Official Xbox 360 Thread - Part IIIIIIIIIII
04-21-08, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by xmiyux
It was going to be out for maintenance for a bit today, i thought i had read it was done though. I haven't personally tried... i just remember getting a message from Live on the 360 about a scheduled outage today for some minor update (with no new features).
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04-21-08, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by slop101
Yeah, check your Live messages - there was a note there last week that said Live would be down today for 8 hours for maintenance/upgrades.
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04-21-08, 06:01 PM
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Update should be complete. Major Nelson also posted 2 new originals:
Two new Xbox Originals now available (and the scheduled maintenance is complete)
Now that the Xbox LIVE Scheduled Maintenance is now complete1, two new Xbox LIVE Originals are available in the Marketplace*:
Content: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Japan and Korea
Dash Text: [ESRB: M (MATURE) BLOOD, VIOLENCE, STRONG LANGUAGE] Players 1-2, System Link: 2-4, Xbox LIVE Multiplayer 2-4, 5.1 Surround Sound. GAME-PLAY ALERT: This game has been fully tested to successfully play on your Xbox 360 console. However, in some cases, you may see some minor irregularities with audio/video for brief periods. For more details, see www.xbox.com/xboxoriginals. The next installment of the critically acclaimed stealth-action franchise, Tom Clancy's Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Chaos Theory™ sends Sam Fisher on a perilous mission to stop a cyberterrorist plot that threatens worldwide war. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.
Size: 5.39 GB
Content: Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Japan
Dash Text: [PEGI: 12+] Single Player, 5.1 Surround Sound. GAME-PLAY ALERT: This game has been fully tested to successfully play on your Xbox 360 console. However, in some cases, you may see some minor irregularities with audio/video for brief periods. For more details, see www.xbox.com/xboxoriginals. Blast your way to victory as Glitch, the gun-slinging, half-ton menacing bot of Droid City. Found as scrap metal, but transformed into destructive machinery, Glitch is determined to free his people from the evil clutches of General Corrosive and his maniacal army of Mil bots. Unleash a world of pain as you annihilate the General’s sinister plan to dominate the world and salvage the robot race in Metal Arms! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.
Size: 1.61 GB
Two new Xbox Originals now available (and the scheduled maintenance is complete)
Now that the Xbox LIVE Scheduled Maintenance is now complete1, two new Xbox LIVE Originals are available in the Marketplace*:
Content: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Japan and Korea
Dash Text: [ESRB: M (MATURE) BLOOD, VIOLENCE, STRONG LANGUAGE] Players 1-2, System Link: 2-4, Xbox LIVE Multiplayer 2-4, 5.1 Surround Sound. GAME-PLAY ALERT: This game has been fully tested to successfully play on your Xbox 360 console. However, in some cases, you may see some minor irregularities with audio/video for brief periods. For more details, see www.xbox.com/xboxoriginals. The next installment of the critically acclaimed stealth-action franchise, Tom Clancy's Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Chaos Theory™ sends Sam Fisher on a perilous mission to stop a cyberterrorist plot that threatens worldwide war. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.
Size: 5.39 GB
Content: Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Japan
Dash Text: [PEGI: 12+] Single Player, 5.1 Surround Sound. GAME-PLAY ALERT: This game has been fully tested to successfully play on your Xbox 360 console. However, in some cases, you may see some minor irregularities with audio/video for brief periods. For more details, see www.xbox.com/xboxoriginals. Blast your way to victory as Glitch, the gun-slinging, half-ton menacing bot of Droid City. Found as scrap metal, but transformed into destructive machinery, Glitch is determined to free his people from the evil clutches of General Corrosive and his maniacal army of Mil bots. Unleash a world of pain as you annihilate the General’s sinister plan to dominate the world and salvage the robot race in Metal Arms! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.
Size: 1.61 GB
04-21-08, 06:45 PM
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Metal Arms was a fun game but on the OG Xbox it had screen tearing that made we want to vomit. Never have i had a game induce the dizziness and vertigo sensation like that one.
04-21-08, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by lordwow
Update should be complete. Major Nelson also posted 2 new originals:
Two new Xbox Originals now available (and the scheduled maintenance is complete)
Now that the Xbox LIVE Scheduled Maintenance is now complete 1, two new Xbox LIVE Originals are available in the Marketplace*:
Two new Xbox Originals now available (and the scheduled maintenance is complete)
Now that the Xbox LIVE Scheduled Maintenance is now complete 1, two new Xbox LIVE Originals are available in the Marketplace*:
04-22-08, 10:24 AM
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Okay, I just bought one of these things over the weekend, and the console has narrow green bars to the side of the picture all the time, no matter what I'm doing. Is this normal behavior? I tried to google it, but couldn't find anything.
