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tuscaniman on 02 November 2010

Enjoy your new console. I love my 360s. It really is a sexy beast. I agree the D-Pad sucks but you will actually get used to it after awhile. Are you an FPS fan? If you are when you play an FPS on the 360 you will see how the controller excels, especially with the trigger buttons. I suggest you pick up Halo:Reach ASAP.



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Rainbird on 02 November 2010

Yeah, I switched on the thing that allows me to download after it turns off, but it's not of much use to me when I go asleep because I shut down everything and shut the power off. But it seems like I have some more exploring to do.

And I knew the Dpad was bad before I bought it, but it still surprised me just how bad it actually is.



Rainbird on 02 November 2010
Munkeh111 said:
Rainbird said:

By the way, can anyone tell me if I can import Microsoft point cards? And if so, where can I do it from (I live in Denmark)? The UK (cheap points )?

Can you not just buy points from amazon, game or any other uk shop?

You tell me, I don't have a clue.



huaxiong90 on 02 November 2010

Welcome to the Xbox family and I agree with just about everything you said in regards to the positives.

Enjoy it. The main thing I love about the Xbox 360 aside from connecting with others is the XBLA service. Seriously so many great titles in there.



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rf40928 on 02 November 2010
Rainbird said:

Alright, I got my brand new 250 GB Xbox 360S yesterday with the Forza 3-Alan Wake bundle. I'll start out with the bad stuff:

1) Dear god the Dpad sucks! Using the analogue stick is more accurate for typing with onscreen keyboard! O_o

2) Why can't I pause a download?! I had Alan Wake download as the first thing, but it took forever, and I couldn't pause to download other stuff for a moment and then let Alan Wake go on again after. GAH!

That's it for the negative stuff. Now for the rest (I'm using the new dashboard btw):

I love this machine. Seriously, I'm ready to declare this the best console out there right now (speaking strictly about the actual console). I think Microsoft have done extremely well with the interface, everything is really slick, feels connected and it's fast. It's so... cohesive! I am one impressed gamer!

My only gripes is that it was kind of confusing to locate the MAC-address on it, and using it in 1080p, some images are of noticeably low resolution.

On top of that, Xbox Live is leagues ahead of PSN in terms of connecting with people (which is basically the only thing I've tried with it so far).

I haven't tried out any games yet though (Alan Wake wasn't downloaded until I had to go to bed anyway, and I don't care about the other stuff I had access to).

All in all, I'm very excited about my new piece of hardware!


The D-pad is a leftover interface  which is usually never used for anything that requires accuracy.  If you send alot of text ( as opposed to sending voice text instead ) I recommend investing in the plug in qwerty keyboard for the controller.. its just the right size and works great. 

You said 1080P some images are low resolution.. actually that would be inaccurate.. if its 1080p all images showed are showed in 1080p, but if the game isn't rendered in 1080p you'll see more blocks.. if you load a movie thats 1080p same thing.. if you load a movie or video thats rendered at 720 or lower ( and you're watching it on a 60 inch screen like me ) you'll see the blocks..  I see the same thing on some early PS3 movies ( very early ones ) that were evidentally not encoded in 1080P although Bluray is 1080p.. that was an early argument of the Bluray isn't that great.. but if any video. game isnt 1080p .. even though the system send a 1080p signal .. its sending a signal of whats there.. so a 1080 signal of low resolution video will show its low quality, but that has nothing to do with the system.. and even some games in some scenes that use 1080p have textures that arent very smooth.. by thats also where a developer might have cut quality in one area for whatever reason



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DirtyP2002 on 02 November 2010

Get this:

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Silver-Controller-Play-Charge/dp/B0041HROGG/ref=pd_ts_vg_8?ie=UTF8&s=videogames

 

new dpad, works like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz6aTTKE6hE

 

Have fun with Alan Wake, it is a great game.



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Barozi on 02 November 2010
rf40928 said:
Rainbird said:

Alright, I got my brand new 250 GB Xbox 360S yesterday with the Forza 3-Alan Wake bundle. I'll start out with the bad stuff:

1) Dear god the Dpad sucks! Using the analogue stick is more accurate for typing with onscreen keyboard! O_o

2) Why can't I pause a download?! I had Alan Wake download as the first thing, but it took forever, and I couldn't pause to download other stuff for a moment and then let Alan Wake go on again after. GAH!

That's it for the negative stuff. Now for the rest (I'm using the new dashboard btw):

I love this machine. Seriously, I'm ready to declare this the best console out there right now (speaking strictly about the actual console). I think Microsoft have done extremely well with the interface, everything is really slick, feels connected and it's fast. It's so... cohesive! I am one impressed gamer!

My only gripes is that it was kind of confusing to locate the MAC-address on it, and using it in 1080p, some images are of noticeably low resolution.

On top of that, Xbox Live is leagues ahead of PSN in terms of connecting with people (which is basically the only thing I've tried with it so far).

I haven't tried out any games yet though (Alan Wake wasn't downloaded until I had to go to bed anyway, and I don't care about the other stuff I had access to).

All in all, I'm very excited about my new piece of hardware!


The D-pad is a leftover interface  which is usually never used for anything that requires accuracy.  If you send alot of text ( as opposed to sending voice text instead ) I recommend investing in the plug in qwerty keyboard for the controller.. its just the right size and works great. 

You said 1080P some images are low resolution.. actually that would be inaccurate.. if its 1080p all images showed are showed in 1080p, but if the game isn't rendered in 1080p you'll see more blocks.. if you load a movie thats 1080p same thing.. if you load a movie or video thats rendered at 720 or lower ( and you're watching it on a 60 inch screen like me ) you'll see the blocks..  I see the same thing on some early PS3 movies ( very early ones ) that were evidentally not encoded in 1080P although Bluray is 1080p.. that was an early argument of the Bluray isn't that great.. but if any video. game isnt 1080p .. even though the system send a 1080p signal .. its sending a signal of whats there.. so a 1080 signal of low resolution video will show its low quality, but that has nothing to do with the system.. and even some games in some scenes that use 1080p have textures that arent very smooth.. by thats also where a developer might have cut quality in one area for whatever reason

he's talking about the dashboard I think, which is correct.

The dashboard isn't perfectly configurated for 1080p.



Rainbird on 02 November 2010

Thanks for all the welcomes guys, it's appreciated.

And I'm definitely looking at that new controller, but it's not out in Europe yet...



Berstuck on 02 November 2010

Congrats on your new purchase. You've got a lot of enjoyment ahead of you.



loves2splooge on 02 November 2010

Microsoft has been releasing some pretty solid bundles this year. The Spring Elite bundle with Forza 3 and Halo: ODST for free was pretty bad ass too at the time pre-S Model. Microsoft should be offering seasonal bundles with free older games more often. Microsoft basically loses nothing by giving away Forza 3 and Alan Wake for free because these games are dead in the water sales wise now anyway. And gamers win by getting two solid (but older) exclusives for free.