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[GTA3Fan]

Hey Mike if you could Pin this.


4/29/2007

1.  Windows Live Messenger will be out this May, allowing IM to be used across 3 platforms, PC, Xbox 360, and Mobile Devices.
2.  Halo 3 Beta will be released May 16, so gear up and get ready.
3.  Red Vs. Blue is now avaliable in the Marketplace.


EDIT: Renamed the topic.

Edited by GTA3Fan, 09 May 2008 - 06:59 PM.

[Edgeworth]

Hey Mike if you could Pin this.


4/29/2007

1.  Windows Live Messenger will be out this May, allowing IM to be used across 3 platforms, PC, Xbox 360, and Mobile Devices.
2.  Halo 3 Beta will be released May 16, so gear up and get ready.
3.  Red Vs. Blue is now avaliable in the Marketplace.

I'm not Mike, but i'll pin it.

I'll also add that the Halo 3 beta is apparently only open to those that bought crackdown, like me.

[GTA3Fan]

YEah I forgot to mention that thanx, I also have Crackdown.

[Edgeworth]

YEah I forgot to mention that thanx, I also have Crackdown.

Awesome, see you on the beta then! I'll be the one running the hell away, i suck at halo.

[China J]

I bought the 360 HD DVD player and it's awsome! For $199 is a great deal and comes with a free HD Movie. I love the fact that it plays both regular dvd and hd dvd and also upconverts the old too. Fantastic!

I was going to go with a blueray, but it's too over the top expensive and the downside is it only supports blueray discs whereas HD DVD players support DVD & HD DVD and upconverts too. I have over 600 dvds and there would be no way I would want to lose my investment on them to blueray.

Edited by China J, 01 May 2007 - 07:45 PM.

[GTA3Fan]

Update on the Spring Update for the 360.

There are going to be some additional features that you might want to know.
(Release date: Week of May 7th)

A richer Achievement notification pop-up will showcase the name of the unlocked Achievement and the gamerscore value without needing to leave the game to check the Achievements list.

Enhanced family settings features for Xbox LIVE communications enable different defaults for video chat and voice chat.

A new Xbox LIVE Marketplace blade lets Xbox LIVE members access the content they seek—whether it is game content or TV shows and movies (available in the United States)—from one place on Xbox LIVE.

Updates to Xbox LIVE Arcade allow owners to quickly see which Xbox LIVE Arcade games their friends are playing and join in the fun. Xbox LIVE members can also compare progress of leaderboard scores and Achievements directly with all friends on their friends list. Expanded "Tell a Friend" capabilities make it easier than ever to boast about Achievements and high scores.

Expanded "Tell a Friend" capabilities make it easier than ever to boast about Achievements and high scores.

A new option in Auto Downloads provides faster access to the entire collection of free, trial-version Xbox LIVE Arcade games.

New progressive download controls provide easy access to optimal viewing options by letting people fast-forward, rewind, pause and resume as their video is downloaded from Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Extension of the background download functionality will allow owners to set their Xbox 360 console to turn off automatically after downloads are complete.


Some other smaller things that you might notice


The name of game in tray is now displayed in the dashboard.

When the user is in the dashboard and an Xbox 360 game is in the console then the name of the game is displayed in the tray icon of the dashboard. If the user highlights the tray icon then achievements and gamer score are displayed for that game based on the signed in user. Xbox1 games show the name and image of the game.

Integrated support for the new Xbox 360 text input device. Note that this device includes a new wired headset.

Playback progress bar indicates download completion.

Switchable aspect ratio now available during video playback (Auto to Letterbox, Zoom, Stretch, Native).

Player and friends lists now quickly show session presence information for quick identification of users that are joinable.

Added H.264 video support: Up to 10 Mbps peak, Baseline, Main, and High profiles with 2 channel AAC LC.

Added MPEG-4 Part 2 video support: Up to 5 Mbps peak, Simple Profile with 2 channel AAC LC.

Show folder hierarchy for video content played from all devices.

Bookmarks are stored for each video that the user plays remembering the users last location in the file as well as the aspect ratio that the user choose for that file.

Video trick modes (fast forward, rewind, chapter skip) can now be used while downloading Video Marketplace content.

