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Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by GatorDeb
(Post 9278279)
I'm in the process of moving VHS tapes to the PC and the divx format is widely supported. I'm adding subtitles so that we know what the different events were. I've found subtitle files the best thing to do in this case because they're easily changeable (i.e. mispelings, etc.). Before I was adding subtitles through video editing programs and that was a pain. But if I don't get on this quickly the tapes will disintegrate by the time I get to it (one of them is of my newborn niece and she'll be 15 on April Fool's Day :p).
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Now someone tell my what Orb is and why it might be more useful than TVersity or PlayOn.
I assume it is a media streaming thing. |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by xmiyux
(Post 9278304)
Now someone tell my what Orb is and why it might be more useful than TVersity or PlayOn.
I assume it is a media streaming thing. edit to add - rotfl http://live.lmgtfy.com/ |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Could you also google why i might be interested in that program rather than PlayOn or TVersity?
And then just to top things off, maybe google how i can add moderators to my ignore list? :P |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by xmiyux
(Post 9278304)
Now someone tell my what Orb is and why it might be more useful than TVersity or PlayOn.
I assume it is a media streaming thing. |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by Liver&Onions
(Post 9278133)
I thought you had a roku already? /facepalm
I did just recently start using the media streaming features of the 360 and was impressed by how simple and seamless it is. Both that and the PS3 seem to have great capabilities in that regard. |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by UncleGramps
(Post 9278353)
I was wondering when we'd get this week's "GatorDeb's Ill-Advised Purchase" post. I was starting to worry she might miss a week! -eek-
I did just recently start using the media streaming features of the 360 and was impressed by how simple and seamless it is. Both that and the PS3 seem to have great capabilities in that regard. |
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With Hulu and the local library, it's very easy to drop cable. Luckily I'm not into sports and I weaned myself out of watching court shows. So we're migrating first from satellite to basic cable and now from basic cable to Hulu/library DVDs. Still iffy on the Netflix.
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i doubt i would be willing to pay for playon with all the fee options out there
i used orb years ago to stream my shows and movies while i was at work.. but hadnt tried in awhile.. giving it a shot now... but at first glance, it doesnt have the 'extras' of tversity.. i dont mind the memory usage.. memory is cheap and i have plenty |
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Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by twikoff
(Post 9278456)
i doubt i would be willing to pay for playon with all the fee options out there
i used orb years ago to stream my shows and movies while i was at work.. but hadnt tried in awhile.. giving it a shot now... but at first glance, it doesnt have the 'extras' of tversity.. i dont mind the memory usage.. memory is cheap and i have plenty |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
DNA percolator bong
are you ugly how to win the girl heart to become girlfriend |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
(Post 9279060)
DNA percolator bong
are you ugly how to win the girl heart to become girlfriend Hoow gay is christian "one dry potato inside" what's the capital of anartica? (sic) Is GTA IV on DVD? Read the fucking manual Hehe ;D haha lol url scarcity as a marketing strategy (reggie?) |
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when was dude where is my car filmed
computer response is very very slow (yeah double very :lol:) where is mexico how do i use google etc. |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by Raul3
(Post 9280197)
how do i use google
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so.. orb is nice because you can stream your movies/shows over the internet from anywhere.. good if you can really slack off at work
orb is also nice.. because you can use it to stream to the wii.. or your phone but i had some flakey issues with it lastnight and had to switch back to tversity to be able to stream |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by pinata242
(Post 9279068)
how gay is kelby
Hoow gay is christian "one dry potato inside" what's the capital of anartica? (sic) Is GTA IV on DVD? Read the fucking manual Hehe ;D haha lol url scarcity as a marketing strategy (reggie?) Is Orb only good for transmitting your videos and content that's already on your hard drive? If so, that's not what I'm looking for. I'd like a free thing that lets me broadcast Hulu to my 360, since they've apparently taken care of Playon (is that fixed yet?) |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Paging Giantrobo!
Lost Planet 2 360! Video up on the US Marketplace (9 minutes) http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-CA/ga...?p=1&of=0&sb=1 EDIT: Video and screens available online here. http://www.gamersyde.com/news_7573_en.html |
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Hey, folks. I've been thinking about getting a 360 for a while now, but have been waiting for another price drop - but who knows when that'll be? (I'd heard June, but it seems a lot of people laughed off and doubted the analyst who predicted it.)
