Yeah. One of the personalities on one of the podcasts joked that the Fall Dashboard update would prevent the RROD from ever appearing anymore.

I guess this means MS is turning off the lights then.

I saw someone with a gamer pic that looked like Jason from Friday the 13th ... he said it came from the OXM disc. Anyone know if that is the current issue?

There are a small number of other issues, such as the dvd/disk drive not opening and closing properly, which I know has happened to a handful of people, but by and far the 3 red rings are the big problem.

I bought the 3 year extended when the warranty was at 1 year (and it's at 1 year now for everything except the red rings), so I am now covered for 3 years for the Red Rings under Microsoft's warranty, and 3 years for anything else that may go wrong with the $60ish extended warranty.

It was a lot more valuable before the increased warranty, IMO, and I'd think long and hard about buying it now, but it's just easier to keep it own now than cancel it and get it back (minus a 10% handling fee) after 3 months.

Yeah, I have that on occasion. I really do think it has something to do with keeping the console vertical. The stupid thing damaged my Ninety-Nine Nights disk. Can I call and complain about that?

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Although I doubt there's a point to this at all, I think it would be cool if there was an XBLA Xbox released... Built in HD, no disk drive: enough to play your XBLA titles but not real Xbox games. If such a thing existed at a good price (< $199) I would've gotten one for my family as a gift a long time ago.

That's a cool idea actually. Enable it to use all Live features so you can chat with long distance friends/family, download demos, etc.

FINALLY get to play all my games in 1080p, and i've been pretty ecstatic.


Gears of War looks absolutely brilliant on my 47" LCD. I'm thinking about getting the VGA cable even more now so i can upscale DVDs to 1080p

What 47" 1080p LCD did you get?

I don't recall the cost of the VGA cable, but it might not be worth it. If the scaler in your new television is capable, you won't notice an increase in quality with SD-DVD upscaling.

Basically, the television is currently scaling the DVDs itself from 480p -> 1080p. If the set's scaler is good (depends on brand, typically), then an external scaler (the 360's scaler) will have little to no effect.

i was initially either going to get a 42 sharp aquos, a 40 inch samsung, or a 42 inch LG.


after Circuit City wouldn't cut me any kind of deal, I went to best buy, who basically had the same TVs for the same price. after looking at some of the other possible choices, i saw a westinghouse that was clearanced and discontinued. I weighed the pros and cons of each of the sets I was looking to buy, it basically came out that I could get the westinghouse, with a 4 yr BB service plan, a brand new entertainment center, and a new DVD/CD rack for the same price as the Samsung/LG (and this is AFTER tax, not including the tax on one of those sharp/samsung/lg)

The black levels aren't as good as the Samsung/Sharp/LG, but the set was 1/3 of the price, while the quality was about 10-15% less, which didn't really make too much sense to me.

The westinghouse is pretty good for brighter games, like Forza. I had to mess with the settings for Gears a bit to get a really good, crisp picture.

I have the 42 of that Westy (the LVM-42W2). Excellent set, imo. I'm looking to get the latest 47" of theirs (the TX-47F430S) for the living room.

o wow, kudos

my wife was making fun of me because I initially made the statement that i was going for nothing but "quality".

After spending about 2.5 hours at the various locations, it seems that sharp and sumsung seemed to have the best picture in-store, at least to us. what didn't make sense was paying an extra 133% for a smaller TV that only looked slightly better. If you consider what I upgraded from, it seemed almost like a no-brainer

now, you might question getting the last open box, but the 150 bucks for the 4 yr service plan seemed like a no-brainer as well.

basically, the absolute best scenario would be if I had a lightning strike that would fry my set in about 2+ years, which would require a full replacement, which means Id get an even better set for my money

Bring it over to my house, I've been hit by lightning twice since last June.

I've just started having this issue on my refurb. Sometimes it'll get caught upon ejecting, and I'll have to hit the button again - always works the second time.

O damn



might have to hit you up in year or two for an "upgrade"

I just tap it lightly with my finger. Works.

Anyone hear anything about which Live Arcade Game is coming this week?

Wing Commander Arena (800) and Super Contra (400) according to Joystiq.

Sweet. Wing Commander for me then. OXM gave it an 8.5 and sounds like it has a great 16 player multiplayer componant. The lobby is space, so you can hang out shooting until your game fills up. Sounds cool.

Finally broke down and bought Pac Man CE (after my wife asked to play it -- she never wants to play anything; she's never even tried my Guitar Hero II). It's a really good game, probably the best classic remake I've ever seen. While keeping the gameplay entirely intact, they've managed to make it fresh and exciting. I'm really impressed, even though I still think the game is over-priced.

Yep. I've probably put in 30 hours into Pac-Man: CE and I still think it was overpriced. It would be another matter if there was an untimed/unlimited mode like every Pac-Man game before it.

MS needs a middle of the road price($7.50) like Sony & Nintendo. $2.50 sounds petty, but there are quite a few other games I would snag if they were a tiny bit cheaper. I'm sure I'm not alone.

Sweet! Gonna give the trials a try and see how they are before spending me pts.

Im just waiting for a decent deal on a point card before I knab Pac Man CE


got 82k in 2minutes on the demo

Next week, courtesy of Speedy, either BB or CC is having a Buy 2 [360]accessories $19.99+ and get $20 off. Therefore you can get two 1600 point cards for a cool $20.

Sorry I forgot the store, you'll have to do the legwork for that one.

So I can hire you to work for me at $0.40/hour?

Sure, if the requirements are:

- play Pac-Man: CE