So I bought one, and I love it, its silent.
And since I use my 360 primarily to watch .MKV blue ray rips and netflix streams, I'm much much happier.
And the kid is happy to have his own 360 as well since he inherited the old one.
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So I bought one, and I love it, its silent.
And since I use my 360 primarily to watch .MKV blue ray rips and netflix streams, I'm much much happier.
And the kid is happy to have his own 360 as well since he inherited the old one.
nice... so you got the 240GB one? $300?
Wait, the 360 plays MKVs now? How good? 720p only or will it do 1080p? Will it accelerate everything or does it need stuff to be like [email protected]? I have an older 360 sitting around, I could use it for something.
Not natively, but TVersity will transcode to WMV and stream 720p and 1080p no problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrDigital
Ah, right, so it's the same as how I was doing it last year. I thought maybe something had changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kamakazie
If I only waited to get a new 360. I had to replace my last one with an arcade unit when it broke during the holiday game rush cycle.
I traded in my launch system and the new 360 S is quieter, even with games installed. With my Jasper unit and installed games there is a noticeable hum, not so with the 360 S. Though it probably has more to do with the giant fan on the 360 S vs. the older units.
Looking to get one as well, as my early gen 360 has no HDMI port.
I also like the built in WiFi, as I never got around to buying a wireless adapter.
Oh yeah, I wonder if there's gonna be a flood of used 360 wifi adapters.
Hopefully, so I can pick one up on the cheap.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrDigital
Lets see if the RROD will be fixed this time.
I ALMOST bought a 360 recently...
Then saw that pretty much everyone with a 360 ran into the RROD problem and decided that it wasnt worth my time until they fix it for sure. The newer ones are better, but I still read people get RRODs. Since this is a totally new redesign, hopefully they finally fixed that...
http://www.damnlag.com/xbox-slim-rrod/Quote:
Originally Posted by BoaConstrictor
Ill gladly wait for some more people to get experience with it and see how it goes.Quote:
Originally Posted by taggart6
Its a free fix even if you don't have a warranty...just takes a week and a half or so of not having an xbox don't think its that big of a deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoaConstrictor
I know, but why spend the time to go and package and mail it out when I can simply not buy the product in the first place? Its not as if I am a console gamer, my main platform is PC, I am just interested in a few genres that XBOX does which dont come up on the PC...Quote:
Originally Posted by Snakespy
They mail you the package to ship it in. Not sure if that's the case anymore. It was a pretty easy procedure.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoaConstrictor
Iirc they stopped giving out the coffins to cut costs. They will still generate a pre-paid shipping label but you have to supply the packaging.
edit: never mind should have read later posts. Didn't know they aren't sending you a box anymore that must be recent. Lame.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoaConstrictor
Got one last night.
I also noticed instantly how quiet the thing is. Makes movie watching much more pleasant.
Other than that, I'm just thrilled to finally have HDMI and a network adapter built-in (which works great, btw).
I've considered getting one to replace my old 360, since it's quieter and has the built in wireless (no more converted router sitting in my living room!), but I'm not totally sure. I guess it would depend on what I could get for my old one, and how easy it would be to move my DLC over to the new console (as well as delete my information from my old console).
If you're local Gamestop has any instock they'll give you $100 for the console and controller, separate for any accessories, including hard drive, wireless adapters, controllers, etc. I paid ~$87 out of pocket after trading in my launch system, extra controller, memory unit, and 6 games.
You can transfer your content licenses via the xbox website, plus it has your download history so you can redownload games, dlc, etc. You can also use a USB stick to transfer most items.
The promo expires the 18th though.
I would be interested to see how many owners of currently working systems are switcing them out for the new one. Hell, I'd love to see final numbers for how many units have sold to unique owners as opposed to multiple system owners. I know tons of people that bought new systems while theirs were getting repaired. Never made sense to me.
No not TversityQuote:
Originally Posted by MrDigital
http://www.hack7mc.com/
Hmm that may be a good deal..I don't want to trade in any games though that would probably take a huge chunk away especially for 6 games. Think they'd even take a super worn out controller or do they notice?Quote:
Originally Posted by JDC
Games I traded in were pretty old (Madden 07, Tiger Woods 07) so I didn't get much credit for them, but they had another promo where you traded in 3 "next-gen" games and get $10 bonus credit.
It'll vary store to store on the condition of accessories. I got lucky when I traded in my system, the guy didn't even turn on the console or test any of the accessories, but I've read some stores hooking up everything and playing a game for a few minutes, YMMV.