Anyway, this morning a co-worker told me that she wanted to get the new Nintendo DS and, to get some cash for that, offered to sell me her Xbox for $130. She also works part time at Gamestop (heh heh, I know what y'all think of that place, but don't hold it against her) and she got this Xbox 360 there used/refurbished. Given the failure rate of this system when they're new, that's the factor that makes me a bit skittish of the deal. Some newbie questions: 1) Is there a way to tell if Microsoft's 3 year warranty is good for this particular unit and, if so, how much time is left on it? Is it transferable? 2) When it comes to personalizing this unit for me (in regards to Live, etc.), is there any problem in setting that up since it's a used unit? 3) I'd read elsewhere that the Arcade editions can't play first generation Xbox games, which is something I'd like to be able to do as I missed out on a lot, being a PS2-only guy for so long. She claims that all the used units that Gamestop sells are the same - would I be able to play old Xbox games, then? 4) Is there a way to tell which hardware this unit has, i.e. Falcon, Jasper, etc.? 5) This is more of a general question, but on average how large are DLC files (specifically, for Rock Band and GH)? She's throwing in a 20 gb memory card and I'm wondering if I'd need more. I can see my self downloading a lot of songs for those music games, but maybe not much else. Any other things I should ask her about? Oh, yeah - she's throwing in her copy of "Left 4 Dead," but that's not sweetening the deal too much for me because, while I lurve all things zombie, I'm a wuss and first person shooters tend to make me ill. :lol: I do need to ask her if it has HDMI inputs, as that is a dealbreaker for me. She just uses component cables, which she's also throwing in. On one hand, this is a pretty cheap way for me to get an Xbox, but I'm afraid it may be a subpar model and/or crap out on me. Anyway, I'd appreciate your input as to whether I should leap on this. Thanks! |
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A couple of deals over at Best Buy for Reward Zone members.
Mercenaries 2 - $9.99 Rock Band 2 - $39.99 This is good from 2/22-2/28. Just have them scan your RZ card it should automatically take the $20 off to get down to the above price. |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
This just came across Twitter -
majornelson In case you missed my post on this yesterday, Braid is now 800 points for Gold members: http://bit.ly/uYbbG Sounds like this week only. |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
You know we have a thread for XBLA titles. This is already being discussed there.
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Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by pinata242
(Post 9285797)
You know we have a thread for XBLA titles. This is already being discussed there.
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Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
I got my Arcade new at Circuit City for $150 after tax. Might want to see if yours carries it.
Originally Posted by DJLinus
(Post 9285671)
Hey, folks. I've been thinking about getting a 360 for a while now, but have been waiting for another price drop - but who knows when that'll be? (I'd heard June, but it seems a lot of people laughed off and doubted the analyst who predicted it.)
Anyway, this morning a co-worker told me that she wanted to get the new Nintendo DS and, to get some cash for that, offered to sell me her Xbox for $130. She also works part time at Gamestop (heh heh, I know what y'all think of that place, but don't hold it against her) and she got this Xbox 360 there used/refurbished. Given the failure rate of this system when they're new, that's the factor that makes me a bit skittish of the deal. Some newbie questions: 1) Is there a way to tell if Microsoft's 3 year warranty is good for this particular unit and, if so, how much time is left on it? Is it transferable? 2) When it comes to personalizing this unit for me (in regards to Live, etc.), is there any problem in setting that up since it's a used unit? 3) I'd read elsewhere that the Arcade editions can't play first generation Xbox games, which is something I'd like to be able to do as I missed out on a lot, being a PS2-only guy for so long. She claims that all the used units that Gamestop sells are the same - would I be able to play old Xbox games, then? 4) Is there a way to tell which hardware this unit has, i.e. Falcon, Jasper, etc.? 5) This is more of a general question, but on average how large are DLC files (specifically, for Rock Band and GH)? She's throwing in a 20 gb memory card and I'm wondering if I'd need more. I can see my self downloading a lot of songs for those music games, but maybe not much else. Any other things I should ask her about? Oh, yeah - she's throwing in her copy of "Left 4 Dead," but that's not sweetening the deal too much for me because, while I lurve all things zombie, I'm a wuss and first person shooters tend to make me ill. :lol: I do need to ask her if it has HDMI inputs, as that is a dealbreaker for me. She just uses component cables, which she's also throwing in. On one hand, this is a pretty cheap way for me to get an Xbox, but I'm afraid it may be a subpar model and/or crap out on me. Anyway, I'd appreciate your input as to whether I should leap on this. Thanks! |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by GatorDeb
(Post 9285836)
I got my Arcade new at Circuit City for $150 after tax. Might want to see if yours carries it.
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I tried the Afro Samurai demo and it doesn't look that bad. I like the graphics, the gameplay is fine with some cool effects, camera is not that distracting. I guess it may end up being repetitive so it shouldn't be bad at $30. This is from someone that doesn't know anything about the comic.
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so i think i probably know the answer to this, but is Space Chimps worth $5? saw it at best buy the other day...
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Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by Shagrath
(Post 9285708)
A couple of deals over at Best Buy for Reward Zone members.
Mercenaries 2 - $9.99 Rock Band 2 - $39.99 This is good from 2/22-2/28. Just have them scan your RZ card it should automatically take the $20 off to get down to the above price. |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by Shagrath
(Post 9285708)
A couple of deals over at Best Buy for Reward Zone members.