Skip forward and backward functionality has been improved to skip to the next or previous chapter. Each video is divided into 10 “chapters” allowing you to quickly skip around video content.

The information bar that is turned on via the On Screen Display (OSD) now shows you exactly where you are in the playback of the video file.  In addition it will also show for Video Marketplace content how much of the file has been downloaded and where the “chapters” exist in the file.

Windows Media protected content (WM-DRM) can now be streamed from the PC to the console. If the WM-DRM license is missing or corrupted then a specific error message is displayed to the user. Bookmarking is also stored for protected content.

When a user selects an item for download from Marketplace then the system will determine if there is sufficient disk space for the item and, if not, will ask the user to delete content on the HDD. The system provides a sorted by size list of videos, game trailers, demos and arcade content to aid the user in the deletion process. The same list of items are also available from within memory so that users can quickly see which items are consuming the most disk space.

The console will block the user who attempts to download content onto a storage device that will never have the capacity to store the item without deducting any points associated with the content item.

The screensaver is disabled when playing photos from any source




Stay tuned for more
GTA

Edited by GTA3Fan, 02 May 2007 - 07:50 PM.

[China J]

Ah hell, they need to just go ahead and support msn chat as 360 has headphones, camera & keyboard which is basically the same options of msn. Or is this already supported and I'm just missing it?

[Edgeworth]

Many thanks for this GTA3fan. I knew it was coming but didnt know there was this much to it.
  Good job.

[GTA3Fan]

Well the Update is out now as some of you know, it took me roughly 10min to download, with a T1 connection.

[Edgeworth]

Yeah, it downloaded quite quickly. Still hoping that Microsoft can come up with a service likes Playstation's Home. That would be the main reason i'd get a PS3!

[China J]

Man! Just realized that there is no fast forward or reverse in the audio player mode for cd's. That sucks! Only options is skip back and forth between tracks. That makes absolutely no sense.

[TransMetal]

Man! Just realized that there is no fast forward or reverse in the audio player mode for cd's. That sucks! Only options is skip back and forth between tracks. That makes absolutely no sense.

It's been like that since the 360 first came out.
Maybe if so many people ask they might add it.

[Aureole]

The latest dashboard update was great, I can't wait for the next one.

[Edgeworth]

I'll do an update.

Halo 3 Came out. Stop what you're doing and go buy it.

That is all.

[GTA3Fan]

lol wrong kinda update but it will work. I don't have my 360 at the current moment(broke) so I can't keep ya updated that way.

[Edgeworth]

lol wrong kinda update but it will work.

It was a 'tongue in cheek' update.

[China J]

I too am playing the Wii more than the 360 at the moment. Thats because my 360 has borked.
  3 red bloody lights.

What's with the red lights...What happens when you get red lights? Is it covered under warranty?

[Edgeworth]

I too am playing the Wii more than the 360 at the moment. Thats because my 360 has borked.
  3 red bloody lights.

What's with the red lights...What happens when you get red lights? Is it covered under warranty?

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3 Flashing red lights. This is a hardware failure. Sometimes you'll get the odd one which usually means your 360 is on its way out. When you get one everytime you turn the damn machine on its dead.
  Dead 360s from 3 flashing red lights are covered for 3 years by Microsoft. They extended it to cover this particular problem only.

UPS are picking up my 360 sometime today (apparently), they will ship it to MS who will fix/replace it then return it to me. All shipping paid for. Drawback is it takes 15 working days and bloody mass effect comes out on friday! Bah.

EDIT - UPS just picked it up. I'll post when i get it back.

[GTA3Fan]

Well good luck with that, mine was gone for 3 1/2 weeks. They paid for everything, and sent me new refurbished one. Oh and the next time you see the UPS guy, ask them how many they have delivered THAT day. Mine said 13 when got to my house and there were 7 more he was picking up. I live in the middle of nowhere, so if said that out here then I can only imagine what its like in town. Oh and I dropped mine off at the store and the funny thing was was when I walked in the door the guy goes, "Ah I see your send off your 360 huh? Thats the 4th one today."

[Edgeworth]

I've read some real horror stories on the net about it.
Saying that though, a friend at work got his back in 6 days very recently. We dont live that far from the service centre, so maybe i'll strike lucky.
  They sent him a brand new one too.