MS to use FOCUS chips in Xbox

[bahn]

FOCUS Enhancements has announced that it has received initial production purchase orders from Microsoft for the FS454 semiconductor chips to be used in the Xbox entertainment system.

Essentially, the FS454 provides low-cost, broadcast quality TV-Out technology for the game console by accepting many different video input rates and resolutions from the graphics section and converting them into video that is sent to a high-definition television, analog TV set or PC monitor.

Brett Moyer, president and CEO of FOCUS Enhancements, stated, "Receiving the Microsoft purchase orders is a major milestone for FOCUS Enhancements and provides a boost to our financial outlook for 2003. We currently expect product shipments will begin in the third quarter, and we anticipate additional orders to follow."

Tom Hamilton, executive vice president and general manager of the FOCUS Enhancements Semiconductor Group, stated, "We have worked very closely with Microsoft on the FS454. Beginning production for Xbox is a positive step in our relationship. This confirms that companies implementing video design for products like set-top-boxes, which require scan conversion from PC graphics to standard or high definition televisions, now recognize FOCUS Enhancements is a very competitive provider."

FOCUS Enhancements expects to begin shipping the chips in the third quarter of 2003.

[Green]

What does this mean, actually? Later Xboxes will have better resolution or something?

[bahn]

Hard to say for now. I am looking into conducting an appointment with the CEO of FOCUS.

[Yoshi]

Originally posted by bahn
This confirms that companies implementing video design for products like set-top-boxes, which require scan conversion from PC graphics to standard or high definition televisions, now recognize FOCUS Enhancements is a very competitive provider.

That's for sure. The Xbox sure as hell isn't a video game console, as Microsoft blatantly lied about from day one. Video game consoles don't have (or want or need) music mixers.

[bahn]

Strange, I didn't know video game consoles were sentient beings that had the ability to decide what they want or need.

[cka]

I can't feed my PS2 after midnight or bad things happen.

[johnk_]

my xbox wants to be a PC.. i'm working on that.

[mrdandy]

Video game consoles don't have (or want or need) music mixers.

Whacha gonna do when 'I' want and need 'em? One of the main reasons I bought an Xbox is because we could rips music and use them as soundtracks in games such as Project Gotham, Kung Fu Chaos, DOAXBV, Evo, etc. Innovations should not be rediculed.

[bahn]

Yoshi isn't considering what we want.

[Josh]

All I want is VGA output.