Console news is streaming in from the International Consumer Electronics Show. First, the bombshell: Microsoft will offer HD-DVD support for the Xbox 360 not with a new version of the console as previously rumored, but via an external drive. No word on pricing or how the thing will mount to the 360, but it's due sometime in 2006... Sony's announcements so far have focused on its competing Blu-ray high-def DVD format, due in March, and the PlayStation Portable's support for wireless LocationFree Portable Broadband TVs. These devices, due in September, can stream live programs over the Internet to your PSP. There's also a Connect movie download store launching in March that will offer downloadable feature films, for those who don't like UMD and find ripping DVDs too much trouble. Oh, and Sony said it won't break any PlayStation 3 news at CES, no doubt concerned it would overshadow its other announcements... Not much from Nintendo, except a little nugget about the Visteon Dockable Entertainment System: an in-car DVD/CD player that plays GameBoy Advance games...
[BONUS: Updated Blu-ray/HD-DVD Movie List]
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