XBHD Plug-and-Play Adapter Now Available, Bringing HDMI to the Original Xbox

[Tsing]

EON Gaming has announced that the XBHD is now available for purchase at Amazon and EON's worldwide retail partners, including Rondo Products, Stone Age Gamer, and Games Connection, for $189.99. This is a new plug-and-play adapter for the original Xbox that features 3x LAN/Ethernet ports, a mini-TOSLINK audio jack, and 2x HDMI ports, enabling those who still have a copy of Microsoft's 2001 console to enjoy Halo: Combat Evolved, Jet Set Radio Future, and other classic games at resolutions of up to 1080i with a clean digital output. The original Xbox only features a proprietary A/V port, Ethernet port, and power port on the back.

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[Zarathustra]

Crazy to think people are still developing hardware accessories for an over 20 year old console.

That would be like a new NES accessory coming out in 2007.

 

[Grimlakin]

Well Nintendo only stopped repairing famicom systems in 2007 if that matters.

 

[Zarathustra]

Well Nintendo only stopped repairing famicom systems in 2007 if that matters.

The Famicom was the japan market variant, right? The red top loading one with the little half-sized cartridges? (I had some of those with an adapter to work in my European NES when I was a kid)

It's less surprising that they may have serviced it in the Japan market longer. The Japanese market generally has very high demands on product quality, and something that might be discontinued by the manufacturer over here, may have repair service and parts supplies much longer there.

That, and there is a little bit of a "national pride" thing going on.

In the rest of the world (well, at least Europe and US) the NES was discontinued in 1995, 9-10 years after launch.