04-22-08, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
Okay, I just bought one of these things over the weekend, and the console has narrow green bars to the side of the picture all the time, no matter what I'm doing. Is this normal behavior? I tried to google it, but couldn't find anything.
04-22-08, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by PixyJunket
Try standard 720p, see if that works.
I actually wouldn't mind the bars if I could change the color, but they're always green, even when I switch themes.
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04-22-08, 11:33 AM
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Remember there is a switch on the cable itself to go to HD - perhaps that is your issue. It is on the end up against the console itself and is often missed and ships from the factory in a default SDTV position.
04-22-08, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by xmiyux
Remember there is a switch on the cable itself to go to HD - perhaps that is your issue. It is on the end up against the console itself and is often missed and ships from the factory in a default SDTV position.
04-22-08, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
Yeah, I was going to see if changing it to 720p or 1080i did the trick, since 1360x768 isn't true 16x9.
I actually wouldn't mind the bars if I could change the color, but they're always green, even when I switch themes.
I actually wouldn't mind the bars if I could change the color, but they're always green, even when I switch themes.
04-22-08, 05:25 PM
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http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-04/...ware-partners/
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Netflix’s Silent Hardware Partners?
Filed by Dave Zatz
Interesting news out of Netflix’s quarterly call:
In January, we told you we were working with LG Electronics for a second half of 2008 product launch. At this point, I can tell you we have LG plus three additional partners actively working on integrating our technology into their products. Three of the four partners are major companies which each sell millions of devices per year and will enable the Netflix functionality in some of those devices likely in Q4 of this year. The fourth partner is a small company with which — which will likely launch sooner than Q4.
So who are these guys? I sure hope Sony (PS3), Microsoft (Xbox 360, VMC), TiVo, and/or Apple (ATV) are among the partners. I obviously want to see Netflix Service on a multipurpose device (other than LG’s connected DVD player). And that “small company” has me most intrigued.
(via Hacking Netflix)
Filed by Dave Zatz
Interesting news out of Netflix’s quarterly call:
In January, we told you we were working with LG Electronics for a second half of 2008 product launch. At this point, I can tell you we have LG plus three additional partners actively working on integrating our technology into their products. Three of the four partners are major companies which each sell millions of devices per year and will enable the Netflix functionality in some of those devices likely in Q4 of this year. The fourth partner is a small company with which — which will likely launch sooner than Q4.
So who are these guys? I sure hope Sony (PS3), Microsoft (Xbox 360, VMC), TiVo, and/or Apple (ATV) are among the partners. I obviously want to see Netflix Service on a multipurpose device (other than LG’s connected DVD player). And that “small company” has me most intrigued.
(via Hacking Netflix)
Chris
04-22-08, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
Okay, I just bought one of these things over the weekend, and the console has narrow green bars to the side of the picture all the time, no matter what I'm doing. Is this normal behavior? I tried to google it, but couldn't find anything.
04-22-08, 11:00 PM
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Haven't been around for a while, but thought I would just come by for a quick note.
Well, even though I hadn't used it in a quite a while, my 360 has died on me. The last time I used it, many months ago, it was fine. Then when I tried about a month ago, it wouldn't read any disc. When I tried again a week later, it made a grinding noise. I know I shouldn't be shocked that it's busted, but it does suck to be approaching the one year mark from the time I got the console and be waiting for the box to send it to be repaired.
Well, even though I hadn't used it in a quite a while, my 360 has died on me. The last time I used it, many months ago, it was fine. Then when I tried about a month ago, it wouldn't read any disc. When I tried again a week later, it made a grinding noise. I know I shouldn't be shocked that it's busted, but it does suck to be approaching the one year mark from the time I got the console and be waiting for the box to send it to be repaired.
04-23-08, 01:47 AM
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^ Yeah, got home from work around 7:00, played COD 4 for about 30 mins w/ no problems... went to eat dinner... came back an hour and half later and couldn't even sign in to XBL. Tried again about 10:30 PST and it was up and running fine again. 
04-23-08, 02:30 AM
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Got bumped from XBL 3 times tonite before a prompt came up stating that I was being
returned to the dash because someone had accessed my account at the same time I
was using it. Logged back in and it worked fine the rest of the night.
returned to the dash because someone had accessed my account at the same time I
was using it. Logged back in and it worked fine the rest of the night.
04-23-08, 05:24 AM
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I also had problems getting on and staying on LIVE last night around 8pm pacific. When I played single player stuff I kept getting "signed out of live" messages.
I'm also wondering if this update/maintenance on their end could've done something to my 360 because I also had a few things happen like lock up type stuff. This wasn't happening before Monday.
The dedicated servers for Frontlines:FOW were also "unavailable" last night too.
I'm also wondering if this update/maintenance on their end could've done something to my 360 because I also had a few things happen like lock up type stuff. This wasn't happening before Monday.
The dedicated servers for Frontlines:FOW were also "unavailable" last night too.
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