xBox - Get one NOW!

["Mark McCall" <Mark@xxxxxxx>]

I got my xbox yesterday...after a bit of a false start with a duff
mod-chip,
DesG kindly got my new machine chipped :)

I only had a few hours to play with it last night, but here are a few
findings. Once modded (the chip is £30)....

o It's a region free DVD player (it played xXx too which we believe is an
RCE disk?)

o It's CD Player

o It's a network media player - you can FTP DivX movies and MP3s to it's
internal hard drive - *OR* you can stream them off your media server using
it's built in 10/100 nic!  DivX player has cool features where you can zoom
in/out, calibrate screen, switch for 4:3 or WS..and even play with AV synch
delay time!

o With add-on leads you can get Optical out (Dolby digital) S-Video, RGB
and
(I'm told?) Component? - so - Optical out MP3 player too?

o Oh yeah...and it's a pretty hot games console too :)  The mod chip allows
you to "borrow" your mates games (or rent?) and rip to it's
internal hard
drive....once there you can move them off to your server via it's built in
10/100 nic.... You can also download games (naughty) and then up them to
the
xbox (via FTP)

o My box was manufactured in Oct 2002, the newest ones (Jan 03 on?) are
supposed to have 20 gig drives instead of the 10gig in mine.

o The entire box is the price of a decent PC video card!

Thanks to Des for his soldering skills and patience with me :)

M.



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