That is already in the system. Go into your profile preferences and somewhere there is a thing to disable popups when watching movies. Also, if you set yourself to busy popups don't show up.

o shit


thanks!

Okay, here's a weird one for you. I was playing a round of Hexic yesterday when somebody sent me a friend request that I didn't recognize (his Gametag was something like TopDawwwg69 or ladiesman217) and then a chat request. I accept the chat to see who it is and then person was going on about how he read on DVDTalk that I had played Gears of War with Shia LaBeouf.

There is an option to not have any messages while watching a movie. Same place you turn them on and off there's a sub-section for movies.

EDIT: Nevermind, miyu beat me to it.

I never knew that. I just sign out before I put a movie on. I'll try this instead. It hardly matters though; my wife refuses to watch HD-DVDs with me anymore thanks to the jet-engine noise emanating from my 360 during the show.

I fail to see a problem.

Rumored Fall Dashboard Updates:

* Compatibility with 3rd party wireless controllers
* Compatibility with messenger pad
* Xbox Live Vision firmware upgrade, sharper image filtering
* Many more Vision Cam settings
* New screensaver settings - when away from Xbox 360, screensaver will play for optional time, before screen goes dark
* New Xbox Live Arcade blade - where you can download, play and learn about Xbox Live Arcade
* Brand new "web based adver-games" flash games which aren't downloaded, but are playable bite sized games, accessed via new Xbox Live Arcade Blade
* New Screensaver option in Themes and Gamer Pics option in Marketplace blade
* New functionality with Messenger, works with chatpad
* New XNA Game Launcher for those that have the program, new options
* New language, time and date settings
* New "advertising opportunities" in gameplay
* Xvid support
* New "favourites" option via Xbox Live Arcade, can rate according to preference
* IPTV Functionality - support for TiVo like PVR options. Will be able to record TV direct. Options include source by channel, director, actor and distributor
* Filter friends list, will be able to filter friends via games
* New clan support - will be able to launch clan games direct from dashboard, can "fold" friends into new clan category in friends list
* Better translations in settings and other options for Japanese, German and Spanish languages
* New quick option to delete via X Button in memory viewer.
* Option for having downloadable In-game content not inform when completed download
* Option for having video content not inform when completed download
* Faster settings for viewing unfinished video content downloads
* New option in Games tab - beta and others, will be launcher for MMO and multiplayer betas
* New option in Marketplace Games tab, search by letter, can be inputted via text pad or console
* Smarter game settings - you can be messaged via publishers about new in-game content for your games
* Picture in picture functionality for DVD Drive and some other updated settings
* Improved USB Keyboard settings
* Improved voice chat settings in game and from dashboard
* Faster response times to Redeem Code settings
* Option to play a Redeemed Code game straight after redeeming code
* Console will now recognise low Hard Drive space, will inform you immediately if can't download current item, will automatically download next available that is able.
* Increased space size for gamerpics and dashboard themes
* Themes can now be animated
* Themes may now have sound effects
* Better slideshow capabilitiesm new options added. New sound effects and integration with Hard Drive/ PC music capable.
* New estimated timer for downloads, informing how long download will expect to take

Saw that last night, Xvid support rules. Now to get x264....

ok so what is xvid/

Not sure I like this......

That got my attention! Would be very convenient...no more burning crap to DVD format or converting to WMV. I'm assuming they could be streamed from a PC?

My bud just made me a crazy offer.

He said I could buy Bioshock, play it till i'm content, then trade it in for full credit. Might have to take him up on that

am i able to use my 360 as a PVR, or could i hook my existing TiVo to the 360?

Here's what I like:

* New Xbox Live Arcade blade - where you can download, play and learn about Xbox Live Arcade
This is where most of my time is spent as is.

* New "favourites" option via Xbox Live Arcade, can rate according to preference
Not too many details, but could be interesting.

* Filter friends list, will be able to filter friends via games
This is very awesome. I can sepeate my WARTECH friends from the DVDTalk crew.

* New option in Games tab - beta and others, will be launcher for MMO and multiplayer betas
I guess this will replace the XBLA tab in the Games blade.

* Improved voice chat settings in game and from dashboard
Hopefully that means better quality.

Xvid (formerly "XviD") is a video codec library following the MPEG-4 standard. Xvid features MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile features such as b-frames, global and quarter pixel motion compensation, lumi masking, trellis quantization, and H.263, MPEG and custom quantization matrices.

Xvid is a primary competitor of DivX (Xvid being DivX spelled backwards). While DivX is proprietary software, Xvid is free and open source software and, unlike DivX, can be used on many different platforms and operating systems.

< pirate accent> It's the backbone of the internet it is, yaaar! < /pirate accent>

Or in English: the format many "pirated" shows and movies are in. ;)

Pictures of some of possible IPTV support being true:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11828327@N04/

When is this rumored to be due anyway?

So basically this will make it so you can stream movies from your PC to your Xbox? How is the quality of these?

It varies. Some are good, some are crap. Not HD quality of course.

*sigh* No mention of removing games (demos, rental, or zero pointers) from your profile.

Man so now I need a 120 gb HD. I wonder it it would be cheaper to just trade in my xbox and purchase an Elite from gamestop? I have the card to get the extra 10%. Does anyone know what the trade in value is?

apparently they JUST lowered their trade in prices :/


i'd recommend just ebaying the system, then getting a new one as soon as you get the money

Yeah, that sucks. I made an "offline" tag for playing XBLA demos but I was dumb enough to play Rumble Roses XX on my real account and now everyone can see that I'm a dirty pervert. Well, not that everyone HERE doesn't know that already.. but, you know..

Gamecrazy offers $40 plus a $50 bonus if you put it towards a 360. No word on when this promo ends.