Microsoft has been caught out in its Australian market once again. It seems that its HDTV pack, designed to enable game-playing on high-definition TV sets, is in fact incompatable with Australian television standards and has been withdrawn for shortfalls in performance. X-Box spokesperson Simon Balderstone said, "The HDTV pack does not enable HDTV in Australia since the highest resolution in Australia is 480i". "The progressive scan modes aren't enabled on the Australian system, so you can't get to the level of expected benefit here", he added.
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