Mercenaries 2 - $9.99 Rock Band 2 - $39.99 This is good from 2/22-2/28. Just have them scan your RZ card it should automatically take the $20 off to get down to the above price. |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by DJLinus
(Post 9285671)
Some newbie questions:
1) Is there a way to tell if Microsoft's 3 year warranty is good for this particular unit and, if so, how much time is left on it? Is it transferable? 2) When it comes to personalizing this unit for me (in regards to Live, etc.), is there any problem in setting that up since it's a used unit? 3) I'd read elsewhere that the Arcade editions can't play first generation Xbox games, which is something I'd like to be able to do as I missed out on a lot, being a PS2-only guy for so long. She claims that all the used units that Gamestop sells are the same - would I be able to play old Xbox games, then? 4) Is there a way to tell which hardware this unit has, i.e. Falcon, Jasper, etc.? 5) This is more of a general question, but on average how large are DLC files (specifically, for Rock Band and GH)? She's throwing in a 20 gb memory card and I'm wondering if I'd need more. I can see my self downloading a lot of songs for those music games, but maybe not much else. Any other things I should ask her about? Oh, yeah - she's throwing in her copy of "Left 4 Dead," but that's not sweetening the deal too much for me because, while I lurve all things zombie, I'm a wuss and first person shooters tend to make me ill. :lol: I do need to ask her if it has HDMI inputs, as that is a dealbreaker for me. She just uses component cables, which she's also throwing in. 2) -- no problem 3) -- if it has a hard drive, it will play xbox games 4) -- check mfr date, if newer than 10/07 likely Falcon (will have HDMI as well) almost no chance of it being Jasper 5) -- She is throwing in 20 GB HARD DRIVE...it will have 13 GB space, as long as you don't install games to the hard drive, you will be fine. You will probably want to upgrade to 60 or 120 gb eventually. Most arcade games are under 250 mb (most under 50 mb)...figure 25-30 mb per song on Rock Band. Demos are ~ 1GB, some DLC can be up to 1GB (Burnout Paradise is 800+mb) Left 4 Dead can be sold for $30 - $45 on craigslist/ebay |
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DJLinus - Dell.com has had 360's on sale quite often over the last few months, and just a week ago had the Pro system (w/3 games and a 60gb hard drive) for about $220 shipped. I would personally do something like that before buying a used one with 20gb hard drive for $130. Sounds like from Dell a lot of people get the newest models, they'll all be HDMI, and you get a full warranty.
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I'm sure that has been covered in one of the many 360 threads, but a quick search doesn't find it.
I'm finally opening up my 120 gig HD and am preparing to transfer the data from my old 20 gig on to it. The transfer software message screens state that the old 20 gig will be formatted and empty after the transfer. Is there a way to stop this and save it as a backup? The screens also state that the new drive will be formatted first, losing all the videos, demos, and games pre-loaded on the 120 gig. Is that true? Seems stupid that there is no way to save all my data. |
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What you read is correct and I don't think there is a way around it.
The way it works: 120GB -> formatted 20GB -> transferred to 120GB 20GB -> formatted You can still use the 20GB, but it gets formatted back to factory default. |
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I guess one could try turning the system off after step 2....
I won't, going to start the transfer now. It just would have been nice to have a fully set up back-up waiting to pop in if the new drive ever fails or fills-up. And it seems silly to give me all those demos, videos, and even full games (Hexic, maybe another?) on the new HD and have me lose them as I install the thing. |
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So anybody have any tips in getting .srt (subtitle files to use in conjunction with video) working?
Other than burning to a DVD and playing that, of course :D |
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You don't get the benefit of knowing when step 2 ends and step 3 begins.
Even if you did, there's no way you could be quick enough to get it before the 20gb format started. |
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One end of the the transfer cable has a USB plug. You can hook it up to your favorite Windows machine and use a homebrew app to save off the data first. Of course, youd have to not sell the cable afterward in order to be able to restore later.
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Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by Jeremy517
(Post 9286633)
One end of the the transfer cable has a USB plug. You can hook it up to your favorite Windows machine and use a homebrew app to save off the data first. Of course, youd have to not sell the cable afterward in order to be able to restore later.
I even have a 3rd party device for backing up the 360 hard drives that I bought a couple years ago, but can't find the cable/port for it right now. |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by Shagrath
(Post 9285406)
Paging Giantrobo!
Lost Planet 2 360! Video up on the US Marketplace (9 minutes) http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-CA/ga...?p=1&of=0&sb=1 EDIT: Video and screens available online here. http://www.gamersyde.com/news_7573_en.html |
Re: The Official Xbox 360 thread - thread hardest
Originally Posted by Trevor
(Post 9286618)
And it seems silly to give me all those demos, videos, and even full games (Hexic, maybe another?) on the new HD and have me lose them as I install the thing.
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