Matt
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|  Game install to Hard Drive!
Hell ... yes!
My 360's optical drive sounds like a jet engine. I'm super excited for that feature. Fable 2 is almost as bad as Mass Effect at accessing the drive.
I was a little disappointed with the Netflix streaming quality, but it looks like Netflix HD will debut on the 360 with close to 300 movies available when the service launches! |
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Hazy Arc
join:2006-04-10
Greenwood, SC | Awesome
It's a good day to be an Xbox 360 owner...
(if you're not waiting on your console to be repaired, that is) |
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nightdesigns
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AZ | And for the Roku users?
When might we be seeing HD? The box is capable, they're just waiting on Netflix to enable it.
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JasonOD
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| Netflix and MS running a business model
over a competitors infrastructure for free is a problem. To be fair, it's not just Netflix and MS, as there are now an outrageous number of companies doing this. In the end, the only possible outcome will be to accelerate the cap/byte billing process. |
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sousademiami
join:2003-02-04
Hialeah, FL | Ring of Death!
Why Now!
Just sent the box in to be repaired!
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Hazy Arc
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Re: And for the Roku users?
Quote from the link in the article...
All in all, it's a fantastic interface that makes for a trouble-free user experience. Microsoft nailed it. And we feel bad for Roku. They made a great product, and in one step, Microsoft made it pretty much obsolete. UPDATE: Especially because NXE will debut Netflix HD streaming.
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Hazy Arc
join:2006-04-10
Greenwood, SC | reply to JasonOD
Re: Netflix and MS running a business model
What do you call Amazon.com or ANY other online company?
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bcoleman71
join:2007-09-18
Dallas, TX | reply to JasonOD
How do you figure they are running a business for free over a competitors infrastructure? Validate your argument because I totally disagree |
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Hazy Arc
join:2006-04-10
Greenwood, SC
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Re: Game install to Hard Drive!
I'll finally have to break down and buy the blatantly overpriced 120GB hard drive to replace my crappy 20GB one...cause you're talking 5-8GB+ for each game.  |
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Phil
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Camarillo, CA
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Re: Netflix and MS running a business model
said by JasonOD :
over a competitors infrastructure for free is a problem. To be fair, it's not just Netflix and MS, as there are now an outrageous number of companies doing this. In the end, the only possible outcome will be to accelerate the cap/byte billing process.
Please explain how Netflix and Microsoft are competitors to a company supplying a broadband connection? |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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Re: Game install to Hard Drive!
said by Hazy Arc :I'll finally have to break down and buy the blatantly overpriced 120GB hard drive to replace my crappy 20GB one...cause you're talking 5-8GB+ for each game. But we all know that 120 GB is NOT going to be enough eventually. At least the PS3 let's you add your own HDD. some people have 500 GB HDDs on them. If MS ever came out with a 160 GB HDD I'm sure they'l want $200 for it and prbaly $300 for a 250 GB HDD. |
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RyanG1
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| The UI
I personally dislike this new GUI they designed and with the avatars in reminds me of a microsoft copy paste technique to mimick the Mii's from nintendos Wii. Oh well.... have no say in it anyways right? Lol.
Ryan
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BF69
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Camden, TN
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Re: Netflix and MS running a business model
said by bcoleman71 :How do you figure they are running a business for free over a competitors infrastructure? Validate your argument because I totally disagree I'm pretys ure they pay for their own bandwidth as do people that use their products. I'm 100% sure when pay my internet bill part of that covers the cost of bandwidth. Face it without CONTENT the ISPs infrastructure is pretty useless because I and millions of other wouldn't pay for internet. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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Re: And for the Roku users?
said by Hazy Arc :Quote from the link in the article... All in all, it's a fantastic interface that makes for a trouble-free user experience. Microsoft nailed it. And we feel bad for Roku. They made a great product, and in one step, Microsoft made it pretty much obsolete. UPDATE: Especially because NXE will debut Netflix HD streaming.
Well for thsoe that don't know PlayOn media streamer can stream Netflix. Not sure if they will include HD streaming but you can do it with either a XBOX 360 or a PS3. Great for those that have a PS3 or have XBOX that don't wish to pay $50 a year for XBL Gold membership. |
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ptrowski
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Re: Ring of Death!
said by sousademiami :Why Now! Just sent the box in to be repaired! Both of mine were only in TX for 24 hours before being shipped out. 
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MystBlade
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Re: The UI
The thing that will concern me is the caps from service providers. Which may impact my choice of watching a movie in HD or not. To Stream 2-4GB vs 10-30GB, unless they use some really good compression I just dont see me doing the HD thing.
However, these are just numbers that I am coming with up my butt, so i need to really get a good bandwidth monitor and see what a 120 HD streaming movie pegs me at.
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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Re: And for the Roku users?
All in all, it's a fantastic interface that makes for a trouble-free user experience. Microsoft nailed it. And we feel bad for Roku. They made a great product, and in one step, Microsoft made it pretty much obsolete. UPDATE: Especially because NXE will debut Netflix HD streaming.
Roku is not necessarily useless. The cheapest XBOX is $200 Roku is $100. Even if you use Playon instead of XBL that's $30 one time fee so that's $230 vs $100 if HD streaming doesn't matter to you. |
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HEMIDART68
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Huntington Beach, CA | Finally!
Can't Wait! |
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TKJunkMail
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Re: Netflix and MS running a business model
said by JasonOD :
over a competitors infrastructure for free is a problem. To be fair, it's not just Netflix and MS, as there are now an outrageous number of companies doing this. In the end, the only possible outcome will be to accelerate the cap/byte billing process.
You are right. All these companies are offloading the costs of delivering their products on to the ISPs. As video content continues to grow, the ISP costs will rise.
In a way it is a smart strategy. They cut their costs and get to blame the ISPs for any cost increases to get movies in to the homes. So all the whining and complaints about costs are aimed at the ISPs and not them.
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