Re: [OT] Xbox 360

["ianh1000" <ianh1000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Sean

Need to go and check that the new HD Samsung screen I just bought=20
ready for a 360 is going to work , Doh!


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Sean <thunderchilduk@g...> wrote:
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> OK so I'm sure I'm not the only one with one (sorry if you never=20
got yours).
> I got a 360 premier bundle which has the HD with it.
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> So After playing with for a bit what have I found out?
> Its 1080i output is 60Hz where my Samsung rear projector is=20
50/100Hz (Hmmm
> how do I break I need a new big telly to SWMBO)
> It runs HOT - but mine has been on since 4 and not crashed (make=20
sure ALL
> the vents are clear even the one on the PSU)
> I looks nice although not that much smaller than an old xbox.
> The DVD play back is nice and crisp and the supplied remote can=20
turn on and
> off the xbox.
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> The media extender works well although I can't test all its=20
features until I
> get XP Media Ed (Hmmm "Dear to go with the new Telly how about
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new PC")
> I have set it up to play Mp3s from my XP machines and browse=20
Pictures (both
> could do with a bit of a tidy to deal with larger collections). It=20
can't do
> video without a media Ed PC.
> iPod (USB versions) and other players just plug in and you can=20
even use
> thier playlists (it charged my iPod nicely while it was connected=20
as well).
> The built in add to playlist feature I'm sure will be good at=20
parties and
> the interface is intuative enough that people could browse your=20
collection
> (searching doesn't appear to be there - yet)
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> It plays games and they look damn nice and very fast. You don't=20
have to
> create a new profile for each game.  SOME old xbox games are=20
supported but
> even some MS titles are not, I tried Halo (worked OK) and Mech=20
Warrior (no
> support as yet) tonight.
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> You can't help feel when you use the xbox that someone was=20
listening in on
> all the niggles that plagued the old xbox.
> The wireless controlers can power the xbox up and down.
> The controlers have an indicator to say what "port" they
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connected to
> (useful as mine switched them self round at least once tonight)
> 2 USB ports at the front and one round the back.
> HDTV support as standard
> Optical out on the cable supplied with premier system
> Decent cable lengths to get the machine away from the TV
> It looks good next to the rest of your kit.
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> Downsides
> The market place is going to be worse than ikeas, You can buy top=20
up credits
> (you might even be able to earn them if what I am reading is=20
right) and
> spend them on themes, songs, demos, games & Pictures (and=20
Apps/plugins in
> the future I'm sure) - there has even been a suggestion that you=20
could buy a
> new car for PGR (so much for unlocking new content)
> Live is always on when you are networked, sure you can knock your=20
self off
> line and even mark yourself as busy but how long till you forget=20
to turn it
> off and half way through a DVD or pre recorded TV prog a pop up=20
appears
> inviting you to some one on one action (in Half life of course)=20
leaving you
> wondering whether to play or watch.
> The wireless controlers use AA batteries and the recharge kit=20
costs =A315.
> I hate shoulder buttons...... bring back the black and white I=20
say, I am
> going to plug my old chunky controler in to the USB port at the=20
front and
> see what happens.
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> Overall I like it a lot so far, I have been using XBMC for quite a=20
while now
> on the old xbox and it shows that MS have been as well. There are=20
still some
> things missing but I'm sure it won't be long before we see RSS=20
feeds and
> weather reports on it, It has some great HA potential some folk=20
have already
> got Media Ed PCs to send games and Apps to the xboxs screen=20
allowing for
> basic web browsing (its not streamed fast enough for big games or=20
video
> though). It strikes me that this is a family console and MS may=20
yet succed
> in puting a computer in every living room. Now what to do with the=20
front
> rooms xbox..... put it in the car?
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> Sean
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> --
> "Hell, I'll kill a man in a fair fight, or if I think he's
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start a
> fair fight, or if he bothers me, or if there's a woman, or if I'm=20
gettin
> paid; mostly only when I'm gettin paid. But eating people alive,=20
when does
> that get fun?" - Jayne
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