The New Xbox Experience: HDD vs DVD

One of the anticipated new features in The New Xbox Experience coming in November is the ability to copy your DVD games in full to the hard drive for playback. Why is this important? Not only does it let the laser in your DVD drive rest (I've already replaced mine once), it is also expected to improve load time significantly.

Gametrailers.com (via Xbox-Scene.com) posted a video comparing the load times between a game launching off of the hard drive and a game launching off of a DVD. The game in question: Grand Theft Auto IV.

As expected, the hard drive loaded quicker than the DVD by a pretty wide margin, so you can put any speculation to rest.

Remember, to use this feature, you'll still have to insert the original copy of the game in order to launch, so don't go off trying to sell those discs after you dump them on your hard drive. You wouldn't even think about doing that, would you?

Be sure to watch the video to see just how much faster it is for yourself.