Oh well, hopefully someone will eventually crack it in hardware so that us "analog losers" can buy ICT-enabled discs and play them anyway.

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The hardware itself is styled more like an analog watch than other smartwatches we've seen.

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Just like the Xbox 360's HD DVD player, that analog VGA connector will support any resolution you choose -- or that your hardware can run without chugging -- as long as the ICT digital-only flag is not enabled (which it has not been for any content released so far).

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