com/news/movie-news-detail.aspx?id=771)

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