360

[simon275]

Halo 3 sucks!!!!!!! haha, i can't say that but i sure won't be getting it

Rubbish. *rasp

[Spawn-Inc]

i'm guessing this is just as annying to the staff (CS) as ˙˙˙ǝɹoɯ ou os ƃuıʇɥƃıɹ uʍop ǝpısdn ǝɥʇ i might like it but i never got into the series since i hated/still hate xbox (but not the 360).

[simon275]

Anyone wanna recommend me some good 360 games. Maybe with a multilayer aspect to it so I can have my friends over. And also to tide me over until halo 3?

[Mitternacht]

Call of Duty 3
Just about any demo you can grab on xbox live
nfs carbon
rainbow 6 vegas

[Luke122]

I got a 360 for free two weeks ago, red ring of death.

The original owner had this one fail before the announcement by MS to repair them all, so he bought another one.

He told me that if I could fix this one, it was mine. I considered shipping it in for repair, but decided that my curiosity as a modder was much higher than my need to have a 360.

After stripping it open and COMPLETELY disassembling it, I'm now convinced that had I done the towel trick, it would be working. SO... I'll put it back together and try it out.

But since I have it apart anyways, I'll be painting it and probably adding a window and some LEDs to it.. might as well...

As far as using it for media, XBMC on the regular xbox kicks the crap out of the 360 for media functionality any day of the week. It plays every single file type in my library, and then some, has scripts to allow access to Youtube, Shoutcast, and an email client, all sorts of great visualizations, etc. And for price, you cant beat it.

The only catch is that the regular xbox cant play native 720p or higher content, due to the lack of processing power from the 733mhz cpu. However, it will output up to a 1080i signal to a tv, and will upsample any media to that res if you want. Mine is currently running 720p to my new tv, and it looks amazing.

Surfing from the couch with the remote, and being able to read ALL the text is priceless.

Speaking of price..
XBMC - Free to download
Regular Xbox - $50 @ pawn shop with 1 controller and remote

Add-ons in mine: 80gb hdd, white paint, 3 more controllers, and an HD cable pack and it STILL cost less than a core 360 system.

Also, for a good party game, grab "Super Mario Wars". Homebrew software is t3h pwnz. <-I suck at this.

[Mitternacht]

Give the 360 some time, maybe we'll even have Dreamcast emulators for the 360. They weren't possible on the Xbox because it needs 1.6 Ghz of processing power to run 'em.

I'll need to throw some more space in my PC; host HD videos on my PC so I can stream 'em from the 360.

Maybe even install Windows on the 360. That'd be interesting.

[Spawn-Inc]

one of the games that would make me get a 360 is Gears of War.

[Luke122]

I'll need to throw some more space in my PC; host HD videos on my PC so I can stream 'em from the 360.

I thought the 360 was limited in the formats it can stream/playback from the PC? I might have to google it up and see what i can find.. maybe the 360 will become my dedicated media box if it can stream my HD stuff..

[jdbnsn]

Keep in mind fellas that discussing firmware mods/cracks is not allowed on the forums. To be honest I don't really understand what was discussed above So I'm not warning or threatening anyone, just asking you to avoid the temptation of that particular topic. Thanks guys.

[Luke122]

Hey no problem, we arent talking anything illegal. I know that the whole console modding thing is a very grey area, so I dont talk details as to how it's done.

If anyone wants pics of the 360 completely "naked", let me know and I can post some up.