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Your warranty transfers over. It does not add an additional 3 years. However if you are outside your 3 year window and get a refurb they give you a 90 day warranty.

re: The official Xbox 360 thread - the console of choice on nuclear submarines
 

Free Brawler costume pack for Street Fighter IV

Alternate Costumes for: Abel, El Fuerte, E. Honda, Rufus and Zangief.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/ga...0-0000434307e1

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My expired warranty was for the standard year warranty. Seems like the website should be able to account for that, but still I called and I'm all good to go. They don't send out coffins anymore (i didn't realize), so that sucks a little, but still happy that I don't have to pay for shipping or to have this damn thing fixed.

Now to go through the DTs of not having easy access to netflix streaming on my tv.

re: The official Xbox 360 thread - the console of choice on nuclear submarines
 

...and an option to extend the warranty for 1 year for $20 something bucks when you get it back.

re: The official Xbox 360 thread - the console of choice on nuclear submarines
 

Assuming that was for me...Thanks!!! That worked!

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Re: Netflix

so i just signed up for a two week trial. now, it is all activated through XBOX and everything. it is so cool. the one movie i have been desperately wanting to see "The Entity" i can watch it on my tv and it looked pretty damn good. i can't wait to finally watch this this weekend!

also, put in instant queue "The Triangle" with Melissa George which i wanted to see.

for sent DVD's i have "Precious" with a short wait.

1. how long does 'short wait' usually take to finally send?

with the movies through XBOX, sometimes with game trailers that i want to watch instantly on XBOX it starts and stops and has to buffer, not ones that i download, but ones that i watch without downloading.

2. will the movies i watch instantly have this buffering thing during the viewings or should most of them play non-stop without any hiccups?[/B]

3. does it take a while for newer release movies to be available through 'watch instantly'? if so, how long?

4. how come some older movies i want to watch instantly like "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" isn't available? what is the criteria for a 'watch instantly' title?

5. In your queue: if you have 2 'short wait' in position 1 & 2 and then in position 3 a 'now' will they ship the 'now' right away since it is available?

6. what does "determining your video quality mean and what is it based on? some movies have 3 status bars lit up, some two...



thanks for answers.

i really got fed up with BBV last week when i rent a new movie and all of a sudden they change their policies so that when you rent for $5.00 you have it only for 5 days and have to return by date or pay over charge. used to be a 7 day grace after the initial 2 days rental so i could relax.

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What kind of internet speed are we talking about using with NetFlix?

If you can't watch some of the streaming stuff on the dashboard without buffering, I wouldn't hold out hope that your NetFlix experience is going to be much better.

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its high speed cable modem. it isn't all stuff, maybe one time it happened with an "Army of Two" trailer. but, i haven't watched many mind you. downloaded videos play fine. plus, i played first few minutes of Entity and nothing happened, i am just wondering about long haul. i don't want to watch a movie and then even once get a buffering.

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General netflix questions should be asked in the proper forum. fwiw.

But.
1. Depends on their turnover - could be a short wait before one is free when they go to fulfill your order.
2. buffer once. may change if your connection speed fluctuates
3. up to the distributors. Some are quick, some aren't
4. Licensing is the issue.
5. Yes. Depends on availability when they fulfill your order.
6. it means they are determining your video quality based on your connection speed. more bars = better connection = better quality.

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thanks L&O...which is the proper forum? i just thought since it is through XBOX this would be the general Q&A for all XBOX related stuff.

if it is based on connection speed, how come some movies have more bars than others? wouldn't they all have the same since only one modem, one connection.

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They're sending me a coffin. I asked politely and told them I didn't have a suitable box for shipping. The CS talked to his supervisor and got me a box.

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It's not an Xbox question you're asking, you're talking about Netflix, which is a movie related thing. Likely the store forum.

It's not the movies that have more bars, it's your connection at that point in time. Run a speed test twice, you likely will get slightly different results each time. That's your connection fluctuating.

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can you pm me a reliable site to test speed and what i should look for for a good/fast speed? thanks again for all.

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google it then pick one of the top 3

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This is good connection speed. I get five bars and full HD:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/743132557.png

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Sweet, we're doing the speed test thing again?

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wow. there must be something wrong with mine. anyway i asked in tech so as not to derail this any further. sorry.

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FWIW i hate all of you who have access to actual high speed internet.

Just sayin'

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I thought I had high speed. Little did I know.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/743200675.png

re: The official Xbox 360 thread - the console of choice on nuclear submarines
 

:lol: Insight is getting ready to introduce 30.0 here.

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I extra hate you btw.

re: The official Xbox 360 thread - the console of choice on nuclear submarines
 

No, scott posted his tortoise like results before deleting them

but

re: The official Xbox 360 thread - the console of choice on nuclear submarines
 

Let's get it on...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/743286536.png

re: The official Xbox 360 thread - the console of choice on nuclear submarines
 

Fine, here's mine:

[img]http://www.speedtest.net/result/look_at_my_big_dick.png[img]

re: The official Xbox 360 thread - the console of choice on nuclear submarines
 

eh...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/743289238.png


Notice how me and Jason have the same provider.
And my "high speed" internet is $30 and they say they're going to raise rates by $5 next month. Time to change...

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http://www.speedtest.net/result/743303036.png

Mine is ok.

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http://www.speedtest.net/result/743309116.png

Mines running kind of slow tonight, weird but ehhh, still beats the socks off the 6mbps/768k it was this time last year.

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Please put your internet cocks back in your pants. Thanks.

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Pfft. DOCSIS 3 envy much? ;)

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sure why not...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/743681612.png

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Yuck. Still, it's good enough for most stuff.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/743733631.png

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haha, don't we do this a couple times a year now

re: The official Xbox 360 thread - the console of choice on nuclear submarines
 

I wanna play...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/743798982.png

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-other-

:bow:

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I get like 1.8 down. :(

:tear:

Again, i despise you all with edstein topping the list.

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Mine has to be wrong I know I'm not paying for the top tier of service from Cox. They sent out a email a couple weeks back that said they were adding bandwidth, but I thought it was mainly to the upload speed.

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I think 20/2 should be good for everyone. That means 20 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up.

That's why I actually like mkdevo numbers better: 21/5. That's better for gaming.

And ping it's also important.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/744012321.png

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The upload speed of yours is pretty weird. With 70 mbps down, one could expect a slightly higher upload number. Your obviously paying for a premium product, yet getting the cheep upload level.

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http://www.speedtest.net/result/518022240.png

I'm only posting this because it's not as bad as I thought it would be.

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http://www.speedtest.net/result/744397346.png

Its the same result for me that other tests have shown...